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English Vocabulary and Grammar Notes

Health and Fitness Vocabulary

• Disease: enfermedad
• Endurance: resistencia
• Mood: humor
• Pressure: presión
• Self-discipline: autodisciplina
• Sign: síntoma
• Trainer: entrenador

Health and Fitness Verbs & Phrases

• Avoid: evitar
• Break up: romper / disolver
• Chase: perseguir
• Come down with: coger una enfermedad
• Cut down on: reducir el consumo de
• Deal with: ocuparse de
• Enable: permitir
• Get over: recuperarse de
• Give up: rendirse
• Improve: mejorar
• Injure: lesionar
• Kick in: empezar a hacer efecto
• Last: durar
• Put on: ganar peso
• Run away: huir
• Sense: sentir
• Strengthen: fortalecer
• Take up: empezar a practicar
• Warm up: calentarse
• Work out: hacer ejercicio

Health and Fitness Adjectives

• Exhausted: agotado
• Fed up with: harto de
• Miserable: triste
• Nutritious:

A Streetcar Named Desire: A Journey into Illusion and Despair

Blanche DuBois: A Faded Southern Belle

What we know about Blanche is that she was once a schoolteacher, but her past is shrouded in secrecy. She arrives at her sister Stella's doorstep in New Orleans, clinging to the remnants of her former gentility. Blanche lives in a world of illusion, constantly seeking refuge from the harsh realities of life. The mental asylum becomes the final destination of her journey, a symbolic representation of the death of her desires and the ultimate escape from a world she can no longer bear.

The Clash of Old and New America

Stella and Stanley represent the clash between the Old and New South. Stella, torn between her love for her husband and her loyalty... Continue reading "A Streetcar Named Desire: Delving into Death, Desire, and Illusion" »

Basic First Aid Principles

Legal Aspects of First Aid

Understanding the legal framework is crucial when providing first aid. "Good Samaritan" laws protect individuals who offer assistance in an emergency, provided certain conditions are met.

Good Samaritan Laws

You are protected from liability as long as:

• You are reasonably careful.
• You act in "good faith" (not for a reward).
• You do not provide care beyond your skill level.

If you decide to help an ill or injured person, you must not leave them until someone with equal or more emergency training takes over.

Consent for First Aid

A responsible adult must agree to receive first aid care. Obtaining consent is a fundamental step before providing assistance.

Expressed Consent

Expressed Consent means the victim... Continue reading "Critical First Aid: Legalities, Roles, and Action Steps" »

Examine the role of two cultural dimensions on behaviour

Info:

Cultural Dimensions: are traits that are characteristic to certain cultures. The theorist of the Cultural Dimensions theory, Geert Hofstede, conducted a massive study across 50 countries over 10 years to test his theory. At the conclusion of his study, Hofstede observed four dimensions.

• Individualism-Collectivism - where the individual self is more important than societal connections
• Masculinity-Femininity - “masculinity focuses on achievement, heroism, assertiveness, material rewards for success; femininity focuses on cooperation, modesty, caring for the weaker and for a good quality of life”
• Power Distance - “the degree to which the less powerful members of a society accept and

Understanding Social Compliance Techniques

Introduction to Compliance Strategies

Foot-in-the-Door (FITD) Technique

• Getting someone to agree to a small request significantly increases the chance of agreement to a subsequent, larger request.

Door-in-the-Face (DITF) Technique

• A large, unreasonable offer is made which will surely be turned down; a second, more reasonable offer is then more likely to be accepted (often relying on the principle of reciprocity).

Lowballing (LB) Technique

• Offering a deceptively or unrealistically low bid.

• The initial offer is made at a lower price than is actually intended to be charged, and the price is subsequently raised after the target's commitment is secured, often increasing profits.

Dickerson et al. (1992): Foot-in-

Discuss two errors in attributions

Intro:

Attribution = “Correspondence inference theory” = tendency to take someone’s immediate behaviour as a general statement about who that person is

(consider situational as a person's disposition)

Choose 2 to discuss:

1.Fundamental attribution error

- tendency to overestimate the extent to which a person's behavior is due to internal, dispositional factors + underestimate the role of situational factors

2.Self serving bias

- explanations for one's own successes that credit internal, dispositional factors and explanations for one's failures that blame external, situational factors

3.Defensive attribution

- Tendency to blame the victim for their misfortunes

Ross et al. → FAE

• Aim: To see if student participants

Privacy Rights: Roe, Griswold, and Casey

Roe v. Wade Precedent: Griswold v. Connecticut

• Trimester Framework: Established in Roe v. Wade by Justice Blackmun (later modified).
• Griswold v. Connecticut (1965): Established a fundamental right to privacy derived from 'zones' in the Constitution (specifically citing Amendments 1, 3, 4, 5, 9, and 14).

Levels of Judicial Review

• Strict Scrutiny:
  • Requires a compelling government interest.
  • The law must be narrowly tailored to achieve that interest.
  • Burden of proof is on the government.
  • Statute is presumed unconstitutional.
  • Applied in cases involving fundamental rights (e.g., religion, race) or suspect classifications.
• Rational Basis Review:
  • Requires the government to show rational grounds for the law (legitimate government

Regional Dynamics

Speculative Housing Bubbles

Regional Comparative Advantage

• Natural Advantages
• Employee Characteristics
• Access to Transportation
• Quality of Life

Base & Service Industries

Location Quotient (LQ) > 1 is a base industry, LQ < 1 is a service industry

Housing Supply

• Housing Starts
• Existing Home Sales

Local Supply Influences

• Interest Rates
• Zoning
• Building Codes
• Land Terrain

Neighborhood Influences

• Public Goods
• School Quality/Capitalization Effect
• Public Services Provided Relative to Taxes Paid

Sales Comparison (Market) Approach

The "subject" is the property being appraised. "Comparables" are recently sold, similar properties.

Estimate the value of the subject by adjusting the sales price of the comparable for any differences.

Subject Value Estimate... Continue reading "Real Estate Valuation and Analysis" »

Understanding Film & TV Production

Key Elements of Film and Television

• Subtitles are helpful for people who cannot hear or understand a film's language.
• A critic writes about art, theater, or restaurants.
• A television show has viewers.
• A singer, an actor, or a dancer can give a performance.
• Films are set in a particular time period and in a certain place.
• Someone can have a role in a comedy, a TV program, or a play.
• You can shoot a video or a film.
• A film, a television drama, or a novel has a plot.

Behind the Scenes: Filmmaking Realities

• Actors have to be able to smile and laugh even when they are very unhappy.
• When a director thinks a scene is imperfect, it is shot again and again until it is exactly right.
• It is often impossible for an actor to earn

TEST A

Grammar

1.

1. If I had a lot of money, I would travel around the world.
2. If I pass my exams, I will go to university.
3. I would go running every day if I had more time.
4. I won't go out tonight unless I have no homework.
5. If I lived in a big city, I would be unhappy.

2.

1. Will eat
2. had
3. finish
4. would feel
5. won't arrive

3.

1. I would have taken up basketball earlier if I'd had the chance.
2. She would have finished the race if she had trained more regularly.
3. My friend would have come with me if I had asked him.
4. I wouldn't have been ill if I hadn't eaten that fish.
5. You wouldn't have hurt your back if you hadn't lifted those heavy boxes.

4.

1. If I did sport, I would be fitter.
2. If he had known she was a vegetarian, he wouldn't have cooked a steak.
3. We will miss the bus if we don't hurry