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November 21, 2011

Spanish election: convincing victory for People's party

This is what The Guardian says about Spain's election yesterday. What do you think are the challenges of the new government?


Spanish Election

3 comments:

Unknown said...

VOCABULARY. SPANISH ELECTION: CONVINCING VICTORY FOR PEOPLE’S PARTY
Find words in the text which mean:
1.to fall very quickly and suddenly
2.to supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food, or information
3.to make something improve or become more active after it has stopped or slowed down
4.to cause someone to lose energy, or to be without energy
5.to receive a particular number of votes in an election
6.to change the date or time of an event so that it happens earlier than planned
7.a temporary government that is in charge of a country until a new government is elected
8.the giving of control of or responsibility for something to someone else
9.to press something firmly, especially from all sides in order to change its shape, reduce its size or remove liquid from it. If you are squeezed by financial demands, they cause you financial problems
10.to understand/not understand the feelings, opinions, or needs of a group of people
11.to (cause to) move so that one side is higher than another side
12.publicly claimed or promised

Anonymous said...

1.- Plummete
2.- Performance
3.- Grow
4.- Slump
5.- polling
6.- Speed up
7.- Caretaker prime minister
8.- Handover
9.- Squeeze
10.- To be in tune
11.- Reform
12.- Declared

A. Gallardo

Unknown said...

Waw, Alicia!!
That's a smashing effort! We'll talk about it in class.