Unit 1 Looking Good
- Physical apperance. Click on this link to see a list in English and Spanish.
- Physical appearance and character. Click on this link to see a list in English.
- Describing character. Click on this link to see a list in English and Spanish.
- Watch this video about English idioms for personality and character:
- Another interesting video:
- If you want to test yourself, try this link
- Trying on a new outfit. Listen and practice your pronounciation. Here
- Practice speaking English with an online robot
Useful things for unit one:
It isn't you = you don't look good in it
You look a state/ a mess/ dreadful.
I have no clue. I haven't a clue.
We measure distance in miles but we buy petrol by the litre and beer by the pint.
Have you got this in a small /medium/ large?
Have you got the next size down/ up?
Measuring:
1 pint= 0,568 l.
1 pound= 454 g.
1 ounce= 28,3 g.
1 mile= 1,60Km.
1 feet= 30,48 cm.
1 inch= 2,54 cm.
A volunteer is...
• A person who performs or offers to perform a service voluntarily.
• Someone who offers his or her services freely, voluntary.
• A person who offers to do something of one's own free will.
• Someone who offers to do something without being forced.
- Also: The act of choosing to do something of one's own free will.
- Verb: Offer to do something.
Synonyms
or related words for this sense of volunteer:
Willingness and to be
willing: volition, will, volunteer, show willing, be agreeable to something, be only
too glad/pleased/happy (to do something), content yourself with something, do something of your own accord, stand for...
Volunteering is generally considered an altruistic activity, intended to promote good or improve human quality of life, but people also volunteer for their own skill development, to meet others, to make contacts for possible employment, to have fun, and a variety of other reasons that could be considered self-serving.
- Why is volunteering important? Watch this video.
- Volunteer work. Word list.
- Volunteering. Vocabulary word list.
- Test you vocabulary on Citizenship. Here
- Community service vocabulary
What do these acronyms stand for? Look them up here.
- NGO
- AIDS
- DNA
- EU
- IOC
- UNO
- This could be useful for your self-study:
- You can also watch this funny and interesting video
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