English: Curriculum Vitae

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Social sciences: unit 3 vocabulary

Constitution: is the collecting of a country's fundamental laws. It shapes the type of government, the rights and Obligations of the citizens, the institutions and the workings of the state.

State: is a group of institutions that organise the lifes of the people who life in the same territory.

Civil cervant: a member of civil service.

Justice: the administration of la according to prescribed and accepted principles.

Liberty: the power of choosing, thinking and acting for oneself.

Referendum: a direct question asked to the citizens with which they can agree or disagree.

Universal suffrage: all citizens can vote in the elections.

Sovereignty: authority of a sovereing

Democracy: form of government that the citizens can vote for they representative in the elections.

Monarchy: a form of government in which supreme authority is a king or queen. 

Dictatorship: form of government in which one person (dictator) with absolute power, governs.

Globalisation: common cultural identity with the power in the supranational institutions.

Regionalisation: different cultural identity with the power in the institutions closest to the citizens.

Cultural diversity: cultural variety and differences that exist in the world, a society or an institution.

Legislative power: the authority under the constituon to make laws and to alter or repeal them.

Executive power: the authority to execute the laws and set states policy.

Judicial power: the authority to apply the law, that is, judge and punish citizens who break it.

Supranational: beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.

Mass culture: phenomenon in wich increasingly large numbers of people with shared preferences influence the direction of society.

UN: United Nations

NGO: Non-Governmental Organisations: entities with humanitarian and social aims.

Subsidiarity: the principe of developing decisions to the lowest practical level.

Culture: is the collection of common customs, knowledge and ways of living that a group of people recognise as their own and, at the same time, as something that differentiates them from other groups.

Multiculturalism: coexistence of different cultures in a specific time and place.

Interculturalism: coexistence of different groups of humans beings on the basis that cultural relations enrich Election: the selection by vote of a person from among candidates for a position.

Unit 3: vocabulary

Employment: ocupation, work
Lifeguard: a person that takes care of the people in the sea or in the pool and saves them if they are in risk.
Cashiers: a person responsible for receive the payment in a shop.
Surgeon: a person that is operates other people if they are ills and its necesary to do it.
Childminder: baby-sitter
Gone abroad: travel to another country
Earn money: make money

American english vs. British english

There are a lot of differences between UK english and USA english in the spelling and also in the pronunciation. Here are some examples:


AMERICAN ENGLISH                                                     BRITISH ENGLISH

bill                                                                                        banknote
fall                                                                                        atumn
eggplant                                                                                aubergire
zero                                                                                      nought
hunder pants                                                                         pants                                                            
block flats                                                                             appartament buildings
trunk                                                                                     boots
check                                                                                    cheque
sick                                                                                       ill
hood                                                                                     bonnets
defense                                                                                 defence
grain                                                                                      corn
lite                                                                                         light
sick                                                                                       dizzy
honor                                                                                     honour
analize                                                                                    analyse
fulfil                                                                                        fulfill
nite                                                                                         night
tyre                                                                                         tire
cookies                                                                                   biscuites
elevator                                                                                   lift
rest rooms                                                                               toilet
shoccer                                                                                   football
subway                                                                                   underground
pants                                                                                       troursers
flat                                                                                           appartament
parking lot                                                                               car park                                            
eraser                                                                                      rubber
soda                                                                                        fizzy drink
flashlight                                                                                   torch
truck                                                                                        lorry
store                                                                                        shop
candy                                                                                       sweets
fauce                                                                                        tap
pharmacy                                                                                 chemist's

Social Sciences: Human Rights

This is my poster about the human rights. I select one famous singer in England and also in the world: Ed Sheeran. 
http://elisabethdd.edu.glogster.com/ed-sheeran-and-the-human-rights