NEWS 2

Economic Shifts in U.S. and China Batter Markets

By NATHANIEL POPPER

The ascent of developing countries over the last decade has been fueled by two global trends: the steady rise of China and the willingness of the Federal Reserve to stimulate the economy.

Now, with both trends starting to retreat, investors have been heading for the exits in markets as far removed as Buenos Aires, Istanbul and Beijing, with effects spilling over into the rest of the world.

A decline this week picked up speed and spread around the globe on Friday, leading to the first sustained drop in United States stock indexes in 2014. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index fell 2.1 percent on Friday, to end its worst week since June 2012.

But the damage is expected to be worse in places that have relied on demand for raw resources in China, whose economic advance is slowing. An index of Chinese manufacturing growth released on Thursday showed that the most important cog in the country’s economy, the world’s second-largest, was contracting for the first time in six months.

Source: The New York Time ,JANUARY 24, 2014, 11:01 AM

VOCABULARY

STEADY: Estacionario

WILLINGNESS: Disposición

HEADING: Título

SUSTAINED: Sostenido

COG: Diente

WORD PYRAMID LETTER T

WORD PYRAMID

Build a pyramid of words, using the clues given below. All the words begin with the letter “T"

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Line 1: a 3 – letter, any of the five separate parts at the end of the foot

Line 2: a 4 – letter, he part of existence that is measured in minutes, days, years,                    etc.

Line 3: a 5 – letter, a piece of cloth or paper used for drying someone or                                something that is wet

Line 4: a 6 – letter, an object shot at during shooting practice, often a circle with a                    pattern of rings, or any object or place at which bullets, bombs, etc. 

Line 5: a 7 – letter, a dangerous wind storm.

Line 6: a 8 – letter, with each other

Line 7: a 9 – letter, a device that uses to make it possible for you to speak to someone                          in another place who has a similar device

Line 8: a 10 – letter the study and knowledge of the practical, especially industrial,                      use of scientific discoveries

WORD PYRAMID RESOLVED (LETTER S)

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE

COMPARISONS

Sara's bedroom is cuter than the guest bedroom

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1.                                                                              My bed is bigger than the bed of Sara

1.                                                                                   Sara's hair is shorter than mine

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                                       My computer is smaller than my husband's computer

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                                        My house is higher than the house across the street

MODALS OF ADVICE: SHOULD, OUGHT TO, HAD BETTER

ACTIVITY:

Visita el siguiente link. Realiza las actividades. Guarda el pantallazo de los resultados para socializarlos en clase http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/330-modals-advice1.htm

NEWS 1

Oil Falls More than 2% on Syria Reports

Global oil prices fell towards $112 a barrel on Tuesday, touching their lowest level in two weeks as a Russian proposal to avert a U.S. strike on Syria gathered steam, easing concerns that a new Middle East conflict would further disrupt supplies.

Benchmark Brent crude hit a session low after Russia offered to help put Syria's chemical weapons under international control and U.S. President Barack Obama said he saw a possible breakthrough in the crisis.

Oil prices recovered when upbeat Chinese data raised expectations of a rebound in demand from the world's No. 2 oil consumer, but resumed their decline after the Russian Interfax news agency said Syria had accepted Moscow's plan.

VOCABULARY

FELL: Cayó

TOWARDS: Hacía

LOWEST: Más bajo

PROPOSAL: Propuesta

GATHERED: Se reunieron

STEAM: Vapor

EASING: Flexibilización

CONCERNS: Preocupaciones

EAST: Este

WOULD: Sería

FURTHER: Más

CHEMICAL: Producto Químico

WEAPONS: Armas

BREAKTHROUGH: Avance

UPBEAT: Optimista

RAISED: Criado

REBOUND: Rebote