Chuletas y apuntes de Inglés

English Reading Comprehension and Answers

Spiderman

• 1. How did Peter Parker get his webslinger? Thanks to the new talents provided by the radiation and the spider's bite.
• 2. How is it possible to get silk from a goat?
• 3. True or False: F 5-6, T 6-7, F 12, T 12.

Smoking in Asia

• 1. Why is Asia an attractive market for tobacco multinationals? Because of its extremely high population and because there are fewer restrictions on tobacco advertising.
• 2. Why did Philip Morris introduce their Virginia Slims in Hong Kong? Because they expected women to start smoking.
• 3. True or False: F 3-4, F 4-5, T 5-6-7-8, F 14-15.

A Dog's Life

• 1. How did the study evaluate the intelligence of the different types of dogs? The study evaluated the intelligence of the different

Descripción Física y Rasgos Generales

• Accessories: complementos
• Attractive: atractivo/a
• Average: medio / promedio
• Blond(e): rubio/a
• Curly: rizado
• Dark: moreno / oscuro
• Fair: rubio / justo
• Fat: gordo
• Good-looking: guapo/a
• Gorgeous: muy guapo/a / estupendo/a
• Heavy: pesado
• Height: estatura
• Large: grande
• Light brown: castaño claro
• Long: largo
• Overall appearance: apariencia general
• Petite: menuda, de complexión pequeña (mujer)
• Pretty: guapa / bonito
• Short: bajo / corto
• Shoulder-length: a la altura de los hombros (cabello)
• Slim: delgado / esbelto
• Spiky: de punta
• Straight: liso / lacio
• Tall: alto
• Thin: delgado
• Unattractive: poco atractivo
• Weight: peso
• Well-built: fornido / robusto

Personalidad, Carácter y Actitudes

• Adventurous: aventurero / atrevido
• Arrogant: arrogante /

Modal Verbs in English

Ability and permission: can, could, to be able to, to be allowed to.

Possibility: may, might, could. Deduction: can't, must. No debe y debe (lógico).

Obligation: must, have to. Lack of obligation: needn't (no hace falta), don't have to.

Ought to, should, shouldn't (consejos). Had better + infinitive (más vale que).

Modal Verbs with Perfect Infinitive

• Must have + past participle: certeza lógica sobre el pasado.
• Can't have + past participle: imposible que sucediera en el pasado.
• May / might / could have + past participle: posibilidad en el pasado.
• Could have + past participle: acción que podría haber sucedido, pero no sucedió.
• Should have + past participle: opinar sobre algo que no cambió.
• Shouldn't have + past participle:

Superhero Films

As I see it, films about superheroes aren’t high-quality films. Take the Spider-Man franchise, for example; Spider-Man 1 and Spider-Man 2 were huge hits around the world.

The main character is very naïve and he doesn’t do anything truly important for the world. Moreover, this film doesn’t teach anything valuable to people. The script is based on superficial concepts that make little sense. We live in a world dominated by image, where we often fail to care about the most important things in life. Special effects seem to be the only aspect that we, as human beings, take into account.

Of course, I don’t usually watch these films because they are extremely unrealistic. For instance, it is impossible for a human being to climb...

Gerani, Majestat, fix, target, Jesuit, enginyer, Monget, injecció, Jeure, Polyp, club, Balb, orb, superb, Calbo, bulb, duct tape, spit, xarop, pap, Cabdella, subtil, abstreure, pneumònia, pneumàtic, pterodactyls setembre, moribund, Nebot, ràpid, valent timidly guitza, award, Deputy, solitude, Pessic, anàleg, préssec, gorg, pedagog, bitter càrrec, learned, challenging, diagnosi, embenar, Minver, packaging, envestir, envernissar, Envelat, Embalate, embafar, embeinar, cabin, bald, coward, espavilat, syrup, travabava, abort, bursting cascavella, wart, avorrit

Significats

• Tatxa: clau curt
• Botxo: whip ball
• Botja: Coto pile fibers
• Xai: cria de l'ovella
• Jai: avi, ancien
• Puixant: running
• Strong: borratja bid: plant

Verbs purs

Ajupir, boil, Colleen (recollir....

Conditionals

• 0: If + present → present (always true)
• 1: If + present → future (will) (possibilidades / consecuencias / promesas)
• 2: If + past simple → would + infinitive (casos hipotéticos)
• 3: If + past perfect → would have + past participle (pasado)

Prefixes

• anti- contra: antiwar, anti-learning
• co- juntos: cooperation, coeducation
• mis- mal / malamente: misprint, misbehave
• out- mejor que: outplayed, outperformed (mejor hecho)
• over- demasiado: overwork, overconfident
• re- volver a: retake, rewrite
• under- no es suficiente: underestimate, underachieving

Prepositions / Adjectives

• To: married, similar
• From: different
• In: interested, involved
• On: keen, dependent
• For: famous, remembered
• With: crowded, bored, satisfied, fed up, angry, furious, involved, pleased,

Gramática inglesa: resumen de modales y estructuras clave

1. Pronombres relativos

• That: que (persona o cosa).
• Who: que, quien, quienes (persona).
• Which: que (cosas).
• Whose: cuyo (posesión).
• When, where: cuando, donde.

2. Modales

• Can: habilidad, sugerencia, petición (saber, poder).
• Be able to: ser capaz de.
• Can't: deducción o prohibición.
• Could: habilidad en el pasado (podría); pedir favores de forma más formal que con can.
• May: puede que; pedir y dar permiso.
• Might: podría ser; posibilidad remota de que algo ocurra en presente o futuro sin ser seguro.
• Must: deber, obligación (solo presente; para el resto se usa have to).
• Mustn't: prohibición.
• Have to: tener que, obligación.
• Don't have to: carecer de obligación.
• Need to: necesitar, obligación; se

Programa en Pascal con Menú de Funciones y Procedimientos

A continuación se presenta un programa en Pascal que utiliza funciones y procedimientos para realizar diversas operaciones matemáticas, organizadas mediante un menú interactivo.

Estructura general del programa

El programa se denomina MENU_FUNCIONES_O_PROCEDIMIENTOS y utiliza la unidad crt para el control de la pantalla. Sus variables globales son:

• B: opción seleccionada en el menú.
• X, Y: valores de entrada.
• R: resultado de las funciones.

Funciones

1. Función SUMATORIA

Calcula la suma de los primeros N números naturales (1 + 2 + … + N).

FUNCTION SUMATORIA(N:INTEGER):INTEGER;
VAR I,S,Y:INTEGER;
BEGIN
  S:=0;
  Y:=0;
  FOR I:=1 TO N DO BEGIN
    Y:=Y+1;
    S:=S+Y;
  END;
  SUMATORIA:=S;

Ejercicios corregidos de inglés: vocabulario, gramática y errores frecuentes

Prefijos negativos: im-, il-, un-

Impossible, Impatient, Illegal, Dishonest, Unpopular, Uncomfortable, Uncertain, Unhappy, Unhelpful, Untidy, Unemployed

Vocabulario en contexto

I read an interesting media article while I was waiting at the dentist’s.

It is illegal to write things about people in the newspapers which are not true.

I think some newspapers employ some very dishonest journalists.

The Daily News is my dad’s favourite magazine.

Every Saturday night I go to the cinema to watch a good film.

I like going to the cinema, but the seats are terribly uncomfortable.

I’m not surprised that some celebrities get very impatient with journalists.

People are fascinated by...