ENGLISH IV

Unidad I: aplicar / present perfect /

advantage
Question for practical
● What's the best way to find a new job?
● Is it easier or more difficult than ten years ago? Why?
● Are you a member of any of these social networks? Why don't you use them?
● How many people and companies use linkedin?
● How does LinkedIn make it easier for people to find jobs/ employers to find new
staff?
● Do you think sites like LinkedIn really make life easier for companies and people
looking for jobs?
● Can you think of any disadvantages compared with traditional forms of recruitment?
● Which parts of the recruitment process do you find easier/more difficult?
● How do you hear about the job?
● How do you apply for it?
● The interview you had?
● Why did you accept the job?
● What questions do interviews often ask at job interviews? Which questions are the
most to answer?

New words on the texts (20)

Both Ambos Convince Convencer

Are looking Están buscando Certificate Certificado

Manging Administrar Deadline Plazo

To find each other Para encontrarnos Would be Sería

Attach your CV Recibir tu CV Wind Viento

Covering letter Carta de presentación For myself Para mí

Safe time Ahorrar tiempo By myself Por mi mismo

Safe money Ahorrar dinero Refuse Rechazar

Field Campo Outside Fuera de

So it went well Asi que te fue bien Risky Peligro

 enough Suficiente Suitable Apropiada

Recruitment process

Recruit
advertise

apply for

qualificatio
Experience
skills
Reference

Candidates
Shortlist
Interview

Advertisement = Anuncio Advertise= Publicado,, anunciado

Application = Aplicación Apply= Aplicar

Qualified= Celificado Qualification= Requisitos

Shortlisted = Preseleccionado Shortlist= Lista corta

Interviewed= Entrevistado Interview= Entrevista

Skille= Habilidoso Skills= Habilidades

Experienced= Experimentado Experience= Experencia

Recruitment= Reclutamiento Recruit= Recluta

*Normalmente los adjetivos derivados de sustantivos terminan en ed

*A veces los sustantivos que derivan de verbos terminan en ment
 We use the present perfect to ask/talk about general experience in the past
We use the past simple to ask/talk about actions at specific time in the past
We form the present have (n´t) / has (n´t) + past participle
We form questions in the present perfect with have/has + subject + verb in past
participle

*Pasado cercano no especifico

*Cuando se tocan la oreja es que te falta la S
*Cuando te marcan un have, can, did, do …. Es porque quieren una short answer

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN THE SUPERMARKET?

● YES, I HAVE / NO I HAVEN'T

I´VE NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE

● Who did you give a reference to?

● Which job did you apply for?
● What other projects have you worked on?
(Pregunta por un proyecto general, no ninguno en
especifico)

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Unidad II: travel / Will, going / Agendar
A- Questions

● Do you often travel on business/holiday?

● What places do you like traveling to, for work or for pleasure?
● Which form of transport do you prefer?
● Which aspects of air travel do you find annoying? What about other forms of travel?
● Do you ever complain to airlines or other operators? Why?
● Do you think airlines or other travel operators respond well to complaints? Why?

B- Words in the texts

1. Pilot= Piloto
2. Gates= Puertas
3. Grece
4. Surprise= Sorpresa
5. Annoyed= Molesta
6. Suitcase= Maleta
7. However= Sin embargo
8. Even though= A pesar de
9. Luggage= Equipaje
10. Weather= Clima
11. Occupying= Ocupado
12. Survey= Encuesta
13. Pleasant= Agradable
14. Abroad= Extranjero
15. Look after= Cuidar

Like, enjoy, hate, love + verb + ING

1. Weight restrictions Weít restrictions Restriciones de peso

2. Seat upgrade sit ápgrad Subir de categoría
3. Delayed flight Dileit flay Perder el vuelo
4. Aisle seat ail sit Asiento de pasillo
5. Hand baggage Jand baguig Valija de mano
6. Self-service check-in
7. Baggage allowances Baguig alowensis Equipaje permitido
8. Airline charges earlin chargs cargo de aerolinea
9. Missed connections Mist conections
10. Check-in Ingreso
11. Security scans
 weight restrictions
Seat upgrade
delayed flight
aisle seat
hand baggage
Self service check-in
baggage allowances

airline charges
security scans

Missed connections

❖ Middle/window seat
❖ Online/priority check-in
❖ free/first class upgrade
❖ excess/hold baggage (Equipajes
despachado)
❖ Connecting/canceled flight
❖ Additional/extra charges
❖ Boarding passes

Primera palabra describe

going to

I´m going to leave the company soon

will be

I´ll call you again on friday

present continuous

I´m coming to montreal for a conference next week

Going to no es tan especifico

Will es de repente

A tener en cuenta: I´m going to go to the beach

Agenda skédiu/ shédiul

Directions

Can you tell me….?

