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English Grammar Essentials

Modal Verbs and Semi-Modals

• Semi-Modals:
  • Have to (tener que): Expresses obligation.
  • Be able to (ser capaz de): Expresses ability.
• Modal Verbs:
  • Ability: Can / Could (podría, pude) / Will be able to (será capaz de).
  • Advice: Should (debería), Ought to (debería).
    • Present and Future: Should / Ought to.
    • Past (3rd form): Should have + past participle (deberías haber...).
  • Possibility:
    • Present: May (puede que...).
    • Future: Might (podría).
    • Past (3rd form): Might have + past participle (podría haber...).
  • Obligation:
    • Present and Future: Must (debes).
    • Present and Future: Have to (tienes que).

Verbs Followed by TO + Infinitive

Used after verbs expressing:

• Mental Actions: plan, forget, manage, agree, learn, promise, prepare, need, hope, decide,

• Spatial Prepositions

  • Above [PREP]: If something is above something else, it is in a higher position.
  • Across From [PREP]: If something is across from something else, it is on the other or opposite side.
  • Below [PREP]: If something is below something else, it is in a lower position than that thing.
  • Between [ADV]: If something is between other things, it is in the middle or separating one thing from another.
  • Close [ADJ]: If you are close to something, it is a short distance away from that thing.
  • Far [ADV]: If something is or goes far from something, it is a long distance away from that thing.
  • Lower [ADJ]: It is below something else.
  • Near [ADV]: If something is near something else, it is a short distance away from it.
  • Next To [PREP]: If something is next

Four Key Processes Enhanced by Visual Thinking

Let’s examine four processes improved by visual thinking:

1. Understand the Essence

• Visual Grammar: The Business Model Canvas poster is a conceptual map that functions as a visual language with corresponding grammar. It tells you which pieces of information to insert in the model, and where.
• Capturing the Big Picture: By sketching out all the elements of the Canvas, you immediately give viewers the big picture of a business model. A sketch provides just the right amount of information to allow a viewer to grasp the idea, yet not too much detail to distract them.
• Seeing Relationships: Understanding a business model requires not only knowing the compositional elements, but also grasping the interdependencies

MODAL VERBS

He must be in love/ She could be working too hard/ He may not earn very much/ That must be very hard/ That can't be Claire's grandfather/ He must have sold his business for a lot of money/ They can't have had another argument/ we might have met before/ she can't have had a happy childhood/ She may have thought I'd be angry.

I might be able to give you a lift but../ I wasn't able to swim till last year/ I can see Sarah../ I've made the main course for dinner.. so I haven't been able to make the dessert yet/ When I was 14, I was able to run from my home../ Will you be able to speak Chinese../ I was able to go to last Saturday's../ my brother can usually fix the computer

LISTENING

Cave Diving

(size/explorer/challenge/darkness/problem-solving/...

Tax Burden, Ratio, and Tax Structure

The OECD Classification of Taxes

• 1000: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains
  • 1100: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains of individuals
  • 1200: Corporate taxes on income, profits, and capital gains
• 2000: Social security contributions
  • 2100: Employees
  • 2200: Employers
  • 2300: Self-employed or non-employed
• 3000: Taxes on payroll and workforce
• 4000: Taxes on property
  • 4100: Recurrent taxes on immovable property
  • 4200: Recurrent taxes on net wealth
  • 4300: Estate, inheritance, and gift taxes
  • 4400: Taxes on financial and capital transactions
  • 4500: Other non-recurrent taxes on property
  • 4500: Other non-recurrent taxes on property
  • 4600: Other recurrent taxes on property
• 5000: Taxes on goods and services
• 6000: Other taxes

Tax Base

Bipolar and Depressive Disorders (Bipolar I, Bipolar II, Cyclothymia)

Risk Factors (DSM-5 Criteria)

Bipolar Disorder Risk Factors

• Environmental Factors: Bipolar disorder (BP) is more common in high-income countries than in low-income countries. BP is also common among individuals who are separated, divorced, or widowed.
• Genetic Factors: Family history is one of the strongest and most consistent risk factors.
• Gender: Females are more likely to experience BP symptoms compared to males.

Depression Risk Factors

• Temperamental: Neuroticism (negative affectivity) means individuals are more likely to develop depressive episodes in response to stressful life events.
• Environmental Factors: Stressful life events and adverse childhood experiences.
• Genetics: Inherited

Arthritis

54.5 million adults in the US were diagnosed between 2013-2015 (number is probably higher because some people aren't diagnosed); Number of adults with arthritis is expected to increase.

Characteristics:

• Arthritis: inflammation of one or more joints that cause joint pain and stiffness. It typically worsens with age. Joint disease.
• Osteoarthritis: most common, affecting 23% of adults in the US, caused by normal wear and tear, deterioration of cartilage and joints. Body attempts to correct this cause inflammation and irregular bone joints, exacerbating the condition.
• Rheumatoid: affects 1% of the population worldwide, an autoimmune disorder, chronic disease characterized by non-specific and usually symmetric inflammation of peripheral joints.

Cold Climate Zones

Discover the unique characteristics of cold climate regions.

Location

• Primarily found at 60º N latitude in Eurasia and North America.
• Also present at high altitudes in more temperate latitudes and in southern Chile.

Temperature

• Winters are long and intensely cold.
• Minimum mean monthly temperatures can drop as low as -25ºC.
• Limited influence from the sea and low solar insolation.
• In areas within the North Arctic Circle, the sun may not rise for extended periods.
• Summers are short, but extended daylight hours and clear skies lead to relatively warm conditions.

Annual Precipitation

• Typically around 300 mm.
• Precipitation is light because the cold air holds limited moisture.
• Summer months may experience rainstorms.

Vegetation

• Dominated by coniferous

Key Concepts in Microsoft Word and Computer Applications

1. Microsoft Word Application Type

Which type of computer application is Microsoft Word an example of?

Word processing

2. Touchscreen Right-Click

Which action enables you to right-click on a touchscreen?

Press and hold for a few seconds

3. Word 2016 Document Starting Point

A preformatted document used as a starting point in Word 2016 is known as what?

A template

4. Wordwrap Functionality

Word uses wordwrap. If a word does not fit at the end of a line, what happens to that word?

It is automatically moved to the next line.

5. Understanding Inline Objects

What does inline object refer to?

A picture or object positioned directly in the text at the insertion point, just like a character in a sentence.

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