PUBLIC FIGURE S ADJECTIVES: A-list/ C-list glamorous/ glitzy fabulous talented down to earth popular/ Famous/ well known rubbish private/ personal invasive/ intrusive overrated OTHER NOU
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S
ADJECTIVES:
A-list/ C-list glamorous/ glitzy fabulous
talented down to earth popular/ Famous/ well known rubbish
private/ personal invasive/ intrusive overrated
OTHER NOUNS:
press/ paparazzi/ media press conference /interview spotlight
price of fame scandal/ gossip high/ low profile premiere privacy/ private life film/ concert/ World tour /play/ campaign
oscar autograph
PEOPLE:
VIP
Politician
Royal
sportswoman /Sportsman/
athlete
Actor/ actress
Reality TV star
Singer
Diva
star
luvvie
VERBS:
perform/ sing/ act/ dance tour/ appear
endorse/ promote take photos film/ record direct/ produce keep a low profile court publicity/ attract attention
come across as/ project an image
report/ article / story
Do you think you’ll ever become famous? How would your friends react if you became famous?
What would you do if you had a lot
of photographers at your house?
Do public figures have a right to privacy?
How would your life have been different if you had been famous?
Why do you think so many people want to become famous?
Who has been in the Spanish press recently? What have people been saying about them?
Are there any public figures that you can’t stand?
Are there any famous people who you admire?
How do you feel about becoming famous?
What do people say about the
politicians in Spain?
Trang 2Have you ever had anything which you couldn’t explain?
TELEPATHY
What might be the explanation for crop circles/ ghost and UFO sightings?
How do you feel when someone tells you a ghost story?
Do you believe in ghosts or any other supernatural phenomena?
EXTRA SENSORY PERCEPTION
(E.S.P.)
CLAIRVOYANCE
ALIEN ABDUCTION
CROP CIRCLES
UNIDENTIFIES FLYING OBJECTS (U.F.O.’S)
GHOSTS/ SPIRITS
THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE
DEMONS/
DEMONIC POSSESSION TELEPATHY
SEANCE
UNEXPLAINED
STRANGE/
WEIRD/
ODD/
OUT OF THE ORDINARY
BELIEVE EXIST
EXPLAIN
COULD/ MAY MIGHT PEOPLE SAY…
I’VE HEARD THAT…
MAYBE/ PERHAPS
IT’S POSSIBLE THAT…
FANTASY/ MAKE-BELIEVE/ RUBBISH/ BUNKUM/ CLAPTRAP PSYCHIC/ FORTUNE TELLER
SIGHTINGS/
STORIES/
ACCOUNTS
LIFE AFTER DEATH
TELL FORTUNES
SEE THE FUTURE
CONTACT ALIENS
Does anyone you know believe
in any supernatural phenomena?
Would you ever visit a fortune teller or a psychic? How do you feel about them?
I went to see a fortune teller once and everything came true Why do you think this was?
Would you ever make decisions based on you horoscope?
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What would you never do?
What’s important to you?
Why?
How do you/will you live
according to your values?
Would you ever lie? /cheat?/
steal?/do anything illegal? -buy a pirated film for instance?
Who’s your role model? / Who do
you look up to? Why?
What do other people do that annoys / upsets you?
Are there any jobs that you would never do? / products that you would never buy? What are your golden rules?
honesty/
dishonesty
tolerance/
discrimination
family
ethical consumption
compassion for people in need/
charity
environment
al principles
What do you do to help others?
friends
betray/ lie to/
double cross
How can parents bring up their children morally?
How did your parents teach you the difference between right and
wrong?
wealth/ poverty
integrity/
hypocrisyenvironmental
principles
What do you value in a
friend?
loyal/ trustworthy
ethical work
a moral dilemma moral code/ creed/
ethics/ rules/
beliefs
What makes you feel
guilty?/ good about
yourself?
love
freedom
respect/
disrespect
Do you support any charities?
Why/ Why not?
What do you think about voluntary work?
selfish/
selfless
What is the one thing which you would
never forgive?
Trang 4Do you think the retirement age
in Spain will rise?
NOUNS:
Job, position, post, role, career,
profession
Job advertisement, job offer,
interview, vacancy, contract,
Curriculum Vitae
Employee, recruit, employer, boss,
entrepreneur, business owner
Skills, qualifications
Employment, unemployment
Career ladder, opportunities
Responsibilities
Long working hours/ short working
hours
ADJECTIVES:
Feelings:
Fed up, motivated, interested, bored, stressed
Jobs:
Challenging, hard, demanding, tough, rewarding, fulfilling, easy, boring, interesting, stressful, blue collar (manual), white collar (professional), well paid, low paid
VERBS:
work apply pay earn employ, contract, hire fire, make redundant, sack leave, resign
retire
What job do you think you do in the
future?
