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lunes, 25 de marzo de 2013
Volunteering trips
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.
lunes, 18 de marzo de 2013
Definitions
hec·tic
[hek-tik] Show IPAsched·ule
[skej-ool, -oo
l, -oo-uhl; British shed-yool, shej-ool] Show IPA noun, verb, sched·uled, sched·ul·ing.
noun
1.
a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
2.
a series of things to be done or of events to occur at or during a particular time or period: He always has a full schedule.
3.
a timetable.
4.
a written or printed statement of details, often in classified or tabular form, especially one forming an appendix or explanatory addition to another document.
5.
Obsolete . a written paper.
hang·ing
[hang-ing] Show IPA
noun
1.
the act, an instance, or the form of capital punishment carried out by suspending one by the neck from a gallows, gibbet, or the like, until dead.
2.
Often, hangings. something that hangs or is hung on the walls of a room, as a drapery or tapestry.
3.
a suspending or temporary attaching, as of a painting: a careless hanging of pictures.
verb (used without object)
1.
to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
2.
to make one's way or work by or as by removing or turning over material: to dig through the files.
verb (used with object)
3.
to break up, turn over, or loosen (earth, sand, etc.), as with a shovel, spade, or bulldozer (often followed by up ).
4.
to form or excavate (a hole, tunnel, etc.) by removing material.
5.
to unearth, obtain, or remove by digging (often followed by up or out ).
6.
to find or discover by effort or search.
7.
to poke, thrust, or force (usually followed by in or into ): He dug his heel into the ground.
verb (used without object)
1.
to go down or rest on the knees or a knee.
noun
2.
the action or position of kneeling
haul
[hawl] Show IPA
verb (used with object)
1.
to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
2.
to cart or transport; carry: He hauled freight.
3.
to cause to descend; lower (often followed by down ): to haul down the flag.
4.
to arrest or bring before a magistrate or other authority (often followed by before, in, to, into, etc.): He was hauled before the judge.
verb (used without object)
5.
to pull or tug.
6.
to go or come to a place, especially with effort: After roistering about the streets, they finally hauled into the tavern.
7.
to do carting or transport, or move freight commercially.
8.
Nautical .
a.
to sail, as in a particular direction.
b.
to draw or pull a vessel up on land, as for repairs or storage.
c.
(of the wind) to shift to a direction closer to the heading of a vessel ( opposed to veer ).
d.
noun
(of the wind) to change direction, shift, or veer (often followed by round or to ).
pottery shards
Piece of broken pottery
bead
[beed] Show IPA
1.
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.
2.
beads.
a.
a necklace of beads: You don't have your beads on this evening.
b.
a rosary.
c.
Obsolete . devotions; prayers.
3.
any small globular or cylindrical body.
4.
a drop of liquid: beads of moisture.
5.
a bubble rising through effervescent liquid.
lodg·ing
[loj-ing] Show IPA
noun
1.
accommodation in a house, especially in rooms for rent: to furnish board and lodging.
2.
a temporary place to stay; temporary quarters.
3.
lodgings.
a.
a room or rooms rented for residence in another's house.
b.
British . the rooms of a university student who lives neither on campus nor at home.
4.
the act of lodging.
noun
1.
Usually, wares.
a.
articles of merchandise or manufacture; goods: a peddler selling his wares.
b.
any intangible items, as services or products of artistic or intellectual creativity, that are salable: an actor advertising his wares.
2.
a specified kind or class of merchandise or of manufactured article (usually used in combination): silverware; glassware. See also -ware.
3.
pottery, or a particular kind of pottery: delft ware.
4.
Archaeology . a group of ceramic types classified according to paste and texture, surface modification, as burnish or glaze, and decorative motifs rather than shape and color.
al·lay
[uh-ley] Show IPA
verb (used with object), al·layed, al·lay·ing.
1.
to put (fear, doubt, suspicion, anger, etc.) to rest; calm; quiet.
2.
to lessen or relieve; mitigate; alleviate: to allay pain.
m·pov·er·ished
[im-pov-er-isht, -pov-risht] Show IPA
adjective
1.
reduced to poverty.
2.
(of a country, area, etc.) having few trees, flowers, birds, wild animals, etc.
3.
deprived of strength, vitality, creativeness, etc.: an impoverished attempt at humor.
verb (used with object)
1.
to strike repeatedly with great force, as with an instrument, the fist, heavy missiles, etc.
2.
to produce or effect by striking or thumping, or in a manner resembling this (often followed by out ): to pound out a tune on the piano.
3.
to force (a way) by battering; batter (often followed by down ): He pounded his way through the mob. He pounded the door down.
4.
to crush into a powder or paste by beating repeatedly.
verb (used without object)
5.
to strike heavy blows repeatedly: to pound on a door.
6.
to beat or throb violently, as the heart.
7.
to give forth a thumping sound: The drums pounded loudly.
8.
to walk or go with heavy steps; move along with force or vigor.
noun
1.
an assemblage of articles that equip a person for a particular task, role, trade, etc.: an explorer's outfit.
2.
a set of usually matching or harmonious garments and accessories worn together; coordinated costume; ensemble: a new spring outfit.
3.
a set of articles for any purpose: a cooking outfit.
4.
a group associated in an undertaking requiring close cooperation, as a military unit.
5.
a business firm engaged in a particular form of commercial enterprise: a construction outfit.
jueves, 7 de marzo de 2013
Six Ways To Have A Better Year
Dear Uncle John,
Thanks for the leaflet you sent me las week, it was full of healthy tips, until now I have done many of the activities the leaflet said I think is funny to do sports and that insentivates me more to continue doing these, until today I have been cycling at the mornings and go swimming in the afternoon, sometimes I play football whit my friends, also I started to eat more vegetables and fruits. For this year I have planned many outdoor activities with my family and friends, like cycling, making sports, and treking, I think it will be fun. Sincerly I think you should dothe same, because is important to have a healthy life. See you soon!
Sincerly,
J.Cristobal Manriquez B.
Thanks for the leaflet you sent me las week, it was full of healthy tips, until now I have done many of the activities the leaflet said I think is funny to do sports and that insentivates me more to continue doing these, until today I have been cycling at the mornings and go swimming in the afternoon, sometimes I play football whit my friends, also I started to eat more vegetables and fruits. For this year I have planned many outdoor activities with my family and friends, like cycling, making sports, and treking, I think it will be fun. Sincerly I think you should dothe same, because is important to have a healthy life. See you soon!
Sincerly,
J.Cristobal Manriquez B.
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