Thursday 20 February 2020

SELF-ASSESMENT


  • What can I do that I couldn't do before?
Now I do my listenings better than before this term
  • What do I like most?
I like doing passives and conditional sentences.
  • What do I do well?
I think I do well on Grammar parts.
  • What am I confused about?
I am a little confused about have something done and on Translations.
  • What do I need help with?
I think I don't need help for anything yet.
  • What do I do in English outside the class?
Sometimes, I listen the TV in English.
  • What do I need to improve?
I need to improve the translation.
  • What did I learn about culture?
I learn about Dracula, I learned about kinetic energy and also I learned about Vancouver.

STEPHEN KING WORK

PRESENTATION

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WRITING PART

BIOGRAPHY

At first, I'm going to talk about his biography. He has borned the 21st September 1947 on Portland, Maine.

FAMILY

When he was two years old, his father gave her mother alone with the two boys: David and Stephen. She carried them to Fort Wayne. We actually know that his father was Donald King. His mother was Nellie Ruth Pillsbury. His old brother is David who is a chemistry professor on University. His wife is Tabitha King who is a novelist who met Stephen when he was studying at university. They had three kids: Joe Hill King(is an author who usually writes comic books), Owen King (who is an author too) and Naomi King (who is a minister of Unitarian Universalist Church of River of Grass).

CHILDHOOD AND STUDIES

He studied on the different places where he was living, but, when his family finally gets stablished on Durham, Maine (and he was eleven), he started to study at Lisbon Falls High School in which he graduated on 1966. Then, he studied an english career on University of Maine of Oronto in which he graduated on 1970. On this period of time, he jointed to a politic group of students called Student Senate which made an antimilitar movement versus Vietnam war.

WHERE HE LIVED / LIVE

He borned at Portland, Maine. Then he lived most of his childhood moving throught Fort Wayne, Indiana and Stratford, Connectitude on Malden, Massachusets. He finally stablished his home at Durham, Maine where he studied, as I said before. Now, he is living on a mansion at Bargor, Maine.

IMPORTANT THINGS ON HIS LIFE

He started writing small stories at the age of seven, but his first public work is In a Half-world of terror which was published on The Maine Campus, the University magazine when he was 18.
On 1999 a van run over him. This made him a colapse on one lung and a crash on his hip.
His first works were a guard on a factory, a lauvendry work and, finally, his actual job, english teacher.
When he was a child, he loved terror history like Dracula, which made him get inspired for future works.

BOOKS

Now I am going to talk about his writing style and I am going to mention the most important and famous works.

STYLE

He writes on an efective and direct way. He also has a great capacity to talk about the most frightening aspects about rutine day. So this to characteristics help him to write in a really good way novels of horror and science fiction gendre.

FAMOUS BOOKS

Some of his famous books are the Fire-starter ehich talks about a girl who can made fire with her eyes; It which have a film based on it; Misery which talks about a women who kidnap the author of her favorite novel; The shining which talks about a hotel and Doctor Sleep which is the second part of The Shining.

ACTUALLY

Now, he continue teaching at the university and he continue writing. He has made a book with his son Joe Hill which is called In The Tall Grass and another book with his other son Owen King which is called Sleeping Beauties.
His last work is The Institute.

Monday 17 February 2020

UNIT 4: LIVE WELL

GLOSSARY
Calm down: Free from excitement; tranquil from higher to lower.
Cheer up: To become or make happier or more cheerful.
Cut down: To reduce or make a reduction.
Slow down: Moving or going forward from higher to lower speed.
Anxious: Full of mental distress or of fear of danger or misfortune; troubled; worried.
Cheerful: Full of cheer; happy; in good spirits.
Dynamic: Vigorously active or forceful; energetic.
Grumpy: Unhappy and bad-tempered; grouchy.
Sleepy: Ready to sleep; drowsy.
Bruised: To injure by striking or pressing, without breaking the skin but causing a discolored spot to develop.
Itchy: To have or feel a tingling irritation of the skin that causes a desire to scratch the part affected.
Sore: Physically painful or sensitive, such as a wound or diseased part.
Sprained: To overstrain or twist (the ligaments around a joint) so as to injure without a fracture or break.
Stiff: Rigid or firm.
Swollen: Overly proud or conceited.
Avalanche: A large mass of snow, ice, etc., that comes loose from a mountain slope and slides or falls suddenly downward.
Layer: A thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface.
Parka: A hooded coat made of materials that protect against very cold temperatures.
Snowshoes: A frame shaped like a racket and attached to the shoe for walking on deep snow without sinking.
Thermal underwear: Underwear designed to retain body heat in cold temperatures. Also called  thermals. 
Thermometer: An instrument for measuring temperature, often a sealed glass tube that contains a column of liquid, as mercury, that expands and contracts, or rises and falls, with temperature changes, the temperature being read where the top of the column coincides with a calibrated scale marked on the tube or its frame.

UNIT 3: POWER TO THE PEOPLE

GLOSSARY
Convert: To change into something of different form or properties; transform.
Generate: To bring into existence; produce; originate.
Run: To process (the instructions in a program) by computer.
Boost: To lift by pushing from below.
Crash: (Of a computer) to shut down because of something wrong with the hardware or software.
Release: To free from jail, burden, debt, pain, etc.; to let go.
Celebrate: To show that (a day) is special by having ceremonies, parties, or other festivities.
Develop: To bring out the possibilities (of); come or bring to a more advanced state.
Participate: To take part or have a share, as with others.
Support: To bear (a load, mass, part, etc.) from below; to sustain (weight, pressure, etc.) without giving way.
Train: To (cause to) become skilled in some work by teaching or practice.
Development: The act or process of developing; growth; progress.
Mechanical: Lacking freshness; dull or done by habit.
Alternative: A choice limited to one option among two or more possibilities.
Sustainable: (Of economic development, energy sources, etc) capable of being maintained at a steady level without exhausting natural resources or causing severe ecological damage.

