Charlie and Niora's blog (english workshop)

WORDLIST OF NEW ENGLISH WORDS

2009-01-12T04:45:00.000-08:00

SPORTS

CORNER

GOL: GOAL
OFF-SIDE
PENALTY
KICK-BOXING
TENNIS
WATERPOLO
BASKET
PRESSING-CATCH : A TYPE OF AMERICAN FIGHT

GOLF
CHAMPION’s LEAGUE
STRIKE : PENALTY, AT BASEBALL

SET
SURFING
SKATE-BOARDING
RAFTING
FÚTBOL : FOOTBALL
OUT

MUSIC AND DANCE

SINGLE: SONG

MIXTAPE : GROUP OF SONGS NOT MASTERIZED

REMIX: MIXTURE OF A SONG

HIP-HOP

RAP

SOUL

R&B (RYTHYM&BLUES) -ACTUAL R&B-: KIND OF MUSIC, IS A MIXTURE OF SOUL, GOSPEL, FUNKY AND UNDERGROUND RAP.

PUNK

FEATURING : COLABORACIÓN

FUNK

DISCO

FLOW : STYLE, PROFESSIONALITY, AT THE HIP-HOP CULTURE.

DANCE

POP

EMCEE: RAP SINGER

GRAFFITI: GRAPHIC STYLE, IS AN ELEMENT OF HIP-HOP CULTURE, IN WICH IT REFLECTS DRAWINGS USING LIKE SUPPORT A WALL, WINDOW'S TRAIN, AND ANOTHERS URBAN PLACES, AND USING LIKE TOOL AN SPRAY.

BREAKDANCE: KIND OF DANCE, IS ALSO AN ELEMENT OF HIP-HOP CULTURE. IT'S A MIXTURE OF AEROBIC MOVES, MARTIAL ARTS AND TRADITIONAL AFRICAN DANCES.

C-WALK : KIND OF DANCE BORN IN '7O AT LOS ANGELES, IT WAS DANCED BY THE CRIPS (A REALLY FAMOUS GANG OF L.A), THIS DANCE IS CHARACTERIZATED WITH A ROLLING MOVE OF THE FEETS. WE CAN DO THIS DANCE WITH GANGSTA RAP OR WITH G-FUNK

KRUMPING: KIND OF DANCE FROM LOS ANGELES (CALIFORNIA, USA) AT THE BEGGININGS OF XXI CENTURY. IT WAS CREATED BY AFROAMERICAN PEOPLE LIKE A OPPOSITION AGAINST THE GANGS; SO, IS AN UNDERGORUND DANCE (NO GANGSTA). IT CHARACTERIZATES WITH THE IMPROVISSATION (FREE STYLE DANCE) AND WITH ENERGIC AND AGGRESIVES MOVES.

DEEJAY (DJ)

DISCO

HOUSE

HARDCORE

HARDSTYLE: KIND OF MUSIC FORCEFUL, CHARACTERIZED WITH A REALLY HARD, QUICKLY AND AGGRESIVE BATTERY AND MINIMAL MELODIES; IT CONSIDERATES A MIXTURE BETWEEN HARDCORE AND TECHNO.

JUMPSTYLE: IT IS A KIND OF MUSIC BUT IT IS ALSO A DANCE.

A. KIND OF MUSIC: IT'S A SOFT VERSION OF HARDSTYLE.

B. DANCE: IT CHARACTERIZED WITH AN OSCILATION (FRONT-BACK-FRONT-BACK) OF THE LEGS.

ANOTHER WORDS

STRIPPER

WEEKEND

SKATER

HUSTLER

GANGSTER: ONE WHO IS RICH THANKS FOR BAD BUSSINESS LIKE DRUGS, GUNS, GIRLS...

LÍDER

WHYSKY

SEX-SHOP

OVERBOOKING: THAT HAPPEN WHEN IN AN AIRPORT SELL MORE PLACES THAN THE PLACES EXISTING.