I´m looking for …. (Estoy buscando)
How do I get to the motorway? (Cómo llego a)
Do you know where….?

Fabrizio is going to arrive in Montreal airport at 14.30. On monday, he is starting a IEFA

conference and it finishes on thursday at 17.00. Finally he is going to the airport, then he is
taking the flight.

1. Are you free…? To check if someone is a available

2. Can we find ….? Arrange another day
3. When would it suit you? When would be good for you? (Cuando te vendría bien)
4. What about…? Suggest a day or time
5. What´s your availability? The times you´es free
6. ….. Instead? As an alternative to the last time i/we/you suggested
7. I´ve got something on…? Is when i´m not free but I don't want or need to tell you
8. …. work for you? To check if the other is OK with te day/time suggested
9. Let´s meet….? Stranger than what/how about? Used when you´re quite sure the
other person is available or will accept
10. Shall we say…? Normally use to alfitude on specific day,time and place
Unidad III: pedir / voz pasiva /
necesitar, perdir

❖ Questions

What are the most popular products and services bought online?
What do you most often buy online? Why?
Are there any products you would never buy online? Why?

1. What is the black friday?

Is the name given to the last Friday in november, the day after thanksgiving. Retailers
reduced prices on many of their products.

2. What problems have retailers had on this day?

Demand in the UK last year was 30% higher than predicted and tesco stores’ online order
service could no longer guarantee next-day delivery

3. What solutions are suggested?

Firstly, they have to do better with their forecasts and check they have enough items.
Secondly, they may need more staff.

❖ New words on the text

1. Busiest Más concurrido

2. Boots impulsar o aumentar
3. Certain cierto
4. Forecasts predicciones
5. Enough Suficiente
6. May need = Podríamos necesitar
7. Placing orders= Hacaiendo ordenes
8. Carriers= Transportistas
9. Track= Seguimiento
10. Growing= Crecer
11. Groceries= Comestible
12. Enquiry= Consulta
13. Realize= Darse cuenta
14. Parcel= Paquete o empaquetar

Words and meaning

1. Demand= The need of customers for products they want to buy

2. Stock= Products in your warehouse or shop
3. Goods= Products to buy or sell
4. To process= To deal with (Procesar)
5. An order= A request for a product to be sent
6. To quote= To say the cost of something (Cout, cuota, cotizar)
7. Shipment= Products being (siendo) transporte to customers (Envíado)
8. To enquire= To ask for information (Preguntar)
9. To guarantee= To promise you will do something
10. To deliver= To transport to the customer's address

Join words

Quote a price
Guarantee a delivery date
Place/process/deliver an order
Check a product in stock
Transport the goods
Track the shipment
Enquire about a product
Meet (Cubri) the demand
Quotation

Text

First, the customer calls to enquire about a product. Second the customer places an order,
next the employee checks if the product is in stock. In that case that it meets the demand of
the company, the employee quotes a price and processes an order. Finally the product is
transported to the customer's address. If the product that customer orders doesn't arrive, he
can demand a guarantee because the company doesn't keep a delivery date.

Fecha de envío
Enviar
Fecha en la que sale (Mientras que son trasportadas)

La voz pasiva está enfocada en el que recibe la acción y la en el que la realiza.

Activa= La fabrica hace juguetes

Pasiva= Los juguetes son hechos (Por la fabrica)
La voz pasiva no esta en presente continuo

Verb to be + ed/verb tercera columna

Payment terms= Terminos de pago, for example

● What´s the total price?

● Does that incluide VAT?
● Do you charge extra for delivery?
● Do you offer a discount for payment in
advance?
● What form of payment do you accept?
● Is it posible to pay in montly instalments? =
Coutas mensuales

VAT es igual al IVA

Unidad IV publicidad/ can need are
alowed
● What sorts of advertising do you notice most?
● Which of these statements do you agree with? + There is too much advertising on TV
and the internet + Advertising keeps the internet free + There should be strict
controls on what is advertised, and to whom
● What advice would you give to a new start-up company that wants to advertise its
products free?

Words
❖ To whom= A quien
❖ Powerful= Poderosa
❖ Incrisis= En crisis
❖ Tools such as= Herramientas como
❖ By thinking of how they will gain from your activity= Al pensar en cómo se
beneficiarán de su actividad
 ❖ Viewings= Visionados
❖ Bad breath= Mal aliento
❖ East= Este
❖ Disappeared= Desaparecido
❖ Still= Todavía
❖ Rates= Tarifa
❖ Accurate= Precio