Sunday 9 February 2020

Dracula - Bram Stocker

CHAPTERS 1-2
Coach: A large, horse-drawn, four-wheeled carriage, usually enclosed.
Lawyer: A person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law or to advise or act for them in other legal matters.
Evil eye: A look believed capable of inflicting injury or bad luck on someone.
Held out: To have or keep in the hand; grasp.
Refused: To decline to accept (something offered); reject.
Carriage: A wheeled vehicle for carrying persons, such as one pulled by horses.
Howled: (Of a dog, wolf, or the like) To make a loud, long, mournful cry.
Lit: An alternative past tense and past participle of light.
Supper: The evening meal, often the principal meal of the day, esp. one taken in the evening.
Sharp: Ending in an edge or point.
Claws: A sharp, curved nail on the foot of an animal, such as on a cat.
Pale: Lacking strong or natural color; colorless or whitish.
Breath: The air taken into and sent out of the lungs while breathing.
Wonder: To think about and ask oneself about something; to be curious about; speculate.
Chapel: A separate part of a church, or a small structure like a church, used for special religious services.
Shaving: The act of one that shaves.
Razor: A sharp-edged instrument used esp. for shaving the face or trimming hair.
Throat: The top of the passage from the mouth to the stomach and lungs.

CHAPTERS 3-4

Warning: Serving to warn, advise, caution.
Dust: Matter in fine, powdery, dry particles.
Crawled: To move with the head or face downward and the body close to the ground, or on the hands and knees.
Cape: A piece of clothing without sleeves, fastened at the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders.
Spread out: To extend out; move apart.
Bent down: To fell on the floor.
Fainted: Lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.
Coin: A piece of metal stamped and issued by a government as money.
Earth: Soil and dirt, as distinguished from rock and sand.
Search: To look through (a place, etc.) to find something lost.
Turn: To (cause to) move around on an axis or about a center; rotate.


CHAPTERS 5-6

Churchyard: The ground near a church, used as a graveyard.
Harbour: A sheltered port.
Sailor: One whose job is sailing; a mariner.

Shawl: A piece of wool or other fabric worn about the shoulders esp. by women.
Wrapped: To enclose or cover in something wound or folded about.
Diseases: Illness; sickness.
Remain: To stay behind or in the same place.
Garlic: A hardy plant of the amaryllis family, having a strong-smelling and strong-tasting bulb.
Rushed: To (cause to) move with great or too much speed.
Footprint: A mark left by a foot, as in earth or sand.
Drugged: A chemical used in medicines for the treatment of disease, or to improve physical or mental well-being.

CHAPTERS 7-8
Sight: The act or fact of seeing; a view or glimpse.
Snapped: To (cause to) make a sudden, sharp sound; crack.
Reminded: To cause (a person) to remember.
Tomb: A hole dug in earth for the burial of a corpse; a grave.
Coffin: The box in which the body of a dead person is buried; casket.
Lid: A removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
Crack: A break without separation of parts.
Host: The bread or wafer consecrated in the celebration of the Eucharist.
Seal: An emblem, symbol, etc., placed on something to show its authenticity.
Tragedy: A terrible or fatal event or affair; disaster.

CHAPTERS 7-8
Whistle: An instrument for producing whistling sounds.
Chased away: To follow rapidly or intently in order to overtake, etc.; pursue from this or that place;
from here or from there.Gasp: A sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise.
Chest: The front portion of the body enclosed by the ribs; thorax.
Spring at: To (cause to) be released suddenly from a constrained position.
Mist: A mass of tiny drops of water, resembling fog.
Shudder: To tremble with a sudden movement, as from horror.
Holy: Recognized as or declared sacred by religious use or authority; consecrated.
Revenge: To demand or give punishment for a wrong done to (someone), esp. in an unforgiving spirit.
Doomed: Fate or destiny, esp. bad or adverse fate.
Harm: Injury or damage; hurt.

CHAPTERS 7-8
Fog: A cloudlike mass or layer of water droplets near the surface of the earth.
Confront: To face (someone) in hostility.
Rushing: A sequence of social events sponsored by a fraternity or sorority for prospective members prior to bidding and pledging.
Breeze: A wind or current of air, esp. a light one.
Trick: A silly or mischievous act; a practical joke; a prank.
Path: A way or small passage on the ground beaten by human or animal feet.
Steamboat: A steam-driven vessel, esp. a small one or one used on inland waters.
Tie: 
To bind or fasten with a cord, etc.
Fear: 
A distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc.

Sun rise: Once the sun rose, the fog disappeared.
Falling under her spell: Falling under the control of someone.
Stake: A stick pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, etc.
Companion: A person who frequently accompanies another; comrade.
Cart: 
A two-wheeled vehicle pulled by horses, oxen, etc., and used to carry goods, for farming, etc.

Stab: To pierce with or as if with a pointed weapon.
Sink: To force below the surface of water or the like; cause to become submerged.
Shrivel: To (cause to) become smaller and wrinkled or curled up, as from great heat.