BEST-SELLER: REALLY POPULAR BOOK

TOP GUN: THE BEST GUNMAN

KILLER: THE BEST STRIKER.

ESTÁNDAR: STANDARD

The terrible Black Friday

2008-12-11T04:10:00.000-08:00

Black Friday is the friday after Thanksgiving day. The Black Friday's tradition is people goes shopping an they bought a lot of things. This day, all of the multinationals low the prices (and some of them trick the consumers with the prices).

The people buy and buy foolishly, so, some shops and malls arranges queues outside there to keep the order, but Wall Markt didn't; the result was a died employee and a pregnant woman with serious damages because of a stampede .
As there was not organitation, this haitian employee opened the Wall Market' doors, and as the people ran to the offers like the buffalos, they crush him. The people was also angry, because there was a tricked offers.

The Toys R Us didn't have a organitation too. So, there was a shooting, and two persons died. The police only made some reports.

In this sucess we can see that: the crisis is making the people crazy. The politics have to organize better the economie, because in USA still exist poor people. The majority of this people live in the ghettos, and they eat bad. That's the casuality: The majority of the people in the queues of Wall Market was african or latin descendent.

English food: ENGLISH DESSERTS

2008-10-13T04:49:00.000-07:00

ENGLISH DESSERTS

English desserts are pretty elegant and too sweet.

Their ingredients are based on:

-Creams with sugar like toffee, caramel...They also use vainilla

-Some alcohols to flavor the dessert.

-Typical fruits of oceanic climate: Apples, nuts, strawberries...

ENGLISH STRAWBERRY TRIFLE

INGREDIENTS

1 (8") sponge layer or 2 pkgs. lady fingers1
1/2 c. chopped strawberries
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. sherry
2 c. heavy cream, whipped
3 c. custard, cold (using 4 tbsp. each of mix & sugar, 2 1/2 c. milk)
7 whole strawberries & mint leaves (garnish)

Put sponge cake or lady fingers in small pieces in the bottom of a glass serving bowl. Top with strawberries, sugar and sherry. Spoon in cold custard. Top with whipped cream and garnish with mint leaves and whole berries. Chill until ready to serve. Trifle can also be made in individual parfait glasses. Other fruits may be added in place of all or part of the strawberries. However, the total amount should not excess 1 1/2 cups. Drained fruit cocktail may be used. Serves about 10 or 12. Chopped nuts may be added, if desired.

ENGLISH TOFFEE DESSERT

INGREDIENTS:
CRUST:
1 c. crushed vanilla wafers
Line 9"x13" pan with crushed wafers.
FILLING:
1 c. butter, 2 c. powdered sugar, 2 tbsp. cocoa1/8 tsp. salt2 eggs, well beaten, light lemon color
Mix filling ingredients.
TOPPING:
1 (9 oz.) Cool Whip2 Heath bars
WAFER MIX:
1 1/4 - 1 1/2 c. crushed vanilla wafers1 c. crushed toasted pecans2 tsp. vanilla

Toast 1 cup pecans in 1 tablespoon butter for 30 minutes at 250 degrees. Reserve 1/4 cup wafer mix for topping.
Prepare creamy mix and wafer mix and gently fold together. Spread this mixture gently on top of crust with knife. Spread Cool Whip on top of creamy wafer mix. Crush 2 Heath bars between wax paper and add to reserved wafer mix. Sprinkle on top of Cool Whip. Refrigerate overnight.

COMMENTS

We think English desserts are too sweet. We think also english dessert have creams and too much milk because in England there are a lot of cows, so, a lot of cattle, and cows produce milk: We think these is the reason. And english desserts haven't enough fruits (only apples, almonds, nuts...) because ocean climate haven't enough fruits. In conclusion, the english desserts are typical of ocean climate: They have some similars with the desserts of the north of Spain (like Galicia, Asturias, Euskal Country...).So, the dishes depends of the climate.