Vocabulary, Reported Speech, and Writing Techniques

Unit 1 Vocabulary

• Mood: humor
• Tough: dur
• Approach: enfocament
• All the rage: full rabia
• Remain: romandre
• Accurate: exactitud
• Firm: empresa
• Trigger: desencadenar

• Mouth-watering: feraigua
• Scent: olor
• Weird: extrany
• Nasty: feo
• Purchase: adquirir
• Take advantage of: agafar avantage

• Started out: començar
• Start over: tornar
• Startup: muntar
• Set off: provocar
• Setback: endererir
• Brings back: recordar
• Bring along: emportar

• Bitter: =
• Tasty: sabroso
• Bright: luminos
• Pale: palit
• Pleasant: agradable
• Disgusting: disgust
• Faint: debil
• Deafening: ensortidor
• Smooth: blando
• Rough: rocos

• Odour: pudor
• Savoury: amgust adj
• Stink: pudor
• Flavour: amgust nom
• Rhythm: ritme
• Whisper: shui-shui
• Stare: mirar fijament
• Patter: patro
• Stroke: trazo

Unit 2 Vocabulary

• Referee: arbit
• Overheard: sobreescuchado
• Flee: huir
• Buried: enterado
• Nodded: asintió
• Settled for: conformarse
• Cheered: aplaudir
• Self-centred: egocentric
• Turn into: convertir-se
• Push around: atropellar
• Fake: falso

• Manage: management-er, manageable
• Marry: marriage, married
• Preference: preference, preferable
• Construct: construction, constructive
• Interest: interestion, interested/ing
• Sense: sensation, sensitive(sensible)/sensible(sensat)
• Frustrate: frustration, frustrated/ing
• Lose: loss, lost

• Sibling: hermano
• Niece: sobrina
• Nephew: sobrino
• Widow: viuda
• Relative: familiar
• Great-grandfather: tatarabuelo
• Brother-in-law: cunyat
• Spouse: conyuge

• Engaged: promes
• Pregnant: embarrassada
• Inherit: heredor
• Bond: enllaç
• Raised: crescut

• Grown apart: creixer separat
• Gets along: portarse be
• Looks up to: admirar
• Takes after: assemblar
• Live up to: estar a l'altura

Reported Speech

Statements

"Many customers have requested puppy's breath," he explained - He explained that many customers had requested puppy's breath.

Questions

"Can you create nasty smells?" they asked Fred - They asked Fred if he could create nasty smells.

"What perfume are you buying today?" Laura asked me - Laura asked me what perfume I was buying that day.

Orders

"Turn on the aroma generator," the boss told her - Her boss told her to turn on the aroma generator.

"Don't tell anyone my secret formula," ordered Fred - Fred ordered me not to tell anyone his secret formula.

Suggestions

"You should try our famous rain fragrance," suggested the shop assistant - The shop assistant suggested that I try/trying their fragrance.

Writing Techniques

Opinion Essay

It is well known that... In order to help deal with this issue, some... While this suggestion may sound like a good way to... in my opinion, it will... First of all, a... It's a fact that many... Secondly, I believed that the more... In addition... In short/In conclusion... tralalala.

Informal Letter

Dear Harry,

Thanks for your email! It's great the summer is nearly here, isn't it?

The adventure holiday you mentioned sounds like a great idea...

I'd love to come for two weeks, but... I could come for the second week.

One more question for now - what's the best way to get to...?

Well, I'd better go now as I've got an exam tomorrow.

Hope to hear from you soon.

All the best,

Susan.

Narrative

Opening / 3 body / closing.

Time Expressions

Last weekend / summer. Two years ago. It all began when. One afternoon. Fortunately. I felt. The funny thing is that...

Connectors

At first, before, as soon as, soon, suddenly, during, until, later, next, in the end.