Who has been in the Spanish press recently? What have people been saying about them? PUBLIC FIGURE S Do public figures have a right to privacy? Do you think you’ll ever become famous? How would your friends react if you became famous? How you feel about becoming famous? What would you if you had a lot of photographers at your house? Are there any public figures that you can’t stand? What people say about the politicians in Spain? How would your life have been different if you had been famous? Why you think so many people want to become famous? Are there any famous people who you admire? PEOPLE: OTHER NOUNS: ADJECTIVES: VERBS: VIP Politician Royal sportswoman /Sportsman/ athlete Actor/ actress Reality TV star Singer Diva star luvvie press/ paparazzi/ media press conference /interview spotlight price of fame scandal/ gossip high/ low profile premiere privacy/ private life film/ concert/ World tour /play/ campaign oscar autograph A-list/ C-list glamorous/ glitzy fabulous talented down to earth popular/ Famous/ well known rubbish private/ personal invasive/ intrusive overrated perform/ sing/ act/ dance tour/ appear endorse/ promote take photos film/ record direct/ produce keep a low profile court publicity/ attract attention come across as/ project an image report/ article / story EXTRA SENSORY PERCEPTION (E.S.P.) TELEPATHY ALIEN ABDUCTION PSYCHIC/ FORTUNE TELLER DEMONS/ DEMONIC POSSESSION TELEPATHY GHOSTS/ SPIRITS Have you ever had anything which you couldn’t explain? SPOOKY MYSTERIOUS UNEXPLAINED I went to see a fortune teller once and everything came true Why you think this was? STRANGE/ WEIRD/ ODD/ OUT OF THE ORDINARY FANTASY/ MAKE-BELIEVE/ RUBBISH/ BUNKUM/ CLAPTRAP UNIDENTIFIES FLYING OBJECTS (U.F.O.’S) CLAIRVOYANCE SEANCE SIGHTINGS/ CROP CIRCLES STORIES/ ACCOUNTS THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE What might be the explanation for crop circles/ ghost and UFO sightings? LIFE AFTER DEATH How you feel when someone tells you a ghost story? Do you believe in ghosts or any other supernatural phenomena? MAYBE/ PERHAPS HAUNT/ MANIFEST EXIST TELL FORTUNES Would you ever visit a fortune teller or a psychic? How you feel about them? APPARENTLY… IT’S POSSIBLE THAT… BELIEVE EXPLAIN READ MINDS COMMUNICATE WITH THE DEAD SEE THE FUTURE PEOPLE SAY… COULD/ MAY MIGHT SUPPOSEDLY… CONTACT ALIENS I’VE HEARD THAT… Does anyone you know believe in any supernatural phenomena? YOU NEVER KNOW! Would you ever make decisions based on you horoscope? freedom love What’s important to you? Why? What are your golden rules? What makes you feel guilty?/ good about yourself? What you value in a friend? a moral dilemma according to your values? selfish/ selfless environment al principles What you to help others? Who’s your role model? / Who you look up to? Why? Personal Values and Ideals compassion for people in need/ charity What you think about voluntary work? betray/ lie to/ double cross Do you support any charities? Why/ Why not? ethical consumption tolerance/ discrimination How can parents bring up their children morally? friends moral code/ creed/ ethics/ rules/ beliefs How you/will you live honesty/ dishonesty ethical work How did your parents teach you the difference between right and wrong? What other people that annoys / upsets you? family respect/ disrespect What would you never do? wealth/ poverty Are there any jobs that you would never do? / products that you would never buy? Would you ever lie? /cheat?/ steal?/do anything illegal? -buy a pirated film for instance? integrity/ hypocrisyenvironmental principles What is the one thing which you would never forgive? loyal/ trustworthy Do you think the retirement age in Spain will rise? What job you think you in the future? Would your career choices have been different if you had been born in your grandparents’ generation? How you feel about unemployment in Spain? Are there any jobs that you would never do? Has anyone given you any career advice? How has the crisis affected job opportunities in Spain? What have your friends and family said about unemployment in Spain? ADJECTIVES: NOUNS: Job, position, post, role, career, profession Job advertisement, job offer, interview, vacancy, contract, Curriculum Vitae Employee, recruit, employer, boss, entrepreneur, business owner Skills, qualifications Employment, unemployment Career ladder, opportunities Responsibilities Long working hours/ short working hours VERBS: work apply pay earn employ, contract, hire fire, make redundant, sack leave, resign retire Feelings: Fed up, motivated, interested, bored, stressed Jobs: Challenging, hard, demanding, tough, rewarding, fulfilling, easy, boring, interesting, stressful, blue collar (manual), white collar (professional), well paid, low paid UPPER CLASS, MIDDLE CLASS, LOWER CLASS, WORKING CLASS How would your life have been different if you had been born in your parents’ generation? TOLERANCE