Chuletas y apuntes de Inglés

📚 Vocabulario 1st + 3rd Trimester

Award winning → ganador de premios, Best-selling → superventas, Break down → rotura/fin, Check-in → check-in, Crack down → represión, Life threatening → peligro mortal, Make-up → maquillaje, Middle aged → mediana edad, Rip off → timo, Take-away → para llevar, Tip off → chivatazo, Twenty storey → 20 pisos, User friendly → fácil de usar, Warm-hearted → de buen corazón, Warm-up → calentamiento, World famous → conocido mundialmente

🖥️ Vocabulario tecnológico (orden alfabético)

Blackout → apagón, Browser → navegador, Data → datos, Dated → pasado (de moda), Obsolete → obsoleto, Software developer → desarrollador de software, User-friendly → fácil de usar

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Using plastic in daily life

Using plastic is very common nowadays. It is cheap and practical, but it has caused a lot of environmental problems.

On the one hand, plastic is very useful. It is light, strong, and cheap. In addition, it helps preserve food for longer. Moreover, many people cannot afford more expensive materials, so plastic is a solution. Besides, it is used in hospitals to save lives.

On the other hand, plastic pollutes the oceans and kills marine animals. Even though it is useful, it is often used only once and then thrown away. Furthermore, plastic takes hundreds of years to disappear.

In conclusion, despite the problems it causes, plastic is very useful in some situations. However, we should reduce its use and recycle it as much...

Responsabilidad en la Muerte de Bruno y Shmuel

The blame for Bruno and Shmuel's death is mostly on Bruno's father, because he was a Nazi commandant and worked in the concentration camp. That place was very dangerous, and if he had not been part of that system, Bruno would never have ended up there; besides, he did not tell Bruno the truth about the camp, and if he had, maybe Bruno would not have been so curious and that would not have happened.

Bruno died because he wanted to help his friend Shmuel look for his father inside the camp, and nobody noticed that he went inside. That happened because his father didn't explain to him properly what that place was and the dangers it had. He thought it was just a farm or something, because no one told...

Tiempos verbales en inglés

Present perfect: Sujeto + have/has + V3
Present perfect continuous: Sujeto + has/have been + -ing
Past simple: Sujeto + V2
Past continuous: Sujeto + was/were + -ing
Past perfect: Sujeto + had + V3
Past perfect continuous: Sujeto + had been + -ing
Future simple: Sujeto + will + infinitivo
Future continuous: Sujeto + will be + -ing
Future perfect: Sujeto + will have + V3
Future perfect continuous: Sujeto + will have been + -ing

Modales y sus significados

• Can't: estar seguro de que no
• Could have: no estás seguro (quizás)
• Couldn't have: no pudo haber pasado
• Did/don't have to: no es necesario
• Had better not: más te vale no
• Have to: obligación externa
• Might not: quizás no
• Must: obligación / deducción segura
• Mustn't: prohibición
• Needn'

¿Cómo afectan las plataformas de streaming a la industria del cine?

Las plataformas de streaming han transformado el entretenimiento, pero ¿cómo afectan a la industria del cine? Algunas personas creen que ayudan, mientras que otras consideran que causan problemas.

Ventajas para el público y los cineastas

En primer lugar, los servicios de streaming permiten que personas que no suelen ir al cine vean muchas películas desde casa. Esto resulta muy cómodo y ayuda a los pequeños cineastas a llegar a más espectadores.

Desventajas para las salas de cine

Sin embargo, los cines, que dependen de la venta de entradas, han perdido muchos clientes. Las grandes producciones, que antes eran populares en las salas, ahora se estrenan en línea. Por ello,...

Vocabulario y Expresiones Esenciales en Inglés

A continuación se presenta una recopilación de vocabulario avanzado, expresiones idiomáticas (idioms), colocaciones preposicionales y términos de salud con sus equivalentes en español y euskera.

1. Expresiones Idiomáticas y Modismos (Idioms)

• As fit as a fiddle: En perfectas condiciones.
• As pale as a ghost: Muy pálido/a.
• As sick as a dog: Con mucho malestar.
• At death's door: En las últimas.
• Back on one's feet: Recuperado/a.
• It's a bitter pill to swallow: No es plato de buen gusto.
• On the mend: En proceso de recuperación.
• Out of shape: En baja forma.
• Put to the test: Poner a prueba.
• Put your foot down: Ponerse firme, plantarse.
• Run out of steam: Quedarse sin energía.
• Turn one's stomach: Revolverle el

Family

uncle: tío
aunt: tía

son: hijo
daughter: hija

couple: pareja
ex-wife: exmujer

ex-husband: exmarido
great-grandmother: bisabuela

great-grandparents: bisabuelos
half-sister: medio hermana

half-brother: medio hermano
nephew: sobrino

niece: sobrina
grandson: nieto

granddaughter: nieta
siblings: hermanos

sister-in-law: cuñada
brother-in-law: cuñado

father-in-law: suegro
mother-in-law: suegra

son-in-law: yerno
daughter-in-law: nuera

co-in-law: consuegro
stepfather: padrastro

stepmother: madrastra
stepbrother: hermanastro

stepsister: hermanastra
stepson: hijastro

stepdaughter: hijastra
only child: hijo único

Phrasal Verbs

grow up: crecer

settle down: instalarse/establecerse

put (someone) up: acoger/alojar

stick to: ajustarse a/seguir

work out: calcular

bring up: criar

Biography

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Índice

1. Do you like supernatural films or stories? Give reasons

2. Is it important to follow one's dreams? Explain

3. What type of films or series do you like best? Give reasons

4. Pros and cons of sharing your life on social media. Discuss

5. Should we preserve our traditions and/or be open to new ones? Give reasons

6. What would you like to do if you won the lottery? Explain

7. "There should be more money spent on scientific research."

8. The importance of personal care and beauty today. Discuss

9. Are you a day or night person?

10. What type of outdoor activities do you enjoy best?

11. Which places in the world do you find fascinating? Give reasons

12. What makes a good friend for you? Explain

1. Do you like supernatural films or stories? Give reasons

Nowadays, many people like supernatural...

Ejercicios de Inglés: Colores, Diseño Gráfico y Gramática

• Choose the correct option according to the text.

1. Adds light to a color for it to be seen… (Añade luz a un color para que se vea.) RGB
2. Are used to print. (Se usa para imprimir.) Cyan, magenta, yellow and black
3. What is the spectrum used by our eyes? (¿Cuál es el espectro que utilizan nuestros ojos?) RGB
4. Is called the dominant color? (¿Lo llaman un color dominante?) Hue
5. Red, green and blue are (Rojo, verde, azul son colores): secondary colors of CMYK

• Write T (true) or F (false) according to the text.

1. Red, orange and yellow are warm colors (El rojo, naranja y amarillo son colores cálidos.) True
2. Blue, green and purple are cold colors (El azul, verde y púrpura son colores fríos.) True
3. She

Vocabulario clave en inglés

aim apuntar, approach acercarse, at the same point en el mismo punto, backpacker mochilero, bargain ganga, breathtaking asombroso, bring about provocar, cause ocasionar algo, budget airline aerolínea económica, clever move movimiento inteligente, deal trato/acuerdo, dirt cheap muy barato, force fuerza, freedom libertad, fund fondo/inversión, get around viajar con frecuencia/desplazarse, get started comenzar, go with the flow dejarse llevar, high season temporada alta, hooked (on) enganchado a, hop on subirse a, lifestyle estilo de vida, off season temporada baja, on the move en movimiento, rate valoración, set off salir, spot lugar, stall puesto/caseta, tourist trap trampa para turistas, toward hacia, unspoilt...