Bilingual Glossary!!!!




VAT: IVA .

"Save and sound": Sanos y salvos .

Travel arrangements: Plans for a journey .

Itinerary: A detailed plan for a journey .

Taking time off from work: Holidays .

Board: Daily meals in hotels .

Hostel: Inexpensive, supervised place to live during a short period of time, for young travelers .

Seattle: A port in W Washington, on the isthmus between Lake Washington and Puget Sound: the largest city in the state.

Living it up: enjoy

Railways: vias de tren

Silicon Valley: is an area in the north of San Francisco where you can find businesses like Apple or Ebay.

Public/Private: Público/Privado

Roots: raíces, orígenes.

Raw fish: pescado crudo

Draught: borrador.

Highway: autopista.

Hood: capucha.

Dude: a man; a guy.

Alrighty: correctamente.

What's up: Que hay, que tal.

That's hecka cool: muy "guay".

Super awesome: increíble.

That burrito it's so bomb!: delicious.

Bro, why you putting me on blast?: avergonzar.

NY VS London

I have travelled to London two years ago, it is a very beautiful city, with a lot of monuments and places, but if I have to decide between new york and london, without any doubt, I prefer new york. It has a lot of skyscrapers, and something a like a lot is the night life. When you go to the streets during the night there is a lot of people and lights, and it is beautiful to see that. Also new york has a lot of theme parks and other different leisure places where you can enjoy alone or preferably with your friends. Is a city with A LOT OF LIVE! Bye :D

 GEOGRAPHY GLOSSARY!!!!!!!!
   
    UNIT TEN

• AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE: a landscape that has been transformed by people to cultivate crops and/or rear livestock.

• CEREALS: grasses grown for the edible components of their grain.

• CROP: a cultivated plant to be harvested as food, animal fodder, fuel or for any other economic purpose.

• CULTURAL HERITAGE: the things, places and practices that define who we are as individuals, as communities, as nations or cultures.

• DOMESTIC TOURISM: tourism in which tourists do not leave their own country.

• HIGH-SPEED-RAIL: a type of rail transport involving high-speed trains.

• LARGE-SCALE TOURISM: travel and accommodation offered to large groups at affordable prices by tour operators.

• MORTGAGE: a loan to finance the purchase of private residential or commercial property.

• OFF-PEAK SEASON: the less busy annual period.

• PEAK SEASON: the busiest annual period.

• RECESSION: a business cycle contraction/ a general slowdown in economy activity.

• SPECULATION: investment in stocks, property or other assets in the hope of gain, but with the risk of loss.

• TOUR OPERATORS: a company that combines tour and travel components to cater for large-scale tourism.

 GEOGRAPHY GLOSSARY!!!!!!!!
   
    UNIT NINE

• FREIGHT: goods or produce transported by ship, aircraft, train, lorry or van. 

• CAPITAL FLOWS: the movement of money. 

• EXPORTS: goods or services that are sold outside the country where they are produced.  

• IMPORTS: goods or services that are brought into a country from abroad for sale. 

• BALANCE OF TRADE: the difference between the monetary value of the exports and the imports of a country.  

• BALANCE OF PAYMENTS: a record of all monetary transactions between a country and the rest of the world.

• RETAIL: a type of trade in which businesses sell small quantities of goods directly to consumers.  

• WHOLESALE: trade in which buyers purchase large quantities of goods and sell them, in smaller quantities, to other companies. 

• TRADE BLOC: a group of countries that join together to form an area with special trade regulations. 

• TRANSPORT NETWORK: the connection of road, railway lines, ports or airports that facilitate the transport of goods and/or people.

• MARKET: the meeting of buyers and sellers of goods and services.

• INFRASTRUCTURE: the basic physical and organizational structures needed for an economy to function.

• TRADE: the buying and selling of goods to meet the needs of the population.

• BARTERING: a system used before the invention of money, involving the exchange of certain goods for others.

• TOURISM: a sector dedicated to travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes.

• INFORMATION SOCIETY: a society in which the creation, distribution, and manipulation of information has become the most significant economic and cultural activity.

• PUBLIC SERVICES: services that cover the basic needs of the population and contribute to its well-being.

• PRIVATE SERVICES: services that are offered and managed by private companies.

A WEEKEND IN VIGO

A WEEKEND IN VIGO SCRIPT

1-We are going to do our presentation about Vigo.

2-Vigo is in Galicia, in Pontevedra, in the north part of Spain, is a very good place to visit, but before the travel you have to think which days will be sunny, because Vigo is a rainy place.

3-We go to vigo in Alsa buses that cost 52 € the round trip.

4-The hotel that we choose is Eurostars Mar de Vigo, 113 € including the breakfast.

5-Well…Vigo is a  city formed in the best majority by beaches and sea but in vigo there are too many islands in which you can see the best natural places. Also you can visit museums if you want a cultural visit. Vigo is divided in two main parts, the modern zone and the old zone with a lot of markets and sculptures.

6-The Friday, at 5 PM we get the bus in the bus station.

7-4  hours later we arrive in Vigo and then we have the dinner in a restaurant next to the hotel that is called Casa rositas and it costs around 28 €.

8-Then we sleep at the hotel and have the breakfast in the morning.

9-Next to the hotel it’s located the Samil Beach, that is the biggest beach in Vigo. You can swim and sunbathe. If you don’t like the sand you can walk in a near promenade which have a lot of shops and snack bars.

10-At two o’clock we go to the oysters street, in this street there are many luxurious restaurants. Also the fishermen show their best products and a delicious shellfish.

11-After the lunch we go to the sea museum to see the history of the fishermen and all the sea creatures. You can see de old methods of fishing and the biggest animals in the zone. Here you can buy tickets to visit the Cies Islands.

12-At 5 PM we go to the Cies Island by ferry, that cost 10€ two persons. The travel is half an hour. The Cies Islands are a real paradise near home. These islands are like the Caribean ones. The water is very transparent and the sand is white and thin.

13-At 9 PM we have the dinner in a restaurant called Las Rías Bajas for 32 € and then we go to the hotel.

14-We have the breakfast in the hotel like the first day.

15-The Sunday we are going to visit different places, if we want to visit those places we have to pass by taxi  through the Rande bridge, a very big bridge.

16-At 12 AM we are in the Castro Fortress, that are the ruins of an old fortress. The fortress is very beautiful and the views are also very good.

17-In the Castro Fortress there is a field with a lot of flowers and grass in which you can eat the delicious sandwiches that we have prepared in the morning.

18-Near to the fortress there is a very big zoo, the Vigo zoo. Here you can see the wildest animals for only 15 €.

19-At 4 PM there is a very big street which is called the Mercado da Pedra. Here you can buy the cheapest things in Vigo and also eat in the snack bars.

20-The trip is finished. We get the bus and we return to Salamanca.

21-At 10 PM we are in our homes, very tired. We have only spent 238 € in the weekend.

THE END