Jo’s Fight for Trousers & Woods’ Transformation in South Africa
Jo’s Fight for Equality
1) Her mother sided with her and launched a campaign against clothing discrimination. She fought for 3 years so that her daughter could have the right to wear what she wanted. In spite of their unhappiness, the school governors caved in to her claim. Girls now have the choice between the old rule and the way of the future. After all, what does it matter if you wear trousers or a skirt?
Su madre se puso de parte de ella y lanzó una campaña contra la discriminación ropa. Ella
Read MoreEnglish Vocabulary: Advertising, Shopping, Food & Senses
UNIT 5
Advertising and Marketing: Verbs
- Advertise: anunciar
- Appeal to: gustar a
- Manufacture: producir
- Package: envoltorio, paquete
- Purchase: adquirir
- Recycle: reciclar
- Reuse: reutilizar
- Spend: gastar
- Target: estar dirigido a
- Throw away: tirar a la basura
Shopping: Nouns
- Appliance: aparato
- Credit card: tarjeta de crédito
- Factory: fábrica
- Jumble sale: mercadillo
- Product: producto
- Second-hand shop: tienda de segunda mano
Waste: Verbs
- Pollute: polucionar
- Throw away: tirar a la basura
- Use up: utilizar todo
Waste: Nouns
- Dump:
Phrasal Verbs and Vocabulary for Travel
Phrasal Verbs: Travel
- See you off: Go to a traveling station to say goodbye to someone.
- Set off: Begin a journey.
- Pick you up: Go somewhere to collect someone.
- Drop me off: Stop for someone to get out of a car.
- Take off: Leave the ground and begin to fly.
- Check in: Register as a passenger at an airport.
- Stop over: Break a journey to stay somewhere, especially when traveling by air.
Travel Vocabulary
- Crossing: A journey to cross water.
- Excursion: A short journey made by a group of people for pleasure.
- Trip:
Friendship, Music, and Travel: A Collection of Letters
Hi there Anna,
Don’t know if you got my first message. I’ve been having problems with my computer. Sometimes it’s a piece of junk… anyway; I decided to send the message again. Well, I have to tell you that I’m really excited about the beginning of our friendship, I’m sure it’s gonna be really fun, maybe we could become BFF!
I’d like to tell you a little bit more about me, and to begin I’m gonna tell you that I love music. Most kinds of music but maybe rock music is my favorite,
Maritime Operations and Ship Terminology
Work and Duties Onboard
- Where do you work?
- I work onboard, but I do not work on deck. I work in the engine room.
- The galley boy cleans the cabins.
- The captain speaks Spanish.
- A foot is twelve inches.
- Do you want to come to the office?
- Be careful, those fathoms and charts are in feet, and they are not in meters.
- The small ship does not go to South Africa. She always goes to Argentina.
- Ashore: Do you work?
- The oilers do not wash the holds.
- The speed is now twelve knots.
- What does the cook do onboard?
- What is the
Love, Amusement Parks, Entertainment, and Idioms
Have You Ever Loved Somebody?
Have you ever loved somebody so much? Have you ever needed something so bad? Have you ever tried to find the words? Have you ever been in love? Have you ever had someone steal your heart away? Have you ever searched for words to get them in their heart? Have you ever, have you ever? Have you ever found the one? Have you finally found the one you’ve given your heart to, only to find that one won’t give their heart to you? Have you ever closed your eyes and dreamed that
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