Natalia Romo / Tourism & Transportation: Assignment #5

1. Define the terms, transport or transportation.

Is a type of transportation we used to go to one place to another place.

2. Give 10 examples of infrastructure.

1. Roads.
2. Railways.
3. Airways.
4. Waterways.
5. Canals.
6. Pipelines.
7. Terminals.
8. Airports.
9. Railway Stations.
10. Bus Stations.

3. What is containerization?

Is a type of transport for a transport that is used for contairners to carry some kind of things. For example ships, carry on containers who have to fix to each other, rail road cars.

4. What is urban sprawl?

5. What was the earliest form of transportation?

6. Name 5 types of materials that are transported by pipeline.

7. Who built the first paved roads?

Natalia Romo / Assingment #4 / Celebrity

1. What is the definition of a celebrity?

Is a person known who has a hugh degree of atention for people, fans and the

2. What is a mainstream celebrity?

Is a very popular person, a global celebrity.


3. What are 2 other names for a mainstream celebrity?

House hold name or Superstar.


4. What is an instant celebrity?

Is when a person becomes famous in a very short period of time.



5. Define the word, gossip.


Is when a group of persons talk about the life of the famous people like rumours or private affairs.


6. Name 3 Chilean TV shows that specialize in gossiping about celebrities.


SQP, PRIMER PLANO, INTRUSOS


7. What is a regional/cultural celebrity?

Are all kind of people who are known in only their region, country or cultural place. For example,
people who play some sports and are very recognized.



8. What is a niche market celebrity?

Is a person who is recognized in only one place or determinated region. Here we have soccer players or TV Show celebrities.



9. Name 5 professions that can make someone into a celebrity.


Fashion designers, models, artist, dancers, chefs, etc.


10.

a. According to writer, Clive James, who was the first celebrity?

Lisa Taylor.


b. Why did this person become famous?

Because she get known her private life.



11. When did academics begin to write about the concept of the celebrity?

When people becomes to be famous only for be known.

12.

a. Choose a famous English-speaking celebrity.

Lindsay Lohan.

b. Write 5 sentences of gossip about that celebrity.

1. She is bisexual.
2. She broke up 2 moth ago whit his girlfriend.
3. She is no healthy for her thinness. Know she is getting see a doctor for it.
4. At leats she is whit no jobs.
5. She likes drugs an alcohol.

13.

a. List 10 Canadian actors who you recognize as celebrities.

1. Michael J. Fox.
2. Jim Carey.
3. Keanu Reeves.
4. Joshua Jackson.
5. Devon Sawa.
6. John Qualen.
7. Leslie Nielsen.
8. Brendan Fraser.
9. Eugene Levy.
10. Mike Myers.


b. Why did you put these people on your list?

Most of them are cute actors or comedian people, and I like all kind of movies about this celebrities.



14. What is Bollywood?

Is the term that people use for the Indian Films industry.

15. Where did the name Bollywood originate?

Bollywood is from the B of Bombay replacing the H from Hollywood.

The hour

1. Where is the 12-hour clock still used?

12 hour clock are Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Colombia, Egypt, Pakistan, Indian, Malaysia, New Zealand, Phillipines, United States of America.

2. What does a.m and p.m. mean?

A.M: Ante Meridiem.
P.M: Post Meridiem.

3. Although using the 12-hour clock in speech is very common, using a.m. and p.m. is not common. What time expressions do we use to distinguish, for example, the difference between 2am and 2pm?
We use to distinguish it when we said "it's 15 o'clock" or " 3 o'clock".

4. What are some of the problems with using a 12-hour clock?
The problems are that some people have confusions to recognize abot midnight and noon.

5. What is the confusion about midnight and noon?
The problem is when we use it with the 12 hour system.

6. What does rounding off mean, in informal speech? Give 3 examples.

The meanning is when we said for example 13.45 , we use to say a quarter or fifteen minutes to
twelve and not "it's eleven fourty five"

Assignment #2

1. How many sovereign/non-sovereign countries use English as a first language?
There are 68 countries.
2. How many African nations use English as a first language?
There are 22 at the first block and only 1 at the second block.
3. Where are the following islands located:
a. Pitcairn Islands :It is at Oceania, in Pacific Ocean.
b. Saint Helena/Tristan da Cunha: Africa, in the South Atlantic Ocean.
c. Seychelles: Africa, is an archipielago nation in the Indian Ocean.
d. Malta: Europe, is situated in the Southern European areas of the Mediterranean sea.
e. Turk and Caicos Islands: America, in the West Indies.
4. Define the term, lingua franca?
It's used to communicate between person not sharing a mother tonge. It is independient of the linguistic history of structure of the language.
5. English is...
d. a West Germanic language developed in Anglo-Saxon England
6. The history of English is divided into...
b. Old, Middle, Modern
7. The main Germanic tribes who developed Old English were...
a. Angles, Saxons and the Jutes
8. Name the 2 factors which contributed to the spread of English worldwide.
The United States was growning economic and cultural influence status, but at the end of the world war II, when takes a status of global superpower accelerate the process of adoption of the language around the world.
9. Which West Germanic languages are related to English?
They are related Dutch, Afrikaans, German and the Frisian languages, and Yiddish.
10. Which North Germanic languages are related to English?
Danish, Swedish and Norwegian

Alphabet

1.Which letters of the English alphabet are vowels and which ones are consonants?
Answer: There are 6 vowels a-e-i-o-u-y and 20 consonants b-c-d-f-g-h-j-k-l-m-n-p-q-r-s-t-v-w-x-z
2.True or False: The word, alphabet, came from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha and beta?
Answer: Yes, the first two letters of the Greek Alphabet, alpha and beta in turn came from the first two letters of the Phoenician Alphabet.
3.There are dozens of alphabets in use in the world today. Most use a type of linear writing. Name 3 examples of alphabets which do NOT use linear writing?
Answer: The types are Braille, fingerspelling and Morse code.
4. The term, alphabet, refers to a writing system which represents which 2 types of spoken sounds?
Answer: Yes, consonant and vowel sounds.
5.Name 2 types of writing systems which are NON-Alphabetic representations.
Answer: Egyptian hieroglyphs and Chinese characters.

Biography

Well, what can I say... My name is Natalia Romo Alvear I am 23. I was born in Paula Hospital in 1985. I'm the first one of my family members, I have 2 sisters and 2 brothers, one of them have a little problem about his health... he has Sindrome de Down. So, talking about me...now a days I have a wonderful boyfriend, I'm so in love with him! We have 1 year and 8 months together, he is like a rock star - at least for me! I like so much dancing new wave music, and listen my favorite bands like Pearl Jam, Creed, Faith No More, Guns & Roses, Nickelback. and go out to drink a lot of beer specialy having a interesting conversation whit my friends. My favorite food are cannelloni, rice and all kind of meat whit chili I like spice food. .Now a days, I'm working at Santander Banefe Call Center where you can call 600 600 1000 asking for me. When I get finish my career I would like to travel arround the world meeting so many people to get know how's the life out there.