Chuletas y apuntes de Inglés

Sustancias puras

Sustancias simples: formadas por un solo tipo de átomo.

Sustancias compuestas: formadas por dos o más elementos combinados.

Reactivos químicos

Un reactivo químico es cualquier material que puede reaccionar y participar estequiométricamente en una reacción química.

Según su capacidad de reacción:

• General: reacciona con un gran número de sustancias.
• Selectivo: reacciona con un número limitado de especies.
• Específico: reacciona con una sola sustancia.

Especificaciones de calidad

• PS (para síntesis): productos de pureza media, orientados principalmente al trabajo de química aplicada. Las especificaciones de pureza se indican en "tipo de análisis".
• PR (puro): productos comerciales purificados. Las especificaciones de pureza se

Invento de paraguas

Imagine el «Smart Transparent Umbrella» (paraguas inteligente transparente). Este innovador paraguas incorpora tecnología de pantalla transparente que permite ver a través de él mientras se está protegido de la lluvia. Se activa con un simple toque o con un comando de voz, y su pantalla transparente puede ajustarse a las preferencias del usuario, ofreciendo transparencia total o visibilidad filtrada en condiciones climáticas adversas. Además de su diseño impermeable y resistente al viento, este paraguas inteligente puede sincronizarse con una aplicación móvil que ofrece actualizaciones meteorológicas en tiempo real, alertas de tormenta y funciones adicionales para la comodidad del usuario. Ideal para los habitantes

Time Clock Regulations in the Office

Employees should follow these instructions in the office.

Attendance and Time Tracking

• Arrival and Departure: First of all, they must swipe their card through the card reader when they arrive and when they leave.
• Card Security: They mustn't swipe their co-workers' card for them. If they forget to use it, they should notify their manager immediately.

Leave and Absence Policies

• Annual Holiday Leave: Secondly, the employees who work a 5-day week receive 28 days of paid annual holiday leave. They need to submit a written notice to request the holidays.
• Leave Restrictions: The employer may restrict when leave can be taken, for example, at certain busy periods, but can't refuse to let workers take any leave at all.
• Carrying

Electrical Concepts Review - Set 1

1. What’s the name of the device that is able to raise or lower electricity’s voltage and current?
   Transformer
2. The flow of electricity through a conductor is called:
   Current
3. Material that allows electrons to flow through it:
   Conductor
4. An electrical device used to protect an electric component from overvoltage:
   Fuse
5. Measuring unit of electrical power/energy:
   Kilowatt (kW)
6. One million watts is equivalent to:
   Megawatt (MW)
7. Energy generated by splitting atoms:
   Nuclear power
8. The current flow through a conductor is measured in:
   Amps (Amperes)
9. Total loss of electrical power from the power distributor:
   Blackout
10. The device that transforms mechanical power into AC electric power:
    Alternator

Key Terminology - Set 1

• Circuit: The path followed

Reception for the retirement of the lieutenant Pedro

1. I am writing to tell you about the reception due to the retirement of Lieutenant Pedro, who is retiring after 30 years of service and 15 years on this ship. The reception will take place on Saturday, October 14th, on board the ship based in Ferrol. The reception will take place on the quarterdeck of the ship, and military personnel must wear the daily uniform, while civilians must wear formal clothes.

2. Pedro has been posted to different places in Spain and has known different boats. His coworkers from the patrol boat Toralla, where he was stationed for 10 years, helped him a lot to achieve all his accomplishments during his career, since they made a great team that always reached their...

Glosario de términos de sonografía y radiología

Términos generales de sonografía

• Sonography: Sonografía
• High frequency: Alta frecuencia
• Low frequency: Baja frecuencia
• Sound waves: Ondas sonoras
• Blood vessels: Vasos sanguíneos
• Pregnant: Embarazada
• Patient friendly: Amigable para el paciente
• Pain: Dolor
• Swelling: Hinchazón
• Infection: Infección
• Needle: Aguja
• Biopsy: Biopsia
• Clot: Coágulo
• Blood flow: Flujo sanguíneo
• Fetus: Feto
• Physicist: Físico/a
• Physician: Médico/a

Equipos y componentes

• Display: Pantalla
• Keyboard: Teclado
• Printer: Impresora
• Transducer probe: Sonda transductora
• Central processing unit (CPU): Unidad de procesamiento central (CPU)
• Transducer pulse controls: Controles de pulso del transductor
• Disk storage device: Dispositivo de almacenamiento

Glossari de Diagnòstic per la Imatge i Radiologia

1. Elàstic

2. Excitació

3. Positiu i format per un disc pla de tungstè

4. Expirar

5. Girar i inclinar-se cap endavant

6. Reduir el cost.

7. Admissió directa

8. Admissió per observació

9. Greix

10. En la tècnica AP el cor està més a prop de la font de raigs X.

11. Visió clara dels teixits tous

12. Axial

13. Metàstasis òssies

14. Camps

15. Teixit adipós

16. Antecedents familiars de càncer de mama

17. De la segona a la sisena costelles

18. Per sobre dels 50 anys, cada 1 o 2 anys.

19. Estenosi

20. Neurologia

21. Intradèrmic

22. Cistografia

23. Subclàvia

24. Miocàrdic

25. Problemes hepàtics

26. Impossibilitat de crear imatges 2D

27. Freqüència del so

28. Definir les vores d'un tumor

29. Configurar làsers

30....

Past Continuous

Formación

Past continuous requires the verb to be in the past (was / were) + the verb in -ing form.

Usos

• Acciones en progreso: We use the past continuous to say that somebody was in the middle of doing something at a certain time.
  Example: This time last year, I was living in Brazil.
• Acciones interrumpidas o simultáneas: We often use past simple and past continuous together to say that something happened in the middle of something else.
  Example: I was walking home when I met Dave.

Past Simple

Formación

Past simple regular verbs often end in -ed (worked, lived), but many frequent verbs are irregular (e.g., wrote, brought).

Usos

• Acciones completadas: We use past simple to talk about something that happened in the past (complete and finished

Protecting the Environment

Essay

Protecting the Environment

One of the things that worries people most nowadays is the environment. In the last few decades, humans have been polluting far too much, which has had a negative effect on the environment. For this reason, we must protect it from now on.

First, we ought to start paying attention to the 3 Rs: reduce, reuse and recycle. By doing so, we will reduce the quantity of rubbish, we will not throw away so many things, and we will be able to recycle most of our waste.

Second, a very good idea is to stop using cars so much and start cycling or walking a little more. For example, instead of commuting by car, we can try to do it on foot or by bike.

Finally, if we really want to change things, we should...

Verbos irregulares en inglés

A continuación encontrarás una lista de verbos irregulares con su forma base, pasado simple y participio pasado, junto a su traducción al español.

• be (ser/estar) - was/were - been
• pay (pagar) - paid - paid
• read (leer) - read - read
• run (correr) - ran - run
• say (decir) - said - said
• see (ver) - saw - seen
• show (mostrar/enseñar) - showed - shown
• sing (cantar) - sang - sung
• sleep (dormir) - slept - slept
• speak (hablar) - spoke - spoken
• spend (gastar) - spent - spent
• take (tomar) - took - taken
• teach (enseñar) - taught - taught
• think (pensar) - thought - thought
• understand (entender) - understood - understood
• win (ganar) - won - won
• begin (empezar) - began - begun
• break (romper) - broke - broken
• bring (traer) - brought - brought
• build