5.6 Léxico básico 5.2 Actividad 1 Look at this photo of a bar in Havana, Cuba. What can you see? Below it is a list of objects, some of which appear in the photo. Tick the ones you can see. Look up the words you don’ t understand in the dictionary. 1.2 Habitudes et projets What do people normally do on 14 July? And this year, will they all enjoy the celebrations or will some of them have good reasons for not getting involved? 1 Regardez la séquence 1.6.5 RSS RSS (‘Really Simple Syndication’ or ‘Rich Site Summary’) newsfeeds supply headlines, links, and article summaries from various websites. By using RSS ‘feedreader’ software you can gather together a range of feeds and read them in one place: they come to you, rather than you having to go out and look for breaking news. The range of RSS feeds on offer is growing daily. There is probably a feed to cover all aspects of your life where you might need the latest information, and you may 1.6.4 Blogs The founder ofTechnorati claims that the number of ‘blogs’ doubles every five months and that the creation rate is approaching two per second. One estimate I read in July 2010 put the number at 400 million ‘blogs’. Because these online diaries offer instant publishing opportunities, you potentially have access to a wealth of knowledge from commentators and experts (if they blog) in a wi 1.5.7 Referencing We mentioned above that we need to reference sources to ensure we abide by copyright legislation. But there is another reason we need to give accurate references to items we use – so we can share it. Consider this scenario. A friend says they’ve just read an interesting article where Joshua Schachter, founder of Delicious has spoken about why it isn’t a faceted search system, and you should read it. How would you go about finding it? Would you start looking in a news database, a s Learning outcomes By the end of this unit you should be able to: conduct your own searches efficiently and effectively; find references to material in bibliographic databases; make efficient use of full text electronic journals services; critically evaluate information from a variety of sources; understand the importance of organising your own information; identify some of the systems available; describe how 2.2 Using specific or general questions Notice the difference between closed questions and open questions.
Closed questions
These questions are very specific and the answers give precise information. Are there sites available? Yes. Has it got air conditioning? No. Where is Preston? In the north-west of England. What's the population? 128 2.1.2 Activité 9 1. Look at the following icons you would find in a hotel brochure. Find the English equivalents of the French words and phrases.
Trouvez les équivalents anglais
1.1 Autour d'Avignon In this session, you and and your friend Christine are exploring Avignon. You look at the town plan opposite the station, and Christine stops a passer-by to ask for help.
Key Learning Points
Asking for and understanding directions Using être
Making liaisons Introduction This unit helps you to acquire the basic language to find your way around a French town. You will learn how to understand and give directions, ask about accommodation, book a hotel room at the tourist information office and get information about what to see and do in the local area. You will visit some museums in Avignon and buy a film for your camera. This unit also deals with telling the time and making liaisons in speech. By the end of the unit, you will feel more confident understanding a Issues in complementary and alternative medicine 2.2.11 Scandals, treatments and cost saving In the 1960s critics of the quality of care for older people, such as Peter Townsend, The Last Refuge (1962), and Barbara Robb, Sans Everything (1967), added their voices to growing criticisms of institutional care, not only for older people but for users of mental health services and people with learning difficulties too. Government had already begun to take account of its responsibilities for the dire state and cost of many of these institutions and in a famous speech in 1961 Acknowledgements The content acknowledged below is Proprietary (see terms and conditions) and is used under licence. Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to use material: Illustrations: pp 10,14, 19, 21: Brenda Prince/Format; p19 (top): Sally and Richard Greenhill. 1 Crossing boundaries: a case study A number of situations put a strain on the idea that caring is just an extension of 'being ordinary'. These include times when people are giving intimate care. Since the normal rules do not apply in these circumstances, we have to develop a set of special rules to guide practice, thinking very carefully about the core question: 'How can boundaries be respected in situations where intimate care is being given?’' This question will be explored through a fictional case study set in a res Learning outcomes By the time you have completed this unit you should be able to: Relate beliefs about death to the meaning people attach to life; Reflect upon the way in which death structures life; Critically evaluate new encounters with death affect perspectives upon life; Assess the quality of dying; Critically examine the notion of a ‘good death’ in relation to individual experience; Recognise the implications of 1.2.1 A different definition Click on the 'view document' link to read the interview excerpt with Reg Martin 1.3.2 Change on a daily basis: shared childcare We leave our flat at about 8.15 am and go to nursery where Sabrina (who is four) stays for the mornings. I then take Tristan (who i 3.2.1 Words and images Words like ‘mental defective’ are also linked with images. Together, the words and the images make a powerful impact. Look a 6.2 The body, the lungs and oxygen The figure shows a simple image of how the lungs absorb oxygen from the air. Air contains several differ
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bar (counter)
bebida (la)
drink
cafetería (la)
café
equipo de música (el)
hi-fi
mesa (la)
table
periódico (el)
newspaper
pista de bai
Actividad 5.1
Activité 5 LE QUATORZE JUILLET 11:17–15:30
Why are so many people now turning to complementary and alternative medicine and why do approaches to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) raise such controversy? This unit explores the following three key areas: ‘Why people use complementary and alternative medicine’, ‘Critical issues in the therapeutic relationship’ and ‘Ethics in complementary and alternative medicine’.Author(s):
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Activity 4: Caring for children
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