-COLONIES: All the countries that used to be British colonies.
-NAPOLEON: A French military and political leader who became very powerful during the French Revolution.
-WELSH: Language which is spoken in Wales.
- DEFEAT: The state of being beaten in a battle, competition, election, etc...
-WALES: Is an independent area belonging to England.
-PATTING: Something you tap it or hit it lightly, for example, with your fingers.
-BLOODY FOREIGNER: An expression to say that you don't like people coming from other countries.
-OLIVE SKIN: Darker colour skin tone.
-ZEBRA CROSSING/ PEDESTRIAN CROSSING: A place in which pedestrians can cross a street and where drivers must stop to let them cross.
-PALE: Something that is pale is whitish and not strong or bright in colour.
-SUN TANNED: Coloured by the sun.
-SNIFFING: Draw in air through enough to make a sound, or to introduce something inside the nose.
-"WHEN IN ROME, DO AS THE ROMANS DO": "A donde fueres, haz lo que vieres".
-THE BEE GEES: A music group from Wales.
-PECK: When you take only a small amount of food.
martes, 30 de septiembre de 2014
lunes, 29 de septiembre de 2014
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
Hi everybody! I look forward to a great year and to learning a lot; and hopefully we will be going to New York together.
And now a little bit about cultural differences that I have heard of or read about.
In the world, there are a lot of countries and each of them have their own cultural traditions, so I'm going to mention some of them:
-In Japan, you must eat with chopsticks, not like in other countries in which you eat with fork, spoon, knife... Also, you mustn't wear shoes inside the house; doing that is considered rude, and when you are going to eat, you sit directly on the floor, you haven't got chairs in many traditional homes.
-In the United States, if you say or write that the Global Warming doesn't exist, and the police catch you, you go directly to jail.
-In Denmark, at the dinner, the host decide where the people have to sit at the table, and the dinner is also served much earlier, around seven o'clock. The country is very prepared for the use of bicycles, so the cities are generally really "green cities", with no contamination.
And now a little bit about cultural differences that I have heard of or read about.
In the world, there are a lot of countries and each of them have their own cultural traditions, so I'm going to mention some of them:
-In Japan, you must eat with chopsticks, not like in other countries in which you eat with fork, spoon, knife... Also, you mustn't wear shoes inside the house; doing that is considered rude, and when you are going to eat, you sit directly on the floor, you haven't got chairs in many traditional homes.
-In the United States, if you say or write that the Global Warming doesn't exist, and the police catch you, you go directly to jail.
-In Denmark, at the dinner, the host decide where the people have to sit at the table, and the dinner is also served much earlier, around seven o'clock. The country is very prepared for the use of bicycles, so the cities are generally really "green cities", with no contamination.
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