25981 trinity gese grade 8 revision summaries

Who has been in the Spanish press
recently? What have people been
saying about them?

PUBLIC
FIGURE
S

Do public figures have a right to
privacy?

Do you think you’ll ever
become famous? How would
your friends react if you
became famous?

How do you feel about becoming
famous?

What would you do if you had a lot
of photographers at your house?
Are there any public figures that
you can’t stand?
What do people say about the
politicians in Spain?

How would your life have been
different if you had been famous?

Why do you think so many people
want to become famous?

Are there any famous people who
you admire?

PEOPLE:

OTHER NOUNS:

ADJECTIVES:

VERBS:

VIP
Politician
Royal
sportswoman /Sportsman/
athlete
Actor/ actress
Reality TV star
Singer
Diva
star
luvvie

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

A-list/ C-list
glamorous/ glitzy
fabulous
talented
down to earth
popular/ Famous/ well known
rubbish
private/ personal
invasive/ intrusive
overrated

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

EXTRA SENSORY PERCEPTION
(E.S.P.)

TELEPATHY
ALIEN ABDUCTION

PSYCHIC/ FORTUNE TELLER
DEMONS/
DEMONIC POSSESSION

TELEPATHY

GHOSTS/ SPIRITS

Have you ever had anything which
you couldn’t explain?

SPOOKY

MYSTERIOUS
UNEXPLAINED

I went to see a fortune teller once
and everything came true. Why do
you think this was?

STRANGE/
WEIRD/

ODD/
OUT OF THE ORDINARY

FANTASY/
MAKE-BELIEVE/
RUBBISH/
BUNKUM/
CLAPTRAP

UNIDENTIFIES FLYING OBJECTS (U.F.O.’S)
CLAIRVOYANCE

SEANCE
SIGHTINGS/
CROP CIRCLES
STORIES/
ACCOUNTS
THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE

What might be the explanation
for crop circles/ ghost and UFO
sightings?

LIFE AFTER DEATH

How do you feel when someone
tells you a ghost story?

Do you believe in ghosts or any
other supernatural phenomena?

MAYBE/ PERHAPS

HAUNT/ MANIFEST

EXIST
TELL FORTUNES

Would you ever visit a
fortune teller or a
psychic? How do you
feel about them?

APPARENTLY…
IT’S POSSIBLE THAT…

BELIEVE

EXPLAIN

READ MINDS

COMMUNICATE WITH THE DEAD

SEE THE FUTURE

PEOPLE SAY…
COULD/ MAY MIGHT

SUPPOSEDLY…

CONTACT ALIENS

I’VE HEARD THAT…

Does anyone you know believe
in any supernatural
phenomena?

YOU NEVER KNOW!

Would you ever make decisions based on you horoscope?


freedom
love

What’s important to you?
Why?
What are your golden rules?

What makes you feel
guilty?/ good about
yourself?

What do you value in a
friend?

a moral dilemma

according to your values?

selfish/
selfless

environment
al principles
What do you do to help others?
Who’s your role model? / Who do
you look up to? Why?

Personal Values
and Ideals

compassion for
people in need/
charity

What do you think about voluntary work?

betray/ lie to/
double cross

Do you support any
charities?
Why/ Why not?

ethical
consumption

tolerance/
discrimination
How can parents bring up their
children morally?

friends

moral code/ creed/
ethics/ rules/
beliefs
How do you/will
you live

honesty/
dishonesty

ethical work

How did your parents teach you
the difference between right and
wrong?

What do other people do
that annoys / upsets you?

family
respect/
disrespect
What would you never do?
wealth/

poverty
Are there any
jobs that you
would never do? / products
that you would never buy?

Would you ever lie? /cheat?/
steal?/do anything illegal? -buy a
pirated film for instance?

integrity/
hypocrisyenvironmental
principles

What is the one thing which you would
never forgive?

loyal/ trustworthy


Do you think the retirement age
in Spain will rise?

What job do you think you do in the
future?
Would your career choices have been
different if you had been born in your
grandparents’ generation?

How do you feel about

unemployment in Spain?

Are there any jobs that you would
never do?

Has anyone given you any career
advice?

How has the crisis affected job
opportunities in Spain?

What have your friends and
family said about unemployment
in Spain?

ADJECTIVES:

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

VERBS:
work
apply
pay
earn
employ, contract, hire
fire, make redundant, sack
leave, resign
retire

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


UPPER CLASS, MIDDLE CLASS, LOWER
CLASS, WORKING CLASS

How would your life have been
different if you had been born in
your parents’ generation?

TOLERANCE
HOUSING

How has the financial crisis
affected living standards in
Spain?

Do you think living standards
would be different if Spain hadn’t
joined the Euro?

EDUCATION

SAFETY

What do you think about living
standards in Guadalajara?
HUMAN
RIGHTS

BUSINESS
CONDITIONS

INEQUALITY/ THE
GAP BETWEEN
RICH AND POOR

How do you feel when you see
homeless people or people living
in poverty?

HEALTHCARE

Have your family and friends said
anything about the crisis in
Spain?
PUBLIC TRANSPORT

How could Spanish society
change in the future?

POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC
STABILITY
PUBLIC FACILITIES

What do you think your friends
might say if you lose all your
money?

How do you feel when you see
stories about Spanish people
losing their homes?

RECREATIONAL
FACILITIES

How would you life have differed
if you had been born in a third
world country?

Problems:
OVERDEVELOPMENT AND HABITAT LOSS
Spain's coastline is disappearing. e.g. Tarifa beach

How do you feel when you hear
about environmental problems in
Spain?

EXTINCT

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.

How do you feel when you hear
about environmental problems in
Spain?

How long has ……………. Been
going on?

THREATENED
CLIMATE
CHANGE

CONSERVATION/
PROTECTION

SAVE / WASTE

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?

NATURE/ COUNTRYSIDE

Environmental
Concerns in
Spain
How could the environmental
problems in Spain have been
prevented?

What can people do to address
these concerns?

RECYCLING
Do you think the Spanish
government do enough to protect
the environment?

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY/
GREEN
RENEWABLE
INTRODUCED SPECIES
ENERGY
ENDANGERED SPECIES
(SOLAR POWER/
PROTECTED SPECIES
WIND POWER/ WAVE
POWER)


Problem: 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.

THREATENED

EXTINCT
RECYCLING

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.

INTRODUCED SPECIES
ENDANGERED SPECIES
PROTECTED SPECIES

CLIMATE
CHANGE

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.

NATURE/ COUNTRYSIDE

Environmental
Concerns in
Spain
CONSERVATION/
PROTECTION

SAVE / WASTE

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.

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY/
GREEN
Problem: deforestation
RENEWABLE
Many of Spain’s forests have been cut down or destroyed by forest fires.
ENERGY

Causes: Industry and urban development. Accidental and deliberate forest
fires.
(SOLAR POWER/
Solutions: Educate the population to take better care of forests. Ban the
WIND POWER/ WAVE
use of barbecues. The use of fire breaks to stop fires spreading.
POWER)