2nd TERM

Vocabulary

3.That's entertainment

Stunts: Escenas peligrosas

Awesome: Impresionante

Outrageous: Indignante

Released: Lanzar, hacerlo publico

Leading role: Papel principal (jefe)

Box-office hit: Exito de taquilla

Plot: Argumento

Sets: Coleccion

Sold out: Agotado

Script: Guion

Appeals to: Gustar

Dubbed: Doblar

Cast: Reparto

Behind the scenes: Detras de camaras

Filmgoers: Aficionados al cine

Predictable: Predecible

Fast-paced: Acelerado

Worth seeing: Vale la pena ver

Genders: Genero

Move with the times: Moverse con el tiempo

Reflect: Reflejar

Look on: Observar, considerar

Figures: Personajes

Collocations:

Make +

progress

a suggestion

sense

a choice

an appointment

Take +

part

olace

a risk

one's time

responsability

Raise +

issues

money

one's voice

a question

children

4.World of work

Positions: Puesto de trabajo

Qualifications: Titulos

Fields: Area

Shifts: Turno

Wages: Salario

Perks: Beneficio

Teamwork: Trabajo en equipo

Out of work: Desempleado, despedido

Sick leave: Baja por enfermedad

Rewarding: Satisfactorio

People skills: Habilidades sociales

Rise: Aumento, crecer, subir

Reliable: Fiable

Room for advancement: Espacio para adelantar

Deadlines: Fecha de entrega

Work his way up: Trabajar a su manera

Steady job: Trabajo asegurado

Overtime: Horas extras

Part-time: Media jornada

Seasonal: De temporada

Expresions

Burn out: Consumirse, agotarse

Rat race: Carrera de locos

Pulling your weight: Trabajar lo mismo que el resto

Got fired: Despedido

Hold down a job: Mantener un trabajo

Gets paid peanuts: Pagarle muy poco a alguien

Grammar

The passive

It is made with an active sentence

Acctive: I make a cake
Passive: A cake is made by me

Uses

Change the focus of the sentence

When the person who do the action is unkown

For formal uses

Important for the use

The causatve

When we want to talk about something that someone else did for us

I cleaned my house

If someone did it for you, you use the causative

I had my house cleaned

A cleaner cleaned my house

Structure

Subj. + past participle + object

Subj. + have + object + past participle

Relative clauses

To gve more information about something

2 types:

Defining

We can use THAT instead of WHO/WHICH

Types

Relative pronoun is the subject

I'm looking for a secretary who / that can use a computer well.

Relative pronoun is the object

The university (which / that) she likes is famous.

Non-defining

We can't use THAT

The use of comas

Examples

My boss, who is very nice, lives in Manchester.

Yesterday I called our friend Julie, who lives in New York.