martes, 29 de abril de 2014

Socials glossary

Mechanization: to equip (a factory, industry, etc) with machinery.


Mining: the act, process, or industry of extracting coal, ores, etc, from the earth.

Mineral: any of a class of naturally occurring solid inorganic substances with a characteristic crystalline form and a homogeneous chemical composition.

Fossil fuels: any naturally occurring carbon or hydrocarbon fuel, such as coal, petroleum, peat, and natural gas, formed by the decomposition of prehistoric organisms.

Industry: organized economic activity concerned with manufacture, extraction and processing of raw materials, or construction.

Irrigated farming: Farming that is suppling with water by means of artificial canals, ditches, etc, esp to promote the growth of food crops.

Energy: the capacity of a body or system to do work.

Biomass: the total number of living organisms in a given area, expressed in terms of living or dry weight per unit area.

Management: the members of the executive or administration of an organization or business.

Workforce: the total number of workers employed by a company on a specific job, project, etc.

Wind turbine: a device that converts kinetic energy from the wind into mechanical energy to drive machinery or generate electricity.

Solar panel: a flat section that is relating to the sun.

Renewable energy: Energy sources that are inexhaustible.

Non-renewable energy: Energy sources that are limited.

Traditional energy: Refers to the energy sources that are most commonly used.

Alternative energy: a form of energy derived from a natural source.

Dam: a barrier of concrete, earth, etc, built across a river to create a body of water for a hydroelectric power station, domestic water supply, etc.

Guild: a group of people that shared the same job and had its own hierarchy.

Heavy industry: industry that makes goods that cannot be immediately consumed.

Light industry: industry that produces goods that are ready for consumption.

Cutting-edge industries: industry that employs advanced technology.

Craftsperson: person who makes products using basic tools and manual labour.

sábado, 22 de marzo de 2014

Cover magazine

GERMANY

Constitution

Hi mates!
I think that Constitution is very important and necessary in our lives because there are all the rights and laws we have, and the most important, it is the same for everybody. We must have this things because without that everybody did as they want.

MY IDEAL CITY

Power station: a place where the energy is distributed

Liveable: pleasant to live


Stability: the quality of being stable


Dwellers: population


Aussie: another way to say Australian (informal)


Stiletto: a small dagger


Rank: level


Hence: therefore


Bum-bag: you wear it round your waist. You used it to carry little things


Sloppy-joes: track suit pants

social glossary

National sovereignty: the authority of a state to govern itself or another state

Constitutional monarchy:  a system of government in which the king is the head of state but the parliament chooses the government. The government manages the politics of the state

The crown: the part of a constitutional monarchy represented by the king

Arbitrator: a person chosen to decide a dispute or settle differences. In a constitutional monarchy, the king is the arbitrator between governmental institutions

Decentralised government: a system of government in which decision-making is devolved to a local level and is therefore closer to the citizens

Motion of no confidence: a motion put by the Opposition censuring an aspect of the Government's policy

Ministers: government officials that, together with the president, make up the Spanish cabinet

Municipality: the most basic administrative body in the Spanish territory

Town council: the organization that governs each municipality in Spain

Mayor: This person with the councillors make up the town council

Councillors: These people with the mayor make up the town council and they choose the mayor

Province: an administrative body made up of several municipalities in the Spanish territory

Self-government: a system of government in which a community or region has authority to govern itself without the intervention of any other authority

Statue of autonomy:  a law describing the institutions, laws and responsibilities for each of the autonomous communities in the Spanish territory

Subsidiarity: the principle of devolving decisions to the lowest practical level so that services are closer to the citizens

Autonomous community: one of 17 regions that form part of the Spanish territory with its own devolved government

Exclusive authority: the local government has this authority over laws related to town planning, housing, monuments, healthcare and education

Share authority: the local government and the state has this authority over laws related to transport or the labour market

Post industrial society: a society in which the economy is has undergone a shift from production of goods to the provision of services

Well-being: the level of satisfaction of a population as measured by education levels, healthcare, life expectancy and consumption

Life expectancy: the number of years a person or population is expected to live

Illiteracy: a person who doesn't know to write and to read

Extended family: made up of grandparents, parents and children

Nuclear family: made up of parents and children

Single parent family: made up of a father or a mother and children

Same sex marriages:  two people of the same sex who live together as a family