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Principio de Igualdad en la Constitución Española

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El Principio de Igualdad en la Constitución

Construir una constitución exige, además de la idea de libertad, la de igualdad. Quien habla de crear una constitución siempre piensa en la igualdad de los ciudadanos y, más concretamente, en tres aspectos en los que podemos considerarlos iguales: el plano político, el jurídico y el de los medios de vivir. Ahora bien, el concepto de constitución exige una igualdad mayor, casi plena, en los dos primeros aspectos de la vida ciudadana y, en cambio, una más flexible en lo que respecta a la idea de igualdad material.

Igualdad Política

La igualdad política en democracia significa que cada voto de los ciudadanos debe ser contabilizado con igual valor. Es decir, un ciudadano, un voto. Por lo tanto,... Continue reading "Principio de Igualdad en la Constitución Española" »

Romanticismo en España: Poesía, Prosa y Autores Clave del Siglo XIX

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Características formales de la poesía romántica

En los aspectos formales, se percibe una clara intención renovadora: se aprecian nuevos ritmos acentuales que confieren gran sentido musical a los poemas.

Se distinguen dos tipos de poesía:

Poesía épica o narrativa

  • Tono: heroico.
  • Temas: recoge sus temas de la tradición, la historia o la leyenda.
  • Rasgo destacado: rehabilita el romance.

Entre sus creadores están José de Espronceda y José Zorrilla.

Poesía lírica

Es la expresión más emblemática del romanticismo, pues en ella concluyen los conflictos interiores del poeta. Sobresalen Espronceda, Bécquer y Rosalía de Castro.

José de Espronceda (1808-1842)

Espronceda está tan unido a su vida como a su obra, y es el poeta del romanticismo español... Continue reading "Romanticismo en España: Poesía, Prosa y Autores Clave del Siglo XIX" »

Unit 1 Vocabulary: Technology, Sports, Health & Shopping

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Unit 1: Vocabulary

Technology: Instruction Verbs

  • browse: echar un vistazo
  • charge: cargar
  • plug in: enchufar
  • press: presionar
  • scroll: desplazar
  • stream: transmitir
  • swipe: deslizar
  • switch on: encender
  • tap: tocar
  • text: texto / enviar un mensaje
  • update: actualizar

Technology Adjectives

  • automatic: automático
  • convenient: conveniente
  • efficient: eficiente
  • heavy: pesado
  • high quality: alta calidad
  • impractical: poco práctico
  • inconvenient: inconveniente
  • inefficient: ineficiente
  • light: ligero
  • low quality: baja calidad
  • manual: manual
  • practical: práctico
  • reliable: de confianza
  • unreliable: no fiable
  • useful: útil
  • useless: inútil

Sports Verbs and Nouns

  • archery: tiro con arco
  • athletics: atletismo
  • catch up: alcanzar
  • kayaking: kayak / piragüismo
  • miss out: perderse
  • pick up: recoger
  • rock climbing:
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English-Spanish Vocabulary for Travel, Food, Art, and Academia

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Trouble | Problema

Get/Be Held Up | Ser Detenido

Day Return | Día de Regreso

Valid | Válido

Due | Debido/ Debería

Get In | Entra

Cancel | Cancelar

Warning | Advertencia

Connecting Flight | Vuelo de Conexión

Meant to Do | Destinado a

Pick Up | Recoger

Turn Up | Aparecer

Trip | Viaje

Overnight | Durante la Noche

Hire a Car | Alquilar un Coche

Stop Off | Parada

Via | Vía

Nightmare | Pesadilla

Get/Be Stuck | Atascarse

Traffic Jam | Atasco

End Up | Terminar

The Outskirts | Las Afueras

Heavy Traffic | Mucho Tráfico

The Rush Hour | Hora Punta

Serious Accident | Accidente Grave

Occur | Ocurrir

Van | Camioneta

Skid | Patinar

Collide With | Chocar con

Vehicle | Vehículo

Block a Road | Bloquear una Carretera

Lane | Carril

Emergency Services | Servicios de Emergencia

Avoid | Evitar

Ambulance

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Essential English-Spanish Career Vocabulary

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General Terms and Descriptions

  • Overcrowded: Repleto
  • Yet: Sin embargo
  • Tiffins: Taper
  • Lid: Tapa
  • Clockwork: Puntual
  • Blistering: Abrasador
  • Illiterate: Analfabeto
  • Regardless of: Independientemente
  • Evenly: Partes iguales
  • Income: Salario

