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Improving Our City: A Message from Maria Luisa Rodriguez Morales

Addressing Our Challenges

Good morning everyone, my name is Maria Luisa Rodriguez Morales and I am a candidate for the municipal elections. Thank you for attending this meeting. I am running for office because I want to bring positive change to our city.

We are all aware of the challenges we face. Unemployment is at an all-time high, businesses are struggling due to the pandemic, and large companies are relocating to other cities. Our hospital needs more doctors and specialists, leading to long wait times for appointments. Our streets are becoming increasingly congested and lack safe cycling infrastructure, posing a danger to everyone.

Solutions for a Brighter Future

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Animal Rights Vocabulary

• Mistreat: maltratar
• Tame: domesticado
• Endangered species: especies en vías de extinción
• Extinct: extinguido
• Cage: jaula
• Wildlife: vida salvaje
• Laboratory: laboratorio
• Research: investigación
• Experiment: experimento
• Human guinea pigs: conejillos de indias humanos
• Species: especie
• Breed: criar
• Ethical: ético
• Hunt: cazar
• Free-range: ecológico, de granja
• Vegetarian: vegetariano
• Factory farms: producción industrial de animales de granja
• In captivity: en cautiverio

Nature or Nurture Concepts

• Formative: developmental
• Portrayed: depicted, shown
• Dog-like: with characteristics similar to a dog
• Upbringing: raising
• Raw: uncooked
• Orphanage: center where children whose parents have died

Phrasal Verbs Related to Care & Acquisition

• Bring up: raise

Vocabulary U. 6

Jobs and Education

• Apply for a job: Solicitar un trabajo
• Claim benefits: Reclamar beneficios
• Do a course: Hacer un curso
• Do a degree: Hacer un grado (universitario)
• Do an assignment: Hacer una tarea escolar
• Do business: Hacer negocio
• Do your homework: Hacer los deberes
• Drop out: Dejar algo
• Get a job: Conseguir un trabajo
• Get fired: Estar despedido
• Get good/bad grades: Sacar buenas/malas notas
• Get paid: Ser pagado
• Get promoted: Ser ascendido
• Graduate from university: Graduarse
• Leave school: Dejar el colegio
• Pass an exam: Aprobar un examen
• Pass with flying colors: Aprobar sobrado
• Pass your driving test: Aprobar el carnet de conducir
• Start a business: Empezar un negocio
• Start a career: Empezar la carrera laboral
• Start work: Empezar a trabajar
• Teach yourself:

Behind Bars: Legal and Crime Vocabulary

Spanish - English

• Entre rejas - Behind bars
• Prihibido - Forbidden
• Cumplir - Enforce/comply
• Celda - Cell
• Robo - Theft/robbery
• Obedecer - Comply
• Delincuente - Offender
• Multar - Fined
• Hurto - Shoplifting
• Acusar de - Charged with
• Culpable - Guilty
• Juzgado - Court
• Enderezar el rumbo - Go straight
• Juicio - Trial
• Condenar - Convict
• Desobedecer - Defy
• Meterse en un lio - Get into trouble
• Levantar el castigo - Let you off the hook
• Robo/estafa - Daily robbery
• Con las manos en la masa - Caught red-handed
• Borrar sus huellas - Cover their tracks
• Tomar medidas - Crack down on
• De hecho y derecho - Above board
• Vista gorda - Turn a blind eye
• Dejar las cosas claras - Lay down the law
• Enmendar la conducta - Mend his ways
• A la fuga - On the run

Modal

How does ICT integration in education impact the teaching profession?

ICT integration fosters:

• Collaboration
• Communication
• Sharing of ideas and experiences
• Mutual support in learning

What are some primary ways teachers can utilize ICT?

Teachers can leverage ICT to:

• Find resources
• Prepare lessons
• Organize student work
• Evaluate results
• Manage learning records

What are three new teaching and learning forms introduced by ICT?

• Project-based learning
• Cross-curricular learning
• Attractive learning experiences

Name three ways ICT empowers students as creators.

• Programming
• Website development
• Robotics

What are some key changes observed in learners due to ICT?

Increased Motivation:

• Reduced fear of public mistakes
• Students as educators
• Teachers as lifelong learning models

Other

R: Love Locks on Bridges

1. Carolyn Barnabo and C...

cause it ws romantic thg to do.

2. Which sentence...

follows an Italian tradition.

3. The phrase “padlocks...

padlocks have appeared in great quantities and vry quickly.

4. The municipal aut…

when part of a històric bridge fell cause of weight of the locks.

5. The city of Paris is putting panels of ...

prevent the damage that the locks cause.

6. According to the text, padlock sellers...

are making profits from this epidemic.

7. Lovelocks...

can now be found in a variety of places.

8. Lisa Anselmo thinks that it...

to assign a place for people to attach their locks.

R: Esperanto and Universal Communication

1. Who was Doktoro Es?

The invntr of n artificial ne lan.

2. According to the text, Zamenhof was..

Vocabulary For the Writing:

-“Makes us to be able” | -ENABLE US-

-“In the case of” | -WHEN IT COMES TO-

-“Gaining” | acquire

CONNECTORS

-“Nevertheless” | -SIN EMBARGO-

-“In the meantime” | -(POR) MIENTRAS-

-“From then on” | Desde tal punto

-“Apart from this” | Aparte de esto

-ADDITION – and, plus, furthermore, moreover, in addition, also, as well as.

-TIME – When, while, as, as soon as.

-SEQUENCE – then, after, afterwards, next, firstly, secondly, finally.

-CONTRAST – but, however, though, although, nevertheless, despite, whereas, while.

Common Homophones

• I'll, isle, aisle
• Eight, ate
• Bear, bare
• Be, bee, b
• Blue, blew
• Break, brake
• Buy, by, bye
• Sell, cell
• Sent, cent
• Dear, deer
• Die, dye
• Fair, fare
• Flee, flea
• Flower, flour
• Guest, guessed
• Heal, heel
• Hear, here
• Hole, whole
• Our, hour
• In, inn
• Its, it's
• New, knew
• Not, knot
• No, know
• Made, maid
• Male, mail
• Meet, meat
• Night, knight
• Pear, pair, pare
• Pale, pail
• Pray, prey
• Rain, reign, rein
• Real, reel
• Write, right, rite
• Road, rowed, rode
• Peace, piece
• Roll, role
• Sale, sail
• Sea, see, c
• Site, sight, cite
• Sore, soar
• Sole, soul
• Sun, son
• Stare, stair
• Steak, stake
• Steal, steel
• Tale, tail
• Through, threw
• To, too, two
• Vein, vain, vane
• Waste, waist
• Wait, weight
• Way, weigh
• Week, weak
• Would, wood
• Chord, cord

Globalization and Culture

• Americanized/global brand: A word known worldwide.
• Way of life
• Brain drain: Fuga

Reported Speech: Mastering the Rules

Reported speech, also known as indirect speech, involves changes to verb tenses, modal verbs, possessive adjectives, and expressions of time and place. These changes primarily occur in declarative and interrogative sentences (statements and questions).

Tense Changes in Reported Speech

Santiago, November 2nd, 2022

Honorable Michigan Scholarships and Admissions Committee

Respected members of the scholarship and admissions committee,

My name is Carla Toro Núñez, a final-year engineering student majoring in finance. I am writing to apply for a scholarship to finish my studies at the University of Michigan. I believe this opportunity would allow me to perfect my fluency in English, learn more about American culture, and contribute to your prestigious university.

I am drawn to the United States for its robust economy and the opportunities it presents. It would be an honor to be a member of your community and contribute to your country.