SARA ALONSO PORTFOLIO

Hello everyone! I hope you spend a merry Christmas with your family and friends. Thank you also for making us have a great time together in class. Here I leave some videos of Christmas so that you have fun! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!   Mistletoe      Santa tell me        Santa Claus is coming to town     All I want for Christmas is you         Last Christmas                                                             So this is Christmas Here I leave our english project:                                                  All I want for Christmas is you

What can I do that I couldn't do before?   I think I have learned to be sure of myself.   What did I like most?   I liked most the proyect that we have done because they are great and I spent a great time with all of you.        What are my greatest strengths and weaknesses?   My greatest strength is speaking and the weakness is translation. What did I do well?   I think I did well vocabulary and grammar and I have done all the proyects and homework. What am I confused about?   I think I am not confused about anything. What do I need help with?   I think I need a few help in translation because is too difficult for me. What did I do in English outside the class?   I have done "Can´t stop the feeling" proyect, I worked with the portfolio, I saw videos, I listened music,etc. What do I need to improve?   I need to improve translation and my behaved. What did I learn about culture?   I learned how is Aborigine culture,how is population,etc.

- Review :opinion of a film -UFO: unidentified flying object - Stunt : person similar to an actor that is good at jumping,etc - Sci - fi : science fiction - Blockbuster:  film successfull(a great success) - Matinee: showing of a movie in the daytime(usually afternoon). It´s often cheaper - Rating: system for evaluating how appropiate the movie is for various ages - Bombed: failed - Sequel: movie that continues the story of a previous film - I was on the edge of my seat the whole time!: the movie was very interesting - Premise: idea or concept - Intriguing: interesting,gets your attention - Implausible: too unlikely - Twist: unexpected turn of events - Ruined it: made it bad - Touching: affected you emotionally in a positive way                                           

-Birth rate:  total number of live births per 1,000 of a population in a year -Death rate:    measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time -Natural increase:  crude birth rate minus the crude death rate -Infant mortality rate:  refers to deaths of young children, typically those less than one year of age -Life expectancy:  statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of their birth, their current age and other demographic factors including sex -Birth control:  allows us to prevent pregnancy and plan the timing of pregnancy  -Dependent population:  Group of people who, on the reference date, were in one of the following situations in relation to activity: unemployed looking for their first job, studying or carrying out non-remunerated household chores. -Dependency ratio:  measure showing the number of dependents, aged

- Endurance and flexibility - Basketball

Yesterday we went to Valladolid,we saw its Main Square and the teachers gave us time to buy things.Then,we went to the Miguel Delibes audience to saw "Vox Balaenae" that it was a concert of classic contemporanean music. Later,we had lunch and we went to Peñafiel Castle to saw wine museum and saw the different parts of the castle. I spent a great time with friends,classmates and teachers.

- Familiar:  something that you know - Honest:  telling the truth - Common:  usual - Compulsory: something that you must do because of a rule - Easy-going:  relaxed - Direct: saying exactly what you mean - Well-behaved: acting in the correct way - Aceptable: something that you can allow - Fair: appropiate - Nevertheless=however= though - Cocky: arrogant -Curiosity killed the cat:  is a proverb used to warn of the dangers of unnecessary investigation or experimentation -Currency: money in circulation as a medium of exchange in a country -Demonstration: a march or public show of strong opinion -Bustling: crowded -Feel homesick: miss family,home,etc -Settled into: arrive and all perfect(confortable) - Should= ought to - Must= do´s - You´d better not!: you shouldn´t - Mrs: Mistress

This landscape is situated in San Diego(California). It is a mediterranean climate(a type of temperate zone),in wich summers are hot and winters are mild because of the proximity to the sea. Precipitation is not abundant(summers are very dry). Rivers have a low,irregular flow due to seasonal variations in rainfall. Forests in this zone are made up of evergreen trees such as pines and holms oaks. There are mice,rabbits,hares,snakes,insects,birds,etc At the background we can appreciate the sea and a beautiful sky with different colors. At the foreground we can see a mountain or a similar relief with a green vegetation and something like a wooden bridge. I have chosen this picture because is very beautiful and I want to visit it .                                                                

- Coast : water´s edge - Ocean : seaside - Mountain range : mountain chain - Valley : canyon - Hill : natural elevation smaller than a mountain - River : natural stream of water flowing in a definite course - Lake : loch - Oasis : desert resting place - Archipelago : large group or chain of islands - Island : area of land completely surrounded by water but not large enough to be called a continent - Continent : main masses of land on the earth - Flood : inundate - Earthquake : temblor - Volcano : eruption - Population : society - Industry : group of manufacturing businesses in a particular field - Agriculture : cultivate land, raise crops, and feed and raise livesock (farming) - Natural resources : natural wealth of a country, consisting of land, forests, mineral deposits, water, etc - Goods : commodities - Earth´s crust : the brown, hard outer surface of the Earth - Edge : a line or border at which a surface ends - Soil(farmland)=land=earth - Accurate : good enough - Spread out :

- Email : send messages to another person by internet - Wifi : internet - Device : a thing made for a particular purpose - Attachments : you enclose documents,etc - Rehearsal :   a session of exercise, drill, or practice, in preparation for a public performance, ceremony, etc - Sleepover : party at night in a house,with friends and pajamas - We didn´t get much sleep! : we didn´t sleep too much - Couldn´t sleep a wink : Can´t sleep anything because you are awake - To invite over : invite to your home - Be .... to : be ..... in an activitie - Bothering : disturb, make anyone feel angry - Complain : to express dissatisfaction, sesentment, pain, etc - Apologaise:  say sorry - Lipdub : move your lips - Lie-in : stay in bed - Driving someone crazy : to irritate - Fortnight :15 days - Gotta : I have got to - Update : write in a blog, etc - Mind! : be carefully! - Collocations : verb+ noun - Go abroad : go to another country - Stranger : person you don´t know

- Disturb : interrupt the quiet,rest,or peace of.... - Interrupt : to stop a person while speaking or working - Noises : loud shoutings - Standing up : up of the chair or anywhere - Throwing papers - Speak loudly - Shouting : to call loudly - Using Spanish :don´t speaking in English - Insult : to offend                                              ----> Bullying : one or more people bully, stick and insult other      - Fight : a battle or combat - Put down : speak bad about a person - Reluctance to share : refusing to give something to someone - Unwillingness to participe in an activity : reluctance to participe - Cheating : when you tell a lie,etc - Untidiness,littering : disordered,dirty

Hello,this is my new blog.  Here you have this video to start this portfolio in a funny way. I hope you enjoy my blog, because I´m doing it with all my wishes.