Action Verbs and Phrasal Verbs

  • Sorted: Clasificar
  • Rushed off: Con prisa
  • Carried out: Llevar a cabo
  • Slack off: Holgazanear
  • Pack: Empaquetar
  • Deliver: Repartir
  • Dare: Atreverse a
  • Split: Dividir

Common Expressions with Take

  • Take pride in: Sentirse orgulloso de
  • Take your time: Tomarse su tiempo
  • Take for granted: Dar por hecho
  • Take sides: Posicionarse
  • Take advantage of: Aprovecharse
  • Take initiative: Tomar la iniciativa

Common Expressions with Run

  • Run wild: Desenfrenarse
  • Run short of: Escasear
  • Run an errand: Hacer un recado
  • Run the show: Dirigir

Professional

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Gender Inequality and Domestic Responsibilities: A Call for Change

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Gender Inequality in Domestic Responsibilities

It is generally agreed that men and women should share family responsibilities. However, we live in a society where women handle 80% of domestic tasks. Everybody should try to collaborate in doing housework.

Many people think that if men work and bring money home, they should rest at home; that's their job. Besides, it is traditionally believed that women are better at choosing and taking care of children.

The Struggle for Gender Equality

In fact, I don't consider women equal to men because the female gender has always had it much harder than men.

Society expects women to stay at home and look after their children. La sociedad espera que las mujeres se queden en casa para cuidar de sus hijos.

Many people

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Literatura del Siglo XIX: Realismo, Naturalismo y Poesía

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Clarín (1852-1901)

Clarín mantuvo una postura progresista y liberal, defendiendo una literatura combativa, de denuncia de la corrupción política, el caciquismo y la superstición. En cuanto a su técnica, analiza el entorno social lleno de contrastes, mezcla aspectos realistas y naturalistas y utiliza las renovaciones narrativas del momento, como el flash-back.

El Naturalismo

En las últimas décadas del siglo XIX en Francia, el realismo derivó hacia una nueva corriente: el naturalismo. Su creador fue Émile Zola. Según Zola, el naturalismo no es solo una corriente literaria, sino también una nueva concepción del hombre y un nuevo método para estudiar su comportamiento.

Temas Principales

  • La miseria humana
  • La corrupción
  • El alcoholismo
  • Las
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Future Environmental Challenges and Children

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It is true that in the future we will have contamination in our water. But, on the other hand, we will be able to filter the water, so it is not all bad.

We can agree that in the future, we will not have clean air because humans pollute the air.

It is very important to keep in mind that the Earth will change a lot. For example, instead of having glaciers, we will have more water in the ocean, and therefore, many animals and plants will die.

In my opinion, children will learn from our mistakes.

In fact, children will have many things because there will be less pollution.

In the future, children will not only be unable to play outside, but they will also not use paper in schools because there will be no forests.

In other words, in the future, our world... Continue reading "Future Environmental Challenges and Children" »

Freud's Theory of Drives: Psychic Apparatus, Topographic and Structural Models

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Psychic Apparatus: Consciousness and Attention

The surface of the psychic apparatus is characterized by consciousness. The focus of attention and its characteristics include vividness and speed, along with concentration and the need for neutralized energy to sustain it. Consciousness functions as the organ of voluntary, deliberate, intentional, and self-reflective action.

Freud's Topographic and Structural Models

During the period described by the first topographic model, Freud wrote in parallel about the theory of drives based on the pleasure/displeasure principle.

In 1923, he shifted to the second structural model, comprising the ego, id, and superego, and in parallel proposed the drives of life and death.

Theory of Drives

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English Grammar and Vocabulary: Used To, Would, Phrasal Verbs, Describing People and Films

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Remember that "used to" is only for past states or actions that no longer occur now. We cannot use it for things that are still happening now.


We can use "would" to talk about repeated past actions.

• Every Saturday I would go on a long bike ride.





Just, Already, Yet, Since and For

Just: recently can mean only a few moments ago or in a very recent past.

Already: appears in affirmative sentences and indicates that the action has already been completed.

Yet: used in questions, to ask whether the action has been carried out or not, and in negatives to say that the action has not yet happened.

Since: indicates the specific moment when that action started.

For: expresses the duration of an activity; we can say the amount of time that it has been going... Continue reading "English Grammar and Vocabulary: Used To, Would, Phrasal Verbs, Describing People and Films" »