Specific audiences

● Promotional events, social media

● Target emails, advertising boards
● Social media

The company pages for the advertising and don't for publicity

● Get free publicity= advertise your company without paying

● Conduct an advertising campaign= Do a series of advertisements using different
media
● Word of mouth= The process of telling other people about a product or service
● Reach a target audience= Find the customers you want to sell to
● Increase awareness=Make your company or products better know
● Offer discounts= Sell products for lower prices
● Promote your latest range= Advertise your most recent products
● Attract new business= Find new customers or get new orders
● Boots sales= Increase your revenue by selling more products

Problems Attract new Business

1 Competitors offer the same service They are trying to attract sports
for a similar price/ digital lovers. With specialized sports
advertising boards, clicks ads channels they can pay for the day use
online sport magazines service

2 People think they are more They offer big discounts every month
expensive because they are a on 50 diferente products
small independent shop targeted
emails, search engine

3 They made a mistake, they opened They offer one free month of classes
in a town where nobody knew to people who bring new customers
them. Social media, promotional
event
 ● Social media
● Clicks ads
● Targeted emails
● Advertising boards
● Search engines
● Promotional events

How does your company attract new customers? How does it advertise?

★ Interrupt someone who is speaking= Sorry, but - can i just say something here?
★ Continue speaking= Please let me finish- Can I just finish? -
★ Tell the other person to continue speaking= Sorry go ahead-

need to have to

don´t need to

can Are allowed to

can´t
aren´t allowed

In this place you aren't allowed to advertise

You can’t have a refund for this ticket but if you want you are allowed to protect your self whit
cancellation/ but if you want to protect yourself with cancellation insurance. / to protect you
have to ticket cancellation.
 Cuál fue/era

Mantener el tema
correcto

Cubierto= covered

¿Podemos resumir lo que hemos acordado?

Unidad V medio ambiente/ process /

second conditional
1. Stored= Almacenado
2. Storage= Almacenamiento
3. Bin= Compartimiento
4. Quantities= Cantidades
5. Stored= Almacenado
6. Cooling= Enfriamiento
7. Heated= Calentado
8. Fuel = Combustible
9. Output= Producción
10. Nearby= Cercano
11. Windfarm= Granja eolica
12. Towels= Toallas
13. Pollute= Contaminar
14. Waste= Desperdicio

Energy
Recycled
 Reused

Eco Friendly

Renewable
Throw away
Fossil fuels

Reduce
Carbon
Global warning

★ Reduce= consumption/Carbon emissions/ waste

★ Recycle= Fossil fuels/paper/ Bottles
★ Reuse= Bags/ glasses/ petrol
★ Consume= Energy/gas/electricity
★ Pollute= Emissions/the water/ the air
★ Throw away= Packaging/ photocopies/ energy

1y3

1. If we chose the bus system, the start-up cost will be much lower
2. It will cost us a lot more if we have to to create special bus lanes
3. If we don't have enough passengers. Your system won't be cost- effective
4. What do will we do if the system loses money

*Importante la coma
*If nunca con will
*Will con infinite
If you study hard, you will pass the exam
You will pass the exam, if you study hard
What will you do if you pass the exam?
If you pass the exam,What will you do?

What will happen if we create more cycles lines?

We will make the roads safe. If we do that, there will be less noisy

Voy a darles un pequeño

resumen

Se refiere a

Aidos is our new business, we produce and sell exclusive perfumes. Our target is women
powerful, energetic and brave between the ages twenty and thirty from argentina. You can
find our products in a physical store located in Mendoza capital or buy the products on our
website. We always recommend visiting our physical store to smell the different perfumes
and get accessorized by our wonderful employees.

If you decide to buy in a store you can make payment with cash or card but if you buy in our
website only payment with a card. We ship all over the country but the delivery isn´t free, the
cost depends on the kilometers where you live of the store. The process to buy on our web
site is very easy: first enter the page, second select the perfume that you like, finally press
the buy button and upload your card details and your email.
you will receive in your email updates on how close your order is.
 ● Host company
● Guest
● Package
● Venue
● Event
● Budget

Have a great time

Accept invitation
Book venue
Entertain clients
Arrange a trip
Hold event

● Workplace diversity
● Safecity record
● Perming well
● Environment performance
● Majage cost

Satisfactory
Poor
Excellent
Average
Excellent
Encouraged
Dissipating
 ● Climate change
● Rising demand
● Population Growth
● Economic development
● Water supply
● Water shortage
● Serious Threat
● Global Crisis

Affects
Rung gut of
Get worse
Forcat
Threaten
Estimate
Planning their schedule
Have enough time
Spend time
Meet deadlines
On time
In time
Save time
Allow time
Wasting time
Ahead of time
Waste time
Slow your down
Last minute
Run out of time

● Improve their performance

● Set goals
● Achieve objectives
● Motivate your time
● Improve your promotion
● Prospect
● Give your feedback
● Develop skills
● Take askep back
● Manning stress
● Communication skills
● Project management
● Motivate employees
● Time management