How do you feel about unemployment in Spain?
Has anyone given you any career advice?
Are there any jobs that you would
never do?
What have your friends and family said about unemployment
in Spain?
Would your career choices have been different if you had been born in your grandparents’ generation?
How has the crisis affected job
opportunities in Spain?
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CONDITIONS
How has the financial crisis
affected living standards in
Spain?
What do you think about living standards in Guadalajara?
How do you feel when you see homeless people or people living
in poverty?
How do you feel when you see stories about Spanish people losing their homes?
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
Do you think living standards would be different if Spain hadn’t joined the Euro?
How could Spanish society change in the future?
What do you think your friends might say if you lose all your money?
Have your family and friends said
anything about the crisis in
Spain?
POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC
STABILITY
SAFETY
HUMAN RIGHTS TOLERANCE
INEQUALITY/ THE GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR
UPPER CLASS, MIDDLE CLASS, LOWER
CLASS, WORKING CLASS
How would your life have been
different if you had been born in
your parents’ generation?
How would you life have differed
if you had been born in a third world country?
Trang 6Problems:
OVERDEVELOPMENT AND HABITAT LOSS
Spain's coastline is disappearing e.g Tarifa beach
desertification / water shortages
One-third of the county is at risk of becoming a
desert because of climate change and poor land use!
e.g strawberry farms Doñana National Park.
water pollution
33 per cent of Spanish rivers are severely
contaminated
air pollution
Coal and iron centres in Madrid and in the north of
Spain Exhaust fumes from cars
deforestation
Many of Spain’s forests have been cut down or
destroyed by forest fires
Environmental Concerns in Spain
INTRODUCED SPECIES ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTED SPECIES
CONSERVATION/
PROTECTION
RENEWABLE ENERGY
(SOLAR POWER/ WIND POWER/ WAVE POWER)
RECYCLING
CLIMATE CHANGE
EXTINCT
NATURE/ COUNTRYSIDE
SAVE / WASTE THREATENED
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY/
GREEN
How do you feel when you hear about environmental problems in Spain?
What are the biggest environmental problems facing Spain at the moment?
What have people been saying about them?
What have people been doing about them?
How do you feel when you hear
about environmental problems in
Spain?
How long has ……… Been
going on?
What can people do to address these concerns?
Do you think the Spanish government do enough to protect the environment?
How could the environmental problems in Spain have been prevented?
Trang 7Problem: desertification / water shortages
One-third of the county is at risk of becoming a desert because of climate
change and poor land use!
Causes: Climate change The use of more than 80 per cent of water resources
for farming and tourist practices such as golf courses the lack of a “water
culture,” a sense of its importance and preciousness
Solutions: Educate the population to save water Increase the price of water.
Problem: OVERDEVELOPMENT
Spain's coastline is disappearing under concrete at a
rate of three soccer pitches a day according to the
report and yet councils plan to build 3 million new
houses, 202,000 hotel spaces, 316 golf courses and
102 new marinas along Spain's 5,000 km coast over
the next few years constant modifications to
planning laws
Causes: Relaxed building laws, greedy developers
and corrupt politicians
Solutions: Protests against new developments
Introduce stricter building laws Investigate corrupt
politicians (The police are currently investigating 55
town mayors in connection with 100 cases of
corruption concerning illegal development.)
Increase the punishments for illegal building
Problem: water pollution
33 per cent of Spanish rivers are severely contaminated Raw sewage
straight into the sea in direct contravention of EU law Offshore oil and gas rigs are creating harmful pollutants,
Causes: Farmers use pesticides that are washed away and absorbed by
the water systems 58% of towns and villages on the Spanish coast lack 'adequate' treatment facilities for waste waters
Solutions: Restrict the use of harmful chemicals and pesticides Fine
business that dump harmful substances into the water supply Build more treatment facilities for waste waters
Problem: air water pollution Causes: Coal and iron centres in Madrid and in the
north of Spain Exhaust fumes from cars (90 per cent of transport in Spain is by road.)
Solutions: Increase the price of petrol Increase
road taxes Encourage the use of public transport
Encourage the use of renewable energies Tax factories that produce high levels of pollution
Environmental Concerns in Spain
Problem: deforestation
Many of Spain’s forests have been cut down or destroyed by forest fires
Causes: Industry and urban development Accidental and deliberate forest
fires
Solutions: Educate the population to take better care of forests Ban the
use of barbecues The use of fire breaks to stop fires spreading
INTRODUCED SPECIES
ENDANGERED SPECIES
PROTECTED SPECIES
CONSERVATION/
PROTECTION
RENEWABLE ENERGY
(SOLAR POWER/ WIND POWER/ WAVE POWER)
RECYCLING
CLIMATE CHANGE
EXTINCT
NATURE/ COUNTRYSIDE SAVE / WASTE THREATENED
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY/
GREEN