Word list Here is a list of most of the new words in the units of New Headway Plus Intermediate Student’s Book. adj = adjective adv = adverb US = American English coll = colloquial conj = conjunction pl = plural prep = preposition pron = pronoun pp = past participle n = noun v = verb Unit 1 achievement n /əˈtʃi:vmənt/ advertisement n /ədˈvɜ:tɪsmənt/ afford (can’t) v /əˈfɔ:d/ amazing adj /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/ ambassador n /aemˈbaesədə(r)/ amount n /əˈmaʊnt/ ancient adj /ˈeɪnʃənt/ apologize v /əˈpɒlədʒaɪz/
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Mexican culture has been characterized as an accepted background of values: familism‚ respeto and simpatia (respect and congeniality)‚ curanderismo (folk healing)‚ religiosity/spirituality‚ and the importance of language are among the most important (Cultural Responses to Health Among Mexican… 2007). In a typical Mexican family‚ the father is the breadwinner. The man can also be known as a machismo. Machismo is refer to as manliness and has positive and negative views in reference to it. The man
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Computer [pic] A computer is a programmable machine that receives input‚ stores and automatically manipulates data‚ and provides output in a useful format. The first electronic computers were developed in the mid-20th century (1940–1945). Originally‚ they were the size of a large room‚ consuming as much power as several hundred modern personal computers (PCs).[1] Modern computers based on integrated circuits are millions to billions of times more capable than the early machines‚ and occupy
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Anthropology Prof Liddy 18 April 2012 The Effects of Alcohol in Society and Culture When alcohol is introduced to a culture or society‚ it can often affect it in many different ways. The outcomes can be violent or can cause peace among people. When alcohol is involved‚ humans tend to become more violent and out going. They will often do things that they wouldn’t normally do‚ and act in a strange way. Different cultures and societies respond different to alcohol in terms of how much they can drink
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Credit Chilean Culture: Mountains and Cities The population of the country of Chile is almost 16 million people. The majority of the people live in the dense cities that lie in-between the two mountainous regions. Only 16% of the population brave the rural mountains of this narrow natural resource rich country. The indigenous people (7% of the countries population) make up almost half of the portion of the mountainous population. This section of the population is extremely culture rich in comparison
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Throughout history animal testing has played an important role in leading to new discoveries and human benefit. However‚ the realization of the moral status that animals hold only began in the late 1970’s. Today it is a multibillion dollar industry that involves several institutions‚ cosmetic companies and scientific centers. What people tend to forget is the great number of animal subjects that have suffered serious harm during the process of experimentation. Many ethical questions arise about these
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differences between culture and food. For example‚ in Ecuador we eat guinea pig at any time of the year and can be found everywhere; unlike‚ Peru‚ Colombia‚ and Brazil to find guinea pigs depends in what part of the country we are and the time of the year. On the other hand‚ Latinos are consider all the counties from Central America. In this countries the food and culture are more similar within each other’s. For example‚ I know people from Mexico‚ El Salvador‚ and Guatemala and their culture and food look
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The animals on the farm feel restless and held down due to Mr.Jones’s unacceptable restrictions on the farm society.The restlessness that arose inside the animals can be credited to the factor of how when “the very instant that [the animals] usefulness [comes] to an end [the animals] are slaughtered with hideous cruelty.”(2). It can be seen that the animals also can be shown to be caused by how “[the animals] lives are miserable‚ laborious‚ and short”(2) also depicting how bad and uncomfortable the
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them have been tested on animals before they are available to humans. Without the use of animals for research life would be very different because animal research gave humans such a huge advancement in medicine. The research that is being tested will only continue to help the future generation. Scientist can find research however that research needs to be tested as there may be factors that might have been thought about or considered. Scientist can study petri dish and cultures or use computer programs
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Culture. You often hear this word at home‚ in the news‚ or at school. Culture is something that defines you. Something that can describe you. It is what makes you similar to some people‚ and what can make you drastically different from others. What is culture? Culture is something you and a group of people share that are similar to one another. A culture is a way of life for a group of people and their behaviors‚ beliefs‚ values‚ and symbols that they accept‚ generally without thinking about them
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