March, 10th

Tuesday, 10th March

How to design a good script to be used in your oral exam at the EOI:

 

February11th

February, 11th

TIPS FOR SPEAKING



Topics and vocabulary for EOI exams:

TECHNOLOGY

1. Smartphone
2. Mobile phone
3. Tablet    /tablit/
4. Device = gadget = aparato electrónico
5. Be hooked on sth = be addicted to sth = estar enganchado a algo, ser adicto a algo
6. Be keen on sth = like = gustar, estar entusiasmado con algo
7. Social networks = social networking sites
8. Ebook
9. Piracy /pairasi/
10. Hackers
11. Download /daunloud/
12. Upload /upload/
13. Wi-fi /uai-fai/
14. Surf the Internet = navegar por internet

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

1. Minor crimes = offences = delito menor
2. Offender = infractor
3. Pickpocket = carterista
4. Speeding – verb = exceder el límite de velocidad
5. Fine sb = multar a alguien. Ejemplo: I was fined = fui multado (me multaron)
6. Rape = violación
7. Kidnapping = rapto, secuestro
8. Sentence – verb = sentenciar. Ejemplo: I was sentenced to 5-year imprisonment
9. Release – verb = dejar en libertad
10. probation = libertad condicional
11. Hackers
12. Internet piracy
13. Corruption – noun /corapshon/
14. Corrupted – adj
15. Vandalism
16. Vandal
17. Community service
18. Commit a crime
19. Bribery /braibery/ = soborno
20. Blackmail = chantaje
21. Commit fraud /froood/ = cometer fraude
22. Drug dealer = traficante de drogas
23. Drug dealing = tráfico de drogas
24. Charge sb with sth = acusar a alguien por algo
25. Be accused of
26. Domestic violence
27. Tax haven /heivn/ = paraíso fiscal

SHOP / CONSUMERISM

1. Retail /ritail/ = venta al por menor
2. Retailer = vendedor al por menor, tienda al por menor
3. Wholesale trade = comercio al por mayor
4. Wholesaler = vendedor al por mayor
5. Purchase -noun and verb = compra / comprar
6. Discount /discaunt/
7. Sales
8. Items /aitems/
9. Bargain  /baaagin/
10. Online shopping
11. Window shopping
12. Local shops
13. Shopping centre
14. Back up = respaldar (local business)
15. Globalisation
16. Brand name = marca
17. Flea market = mercadillo
18. Shopping habits
19. Shopaholic = adicto a las compras
20. Be on a tight-budget = ir ajustado de dinero tener un presupuesto ajustado
21. Shop online
22. Shop assistant
23. Loyalty
24. Excessive consumerism
25. Responsible consumption
26. Shop around = comparar precios
27. Best deals = ganga

WORK

1. Work timetable = horario laboral
2. Shifts = turnos de trabajo
3. Take holidays = cogerse vacaciones
4. Take a day off = cogerse un día libre
5. Be under pressure = tener mucha presión
6. Pay rise = subida salarial
7. Wages = sueldo
8. Salary = salario
9. Offer sb a pay rise = ofrecerle a alguien una subida salarial
10. Working conditions
11. Be on sick leave / be on maternity leave = estar de baja por enfermedad / de maternidad
12. Be on the dole = estar cobrando prestación por desempleo
13. Be in charge of sth / sb = estar a cargo de algo/alguien, ser responsable de algo/alguien
14. Be promoted = ser ascendido / get a promotion = ser ascendido

INVENTIONS / MEDICINE  / SCIENCE

1. Hybrid cars /haibrid/
2. Laser eye surgery /leisa/
3. GPS = Satnav
4. Human cloning
5. Flying cars
6. Video casette recorder
7. Vaccines = vaccinations = vacunas
8. AIDS /EIDS/ = SIDA
9. Diabetes /daiabiiitis/
10. Cholesterol
11. Eating disorders = trastornos alimenticios
12. Cancer
13. GP = General Practitioner = médico de familia / cabecera
14. Alternative Medicine
15. Acupuncture
16. Needles = agujas
17. Homeopathy
18. Osteopathy
19. Have an operation = operarse. Ejemplo: She had an operation = la operaron
20. Discover /discava/
21. Discovery /discavery/
22. Have sth done. Ejemplo: I have a massage done
23. Cure
24. Mainstream medicine = medicina tradicional
25. Placebo
26. NHS = National Health Service = Sistema Nacional de Salud (la Seguridad Social)
27. Ethical / unethical /ezikal/ /anezikal/
28. Moral issues = cuestiones morales
29. Development = desarollo
30. Genetic modification /ginetic/
31. Viruses /vairusis/
32. Bacteria
33. Dilemma
34. Genome /ginoum/ = genoma
35. 3D printers = impresoras 3D
36. Eradicate
37. Diseases = illnesses
38. Manipulation of genome
39. Gene /giiin/ = gen
40. Genetics /ginetics/ = genética (como ciencia)
41. Genetically modified food = GMO
42. Organisms
43. Alteration
44. Metabolism

