The Peters family were part of a fly-on-the-wall documentary. This means that a camera crew followed the family around the house for a week and filmed them for the television. There are five people in the family: Jennifer, Sebastian, Josh, Chloe and Basil.

Jennifer Petersen is the head of the family. She is a solicitor = lawyer and mixes a busy job with her busy work looking after the family. Her husband, Sebastian stays at home to look after the children. He has a job as a translator so he can work from home. He does his job on a computer in the living room. He has made an arrangement with his wife so that she works full-time*/part-time and he does what he can when she is out.

Sebastian is disabled and needs to use a wheelchair to move around the house. Because of this he can't do the same jobs around the house as the others. Basil is only three so he can't either. This means that when Jennifer is out at work, Josh and Chloe do a lot of work in the house.

Chloe does her best. She is only six and isn't as good at most jobs as Josh (who is ten), but she is just as happy to help. Chloe was helping her mother do the ironing but she left the iron on a shirt and made a hole in it. Josh did a bit of sewing on it and repaired it. Josh likes sewing, even though his friends at school think it's a girl's job.

Sebastian does the washing up, and the laundry. At the moment he doesn't do the ironing, although they are going to buy an ironing board that will fix to the wall. At the moment it is impossible to use a normal ironing board with a wheelchair. The special ironing board was Sebastian's idea because he thought he wasn't doing enough to help round the house.

Jennifer has a lot of work to do today. She has made a start on the dinner but she's going to finish it when she comes back from work. She has to go to court with one of her clients and doesn't know what time it is going to finish. Josh knows that he and Chloe might be in bed when she comes home so he has made a list of things to do before that.

The family have a lot more work to do than a lot of families in their neighbourhood, but Josh and Chloe never make a fuss. For them all of this is normal.

Vocabulary

fly-on-the-wall documentary documental de observación

 camera crew equipo de cámara 
 head of the family. 

solicitor = lawyer 

 looking after cuidar

 translator traductor

 arrangement acuerdo plan cita 

works full-time trabaja a tiempo completo
wheelchair

 either. 
 do smn's best. 

 isn't as good at most jobs as Josh  To be as good as es tan bueno como

 just as igualmente

 sewing

 even though a pesar de

laundry lavanderia

ironing board 

fix arreglar fijar a la pared

 enough suficiente
 court juzgado
make a fuss montar un pollo

sales rep(resentative) -
statement

connectors: still, even if

the first ONE, that ONE

to raise awareness - sensibilizar (tema social)

sort of

what is it like...?

barrier

but as they talk to every other person

pity

most of people talk to miguel as if he was a baby

miguel is talked by most of people as if he was a baby

weird raro
slap bofetada
chop chuleta
steak filete
lamb
sheep

get fired echar de trabajo
furniture mueble
iron /ion/ hierro
pip/ pipes tuberia/s


to have self-esteem
low self-esteem

difficulties


isolated


apart

Plenty
neither
both
careful
careless
for durante /para
as como
about sobre

welder
make up invertarse / maquillarse
make-up maquillaje
promote promocionar algo/ ascender laboralmente

make up my mind poner en claro una idea/ aclararte

She always makes me feel so good! She's an angel!   make siempre va con feel good

stand in line hacer cola
stand in suplir cubrir la baja
queue fila
to queue hacer fila
apply for subcribirte a la oferta/presentarse a un trabajo

be good at ser bueno en algo
become convertirse
stand estar de pie
take the exam presentarse al examen
again de nuevo
worry about preocuparse sobre.
yes we want to

to have someone's hair cut

Letter

Dear Sir or Madam,
	I saw your advertisement for a job as a teacher in your School of English and I would like to apply for it.
	I'm an experienced teacher. I have worked for many private schools of English before. Please see my CV enclosed for more details.
	I began working as a teacher when I graduated from the University of Silesia in 1999. I've successfully managed to complete additional studies since then. I also received a diploma in the methodology of teaching. I am ready for new challenges.
	I am available for an interview at any time.
	I look forward to hearing from you.

New vocabulary list 1

At present
improvement
sphere
knowledge
witch
which
bilingual
arts and crafts
native English
currently
actually
research
 places all over the world
essential
globalized
development
 to lack
to have a lack of
include







globalizado
actualmente
bilingüe
bruja
mejora
artes plasticas
ingles nativo
conocimiento
desarrollo
ámbitos
de hecho
tener falta de
investigación investigar
el cual
lugares de todo el mundo
faltar
incluir
esencial

Why is English a global language? An essay by Almudena.

Why is English a global language?

English is a global language, because in the world a lot of people speak English. A lot of countries have English as a second language, you can find English in different spheres such as science, technology, etc.

All students have to study English at school, high school and university because is very important for you to access to knowledge in English or for your business. For example, in Spain lately you can see bilingual schools. Students study sciences, arts and crafts, music, etc. in English.

Now, lots of old people are begining to study English for business. If they want to find a good job, they should know English. They have to speak, listen and write in English like a native English or with a very good level of English.

Currently, you need to understand English so you can access to science research or technology. English is the most important language that you can use to write a science research. If you write your research in English more people can know about your science paper. And you will contribute to the human advance.

The most important reason why English is a global language is communication. If you can speak English you can communicate with people from places all over the world. This is essential at present because we live in a globalized world, and we need contact with other countries for business and development.

Education, science, research and technology are an influence for the globalized world, and they have to include English for their improvement.

Very good effort, I'm gladly surprised!!!!!!

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