viernes, 28 de mayo de 2010

Doctors Without Borders


















• Would you be prepared to work in one of them? Why? Why not? Yes, because it is a worthy work, although he was not charging, but I like to help the others
• What problems face most people in developing countries? Health problems and food shortages
• Would their situation be better if the birth rate fell? Why? Why not?
• Why do many people in Africa die before they are 40 years old? Because they are short of food, water and health problems
• Why is a child in an underdeveloped country more likely to die than a child in a developed one? Because they catch diseases easily, ate little and hardly ever drink water

jueves, 27 de mayo de 2010

Where did the gipsy people come from? Of India
How many gypsies are there in the world? Between 3 and 6 million
How many gipsies are there in Spain? As low as 500,000 and as high as 700,000
What language do they speak in Spain? The Sapnish
What do you think the gipsies are excluded from the society? Because For their religion and because they were poor
Are social integrartion programmes necesary? why?, why not? Yes, because even though they are also poor people and we must help everyone.


Vocabulary 9

Renaissance:The profund social and cultural changes of the 15 and 16 cenutries
Humanism: One of the most important feature of the Ranaissance
Erasmus de Rotterdam:Was one of the greatest humanist
Thomas Moro:Was one of the greatest humanist
Juan Luis Vives:Was one of the greatest humanist
Johannes Gutenberg: The inventor of the printig press
Printing Press: Was a revolutionary invention
Nicolas Copernicus:He developed the heliocentric theory
Heliocentric Theory: Maintained that the Sun was the centre of the universe, and that the Earth and other planets revolved around it.
Ptolomaic: He developed the Geocentric theory
Geocentric theory: Maintained that the Earth was the centre of universe.
Quattrocento:Was a term applied to 15 century art Italian art, which flourished in Florence
Cinquecento: Was the term use to describe 16 century art, which flourished in Rome.
Proportion:
Leon Battista Alberti: One importan architect of the Quattrocento
Bramante: He did the first project of the Saint Peter´s Basilica
Michelangelo: Is one of the grastest and most versatile artist of all times.
Maderno: He completed the rest of the Saint Peter´s Basilica
Masaccio: Were a pioneer in the use of perspective
Raphael: Achieved perfection in his used of colour, drawing and composition.
Leonardo: He represented brilliantly nature
Titian: As a Venetian painter created highly colourful works of art
Donatello: The grastest sculptor of the Quattrocento
Albrecht Durer: Was a great Renaissance figure
Herrerian Style: Was characterised by austerity and solemnity
Plateresque style: was characterised by its abundant and delicate ornamentation
Martin Luther: Was a German monk
Lutheranism: Was incompatible with the ideas of the Catholic Church
Protestant: The Lutherans
Calvinism: His doctrine was based in the predestination
Predestination: People are condemned or saved before they are born
Henry VIII: Was a king of England
Anglican Church: The king would be head of the church instead of the Pope
Council of Trent:Met and adopted different resolutions
Society of Jesus: Founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Inquisition: Persecuted those who failed to follow Catholic