HOUSING How has the financial crisis affected living standards in Spain? Do you think living standards would be different if Spain hadn’t joined the Euro? EDUCATION SAFETY What you think about living standards in Guadalajara? HUMAN RIGHTS BUSINESS CONDITIONS INEQUALITY/ THE GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR How you feel when you see homeless people or people living in poverty? HEALTHCARE Have your family and friends said anything about the crisis in Spain? PUBLIC TRANSPORT How could Spanish society change in the future? POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STABILITY PUBLIC FACILITIES What you think your friends might say if you lose all your money? How you feel when you see stories about Spanish people losing their homes? RECREATIONAL FACILITIES How would you life have differed if you had been born in a third world country? Problems: OVERDEVELOPMENT AND HABITAT LOSS Spain's coastline is disappearing e.g Tarifa beach How you feel when you hear about environmental problems in Spain? EXTINCT desertification / water shortages One-third of the county is at risk of becoming a desert because of climate change and poor land use! e.g strawberry farms Doñana National Park water pollution 33 per cent of Spanish rivers are severely contaminated air pollution Coal and iron centres in Madrid and in the north of Spain Exhaust fumes from cars deforestation Many of Spain’s forests have been cut down or destroyed by forest fires How you feel when you hear about environmental problems in Spain? How long has …………… Been going on? THREATENED CLIMATE CHANGE CONSERVATION/ PROTECTION SAVE / WASTE What are the biggest environmental problems facing Spain at the moment? What have people been saying about them? What have people been doing about them? NATURE/ COUNTRYSIDE Environmental Concerns in Spain How could the environmental problems in Spain have been prevented? What can people to address these concerns? RECYCLING Do you think the Spanish government enough to protect the environment? ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY/ GREEN RENEWABLE INTRODUCED SPECIES ENERGY ENDANGERED SPECIES (SOLAR POWER/ PROTECTED SPECIES WIND POWER/ WAVE POWER) Problem: desertification / water shortages One-third of the county is at risk of becoming a desert because of climate change and poor land use! Causes: Climate change The use of more than 80 per cent of water resources for farming and tourist practices such as golf courses the lack of a “water culture,” a sense of its importance and preciousness Solutions: Educate the population to save water Increase the price of water THREATENED EXTINCT RECYCLING Problem: OVERDEVELOPMENT Spain's coastline is disappearing under concrete at a rate of three soccer pitches a day according to the report and yet councils plan to build million new houses, 202,000 hotel spaces, 316 golf courses and 102 new marinas along Spain's 5,000 km coast over the next few years constant modifications to planning laws Causes: Relaxed building laws, greedy developers and corrupt politicians Solutions: Protests against new developments Introduce stricter building laws Investigate corrupt politicians (The police are currently investigating 55 town mayors in connection with 100 cases of corruption concerning illegal development.) Increase the punishments for illegal building INTRODUCED SPECIES ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTED SPECIES CLIMATE CHANGE Problem: water pollution 33 per cent of Spanish rivers are severely contaminated Raw sewage straight into the sea in direct contravention of EU law Offshore oil and gas rigs are creating harmful pollutants, Causes: Farmers use pesticides that are washed away and absorbed by the water systems 58% of towns and villages on the Spanish coast lack 'adequate' treatment facilities for waste waters Solutions: Restrict the use of harmful chemicals and pesticides Fine business that dump harmful substances into the water supply Build more treatment facilities for waste waters NATURE/ COUNTRYSIDE Environmental Concerns in Spain CONSERVATION/ PROTECTION SAVE / WASTE Problem: air water pollution Causes: Coal and iron centres in Madrid and in the north of Spain Exhaust fumes from cars (90 per cent of transport in Spain is by road.) Solutions: Increase the price of petrol Increase road taxes Encourage the use of public transport Encourage the use of renewable energies Tax factories that produce high levels of pollution ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY/ GREEN Problem: deforestation RENEWABLE Many of Spain’s forests have been cut down or destroyed by forest fires ENERGY Causes: Industry and urban development Accidental and deliberate forest fires (SOLAR POWER/ Solutions: Educate the population to take better care of forests Ban the WIND POWER/ WAVE use of barbecues The use of fire breaks to stop fires spreading POWER)