ENVIRONMENT ESSAY

I don’t know what are the reasons about the changing climate maybe...
- Traffic
- Nuclear pollution
- Rubbish
- Industrial and factory pollution
- Disasters at sea
Most scientists now believe that pollution in the air is warming up the Earth’s climate. Gases such as carbon dioxide act like a sheet of glass above the Earth trapping the sun’s heat and making the air warmer than usual. This is called the greenhouse effect.
But, who knows? And I ask myself “What can I do?”
I think I can do lots of things, for example:
-Using renewable energy from the sun (solar panels), from de wind (windmills), from the sea.
-Recycling. In all towns we have special containers where we can separate paper, glass, cans... from general rubbish.
Going on foot, cycling or taking public transport (bus, tube,...) instead of my own car.
There are also several organisations like Friends of the Earth or Greenpeace who work preventing the earth’s natural resources; they try to educate people about the problems of the Earth in the future.
And now, I would like to ask you: what are you doing to save the environment at home, at work or school?

By Rosa

PREPOSITIONS OF MOVEMENT

Can you use the correct preposition of movement? Exercise

DO or MAKE

EXPRESSIONS WITH DO:
- the housework, homework, the washing-up, the cooking, some gardening, the shopping.
- an exercise, a favour, your best, business with...

EXPRESSIONS WITH MAKE:
- arrangements, an agreement, a plan, a suggestion, a decision, an excuse, a promise
- the bed, a cup of tea, a noise, a good or bad impression, a gesture, a mistake, a phone call, war or love, profit


Now test yourself: Exercise

MEANS OF TRANSPORT

6th TOPIC: MEANS OF TRANSPORT
1. Bus
2. Car
3. Tube (London) / Underground / Subway
4. Plane
5. Bicycle
6. Ship
7. Train
8. Public transport
9. Pollution
10. Fuel / Petrol
11. Station
12. Scooter
13. Rent/hire a car / bike
14. Travel by…
15. Taxi
16. Tram
17. Hitch-hike
18. Seasickness, to get carsick, to feel sick
19. To be afraid of flying
20. Driving fast

EDUCATION

5th TOPIC: EDUCATION
1. To get a qualification
2. High school
3. Ministry of Education
4. Lack of education
5. Teacher
6. Students
7. Subjects
8. To take notes
9. To pass or fail an exam
10. He didn’t have a university education
11. Level
12. Classroom
13. A state school
14. A boarding school
15. A private school
16. A public school (In England is a private school for pupils between 13 and 18 years old whose parents pay for their education. However, in the USA, Australia and Scotland is a local school, paid for by the state, which provides free education.)
17. Grant

FASHION

4th TOPIC: FASHION


1. Fashion world.
2. To be in fashion / To be out of fashion
3. To become fashionable.
4. Model
5. Clothes (designer clothes or fashion designer, second hand clothes,…)
6. Department store
7. Market
8. Evening dress
9. Casual clothes
10. Update your wardrobe.
11. Old-fashioned, the latest model, exclusive design
12. Fashion photographer
13. Unique designs
14. Asymmetric
15. Ready-to-wear
16. Couture
17. Fashion-conscious
18. catwalk

ENVIRONMENT

3rd TOPIC: ENVIRONMENT
- Pollution
- Climate change
- Sustainable
- Recycled
- Ecological
- Biodegradable
- Genetically modified
- Degradation
- Ecosystem
- Environmentalist
- Environmental protection
- To reduce
- Recovery
- Renewable energy sources
- Greenhouse gases/ greenhouse effects
- Hazardous waste
- Nuclear waste
- Carbon dioxide
- Emission
- Acid rain
- Aerosol
- Rubbish
- The 3R: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

CHOOSING A HOUSE

2nd TOPIC: CHOOSING A HOUSE

- To meet your lifestyle
- Building, landscape and weather
- Garage, porch, attic flat or penthouse
- Guests room
- Dining room
- Sunny eat-in kitchen with lots of space
- Rooms for large sofas and fireplace
- Master bedroom
- Personal living spaces
- Outdoor spaces: garden
- Block of flats
- Cottage
- Detached house
- Semi-detached house
- Terraced house
- Living in the country, city centre, suburbs, village, small town, residential area.
- Mortgage

LEARNING MORE ESSAY

Nowadays it is very important to learn during our professional life because science and technology change quickly in the global society.

Governments and private academies give us a lot of opportunities to do it. You can learn about different subjects: languages, maths, history, biology, computers, etc. Besides, you can also have a lot of ways to keep learning: seminars, conferences, training courses, e-learning or blending courses.

In addition, currently we have computers in our home and this situation is ideal to organize your learning time.

On the other hand, new technologies, like Internet, allow us to do video conferences, to chat, to exchange opinions in forums and it is not necessary to assist to on-site lessons (with partners and teachers).

In conclusion, learning is now easier for adult than years ago because we have a lot of options and adults pupils are more motivated than younger ones and they understand why something is important to know or to do.

By Neus

LEARNING MORE

1ST TOPIC: LEARNING MORE
1. e-learning
2. blending
3. adult education
4. adult educators
5. training courses
6. seminars
7. conferences
8. training event / training activity
9. Adult Education Institution
10. Teacher trainer
11. Adult education provider
12. Homework tasks
13. Private Study
14. Internet
15. Computer
16. Chat
17. Forums
18. I want to study...
19. I’m learning...
20. Can you explain me...?
21. Learn a foreign language
22. Ask information about...
23. On-site learning

WELCOME TO OUR ENGLISH CORNER

Hi everybody,

Welcome to our new English corner. As we are going to exchange a lot of information and ideas along the course, I thought that a blog could be very useful. We can use it as a 'meeting point' outside the classroom.

First of all, I'm going to post both the words and the essay about 'Learning more'.

During the week, I'll try to post the other topics.

Best wishes,

Susi.