RELATIONSHIPS

1. Social media /midia/
2. Keep in touch with sb = mantener el contacto con alguien
3. Lose touch with sb = perder el contacto con alguien
4. Share interests
5. Loneliness = soledad
6. Unsocial vs social
7. False sense of connection
8. Share posts
9. Read posts
10. Google – verb = buscar en Google
11. Disconnect
12. Be hooked on = be addicted to
13. Anxiety /ansaieti/
14. Online dating
15. Marriage
16. Divorce
17. Get divorced
18. Get married
19. Common-law partner = pareja de hecho
20. Cohabit = vivir juntos (sin casar)
21. Be aware of fake profiles = ser consciente de perfiles falsos
22. Speed dating
23. Blind dates = citas a ciegas
24. Swinging = intercambio de parejas
25. Single-parent family = familia monoparental
26. Fly the nest = volar del nido (independizarse y dejar la casa de los padres)
27. Devote my time/ my life to sth / sb = dedicar mi tiempo/ mi vida a algo / alguien
28. Ups and downs = altibajos (en una relación sentimental o de amistad)
29. Love at first sight = amor a primera vista
30. Be just good friends
31. Have a lot in common
32. Get to know sth / sb= tener la oportunidad de conocer algo/ a alguien
33. Get on well with stb = llevarse bien con alguien

EDUCATION

1. Kinds of learning: blend learning (online + tradicional learning al mismo tiempo) / e-learning / traditional learning / online learning
2. Qualifications = títulos académicos
3. Skills = destrezas, habilidades
4. Have a way with sth/ sb = tener buena mano con algo/ alguien, darse bien
5. Subjects = asignaturas
6. Cognitive abilities = habilidades cognitivas
7. Mental exercise
8. State education vs private education
9. Boarding school = colegio internado
10. A school run by nuns / priests = un colegio dirigido por monjas / curas
11. Mixed school
12. Single-sex school
13. Language learning
14. Career vs degree
15. Vocational training = formación profesional
16. Internship = periodo de prácticas, prácticas preprofesionales
17. Intern = becario
18. Grant = beca de estudios. Ejemplo: Erasmus grant
19. College vs university
20. Discipline
21. Behaviour = comportamiento
22. Behave = comportarse (bien o mal)

MONEY

1. Wealthy – adj = rico
2. Earnings = ingresos = Incomes – ingresos
3. Expenses = gastos
4. Overdraft = descubierto bancario
5. Be in the red = estar en números rojos
6. Be in the black = tener saldo a favor
7. Fare = tarifa de billete (train, bus, etc.)
8. Fees – tasas (university) / honorarios (lawyers…)
9. Pay by credit card
10. Pay in cash = pagar en metálico
11. Current account
12. Withdraw money = retirar dinero
13. Bank statement = extracto bancario
14. Pocket money – paga (para los niños)
15. Tip – noun = propina
16. Tip sb – dar una propina alguien
17. Mortgage = hipoteca. Ejemplo: a 30-year mortgage
18. Loan /loun/ = préstamo
19. Be in debt – tener una deuda
20. Be on a tight budget = tener un presupuesto ajustado
21. Tighten your belt – apretarse el cinturón
22. Live beyond your means – vivir por encima de tus posibilidades
23. Currency – moneda (euro, pound, dollar…)

ENVIRONMENT

1. Natural world
2. The Earth
3. Habitat
4. Biodiversity /baiou- dai- ver- si- ti/
5. Reforestation
6. Fossil fuel = combustible fósil
7. Rain forest = bosque tropical
8. Solar energy
9. Wind farm = parque eólico
10. Hybrid cars /haibrid/
11. Ozone layer /leia/ = capa de ozono
12. Recycling = reciclaje
13. Alternative energy
14. Renewable energy
15. Ultraviolet radition
16. Earthquake = terremoto
17. Tornado /toooneidou/
18. Hurricane /harriken/
19. Hail /heil/ – noun and verb = granizo y granizar
20. Storm
21. Tsunami
22. Drought /draut/ = sequía
23. Blizzard = tormenta de nieve, ventisca
24. Carbon footprint = impacto ecológico
25. Global warming = calentamiento global
26. Environmetally-friendly – adj. = respetuoso con el medio ambiente
27. Eco-friendly – adj. = ecológico
28. Bags
29. Waste = desechos, residuos, desperdicios
30. The 3 Rs: reuse, reduce, recycle
31. Containers /konteiners/
32. Landfill = vertedero
33. Threat /zret/ = amenaza – noun
34. Threatening /zretening/ = amenazador – adj.