Voicethread for speaking project

That's the link of our voicethread with the powerpoint :)

https://voicethread.com/?#q.b4327281.i22089004

Definitions

Hectic: Intense environment, agitated.

Schedule: Routine for a day, chart with meeting or things to do at a exact time.

Hanging: To hung something in a wall a neck, ears, etc.

Dig: To break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer,or claw; make an excavation.

Kneeling: To go down or rest on the knees or a knee.

Hauling up: to cart or transport; carry: He hauled freight.

Pottery Shards: Piece of pottery.

Beads:a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it,often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.

Lodging: A temporary place to stay.

Wares:  articles of merchandise or manufacture; goods: a peddler selling his wares.

Allay:  To rest, to be calm.

Impoverished: poor enough to need help from others

Pounding: Repeated hard hits or heavy attack.

Outfitter:b a business providing equipment, supplies, and often trained guides (as for hunting trips); also : a guide working for such an outfitter

Volunteering trips

Trip: Crow canyon archeological center
Destination: U.S.A
Activities: Hauling up buckets of dirt, the chance to find pottery shards, turquoise, beads and other remmants of this ancient community, a tour of Mesa Verde National Park.


Trip: Biosphere Expedition
Destination: Oman, Slovakia, Azores and Honduras
Activities: Work with scientists as they protect the Arabian leopard of Oman, wolf of Slovakia, whales of Azores and the reef of  Honduras.


Trip: Sierra Club
Destination: Colorado, Aspen and Colo.
Activities: Maintain Trails, cleanup trash and restore woodland.




Trip: Cross Cultural Solutions
Destination: Morocco, Peru, Costa Rica, China, Guatemala and Brazil
Activities: Volunteer in orphanages, child care centers, schools. Also a teen volunteering program, teaching young artists. Also teaching english, empowering woman in Guatemala, helping with childcare in Brazil or giving a hand to rebuild a community in Peru.




Trip: Global citizens network
Destination: Kenya, Nepal, Guatemala and Minnesota
Activities: Build a medical clinic in Kenya, construct a roof for Tibetan Refugees in Nepal, weaving in Guatemala and harvesting rice in minnesota.




Trip: Habitat for Humanity
Destination: New Orleans, Cameroon, Malaysia, Paraguay and Romania
Activities: building programs and works to improve cities after a natural disaster.


Trip: Earthwatch
Destination: 49 countries and 18 States.
Activities: Study rhesus monkey feeding behaviour in Nepal, map coastal wetlands in the Polynesiam kingdom of Tonga, help protect the pacific grey whales in british Columbia, or excavate mammoths in South Dakota at a site which has been a museum educating 100.000 tourists a year about issues of extinction.

Volunteering Vacations activity ;D [13/03/2013]

Focus Question for Text A

1.- What is volunteering and what role does it play in american life?
Answer: It's an american tradition, it's when you work with for nothing, with no pay.

2.- What is volunteer vacation? Describe two types of volunteer vacations.
Answer: Volunteer vacations are when you work like a volunteer in your vacations, one type is when you go to national parks or forests building and repairing trails and paths. Also if you want a different experience you can contribute to the U.S. Cultural history.

3.-Why do americans like volunteer vacations?
Answer: Because they keep doing what they like, work and they will not get that feeling of not being productive.

Focus Question for Text B

1.- What did futurists in the 1960s believe about the effect of technology?
Answer: That managing free time would be a problem.

2.- What is a time famine? Why are americans experiencing this famine?
Answer: A time famine means that we are hungry for time and americans experience this because they use their cell phones to keep in touch with work while they are in the beach, buying things for dinner, etc.

3.- What are some Americans doing to take back their time?
Answer: Some people choose to have less possesions and another ones to work less, some are changing priorities and making time for family and friends and others just turn their cell phones OFF. Easier...

Insight Vacations, Listening Activity [11/03/2013]

1.- What do people want when they travel? 
Answer: Flexibility, what they want when they want it. 

 2.- What are the complications of independent travel?
Answer: It's expensive and you waste a lot of time. 

 3.- What can you miss out without personal connections during the trip? 
Answer: Events, sightseeing, restaurants, and the local comeing and goings of a city or region.

 4.- How does Select Choices work?
Answer: Select the place where you want to go and add or remove nights depending on how many time you want to stay. 

 5.- Mention the essentials offered by select choices. 
Answer: Transport, premium hotels, baggage handling, tips for the hotel staff, welcome drinks, breakfasts and full hosting service by one experienced tour director. 

 6.- What will the personal concierge do for you?
Answer: He/she will provide commentaries, local insights, and inside introductions. 

 7.- Do you agree with the slogan "independent touring made easy" Why?
Answer: Yes, because is almost the same than planning it yourself but another people do it for you and you just enjoy it.

Article "Tulio Triviño and 31 minutos"

Tulio Triviño is one of the main characters of "31 minutos" a tv show it's like a chimpanzee with button eyes and with no nose, he works as a journalist. When he was a child he joined a scout group called "Manada Apumanque", where he met his friend "Juan Carlos Bodoque".

 His first job as journalist was in "Maracaibo, Venezuela" in a program about beetles, thanks his friend Juan Carlos he could get a job in "31 minutos", as anchorman, he doesnt have hair.

In the program "31 minutos" there are some members of his family like his niece "Patana" that works as a reporter for her uncle, doing everything that he wants. But Tulio hates her because he thinks she's a disobedient but she is a really inteligent and obedient girl so I can infer that he isn't good judging people. 

Recently all the staff of "31 minutos" sang at the "Festival de Viña" and they got every prize possible, clearly a great team

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Letter "Six ways to have a better year" [06/03/2013]

Dear Friend, This year I want to have a better year so I was hoping you do so, because I discovered some ways to have a better year. Well in the past I've done some of those things, like swimming, walk to school, run upstairs, cycling, touching my toes and well one of the list that I haven't done recently is weight lifting. Also to have a better year you can go in vacations to the countryside or the mountains. Also remember to have a healthy diet its an important thing, don't buy pre-made food it's not good. Stop using the car, use a bike or walk you make exercise and you don't polute the air with the car gases. Maybe some charity is good too, you will be a better person and you will help others. And this one is VERY important, never lose contact with your friends and family, never lose contact with them they are important in your life and you are happy with them you will have great times with them. I'm planning to do almost all in the list. What do you think you need to have a better year? Maybe some of this things will be useful for you. Your Friend Carlos