Who has been in the Spanish press

Do public figures have a right to

recently? What have people been
privacy?
saying about them?

PUBLIC Do you think you’ll ever

How do you feel about becoming
famous?
become famous? How would
FIGURES your friends react if you
How would your life have been
became famous?
different if you had been famous?

What would you do if you had a lot

of photographers at your house? Why do you think so many people
Are there any public figures that
want to become famous?
you can’t stand?
What do people say about the Are there any famous people who
politicians in Spain? you admire?

PEOPLE: OTHER NOUNS: ADJECTIVES: VERBS:

VIP press/ paparazzi/ media A-list/ C-list perform/ sing/ act/ dance
Politician press conference /interview glamorous/ glitzy tour/ appear
Royal spotlight fabulous endorse/ promote
sportswoman /Sportsman/ price of fame talented take photos
athlete scandal/ gossip down to earth film/ record
Actor/ actress high/ low profile popular/ Famous/ well known direct/ produce
Reality TV star premiere rubbish keep a low profile
Singer privacy/ private life private/ personal court publicity/ attract
Diva film/ concert/ World tour invasive/ intrusive attention
star /play/ campaign overrated come across as/ project an
luvvie oscar image
autograph report/ article / story
 EXTRA SENSORY PERCEPTION
TELEPATHY (E.S.P.) Have you ever had anything which
SPOOKY MYSTERIOUS
you couldn’t explain?
ALIEN ABDUCTION PSYCHIC/ FORTUNE TELLER
UNEXPLAINED
TELEPATHY DEMONS/
DEMONIC POSSESSION
I went to see a fortune teller once STRANGE/
and everything came true. Why do WEIRD/ FANTASY/
you think this was? ODD/ MAKE-BELIEVE/
GHOSTS/ SPIRITS
OUT OF THE ORDINARY RUBBISH/
BUNKUM/
UNIDENTIFIES FLYING OBJECTS (U.F.O.’S)
CLAPTRAP

CLAIRVOYANCE SEANCE What might be the explanation

SIGHTINGS/ for crop circles/ ghost and UFO
CROP CIRCLES STORIES/ sightings?
ACCOUNTS
THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE
LIFE AFTER DEATH
How do you feel when someone
tells you a ghost story?
Do you believe in ghosts or any
other supernatural phenomena?
MAYBE/ PERHAPS
Would you ever visit a
APPARENTLY… I’VE HEARD THAT…
EXIST HAUNT/ MANIFEST fortune teller or a
psychic? How do you PEOPLE SAY…
TELL FORTUNES feel about them? IT’S POSSIBLE THAT…

BELIEVE COULD/ MAY MIGHT

SUPPOSEDLY… YOU NEVER KNOW!

CONTACT ALIENS
EXPLAIN Does anyone you know believe
in any supernatural
COMMUNICATE WITH THE DEAD Would you ever make decisions based on you horoscope?
READ MINDS phenomena?
SEE THE FUTURE
 freedom ethical work tolerance/
love What’s important to you?
Why? What do you value in
discrimination
a friend? How can parents bring up their
What makes you feel children morally?
guilty?/ good about friends
How did your parents teach you
yourself? What are your golden rules?
the difference between right and
a moral dilemma wrong?
moral code/ creed/
ethics/ rules/ beliefs What do other people do
How do you/will you live Personal Values that annoys / upsets you?
according to your values?

selfish/
and Ideals respect/ disrespect family
environmental
selfless What would you never do?
principles
wealth/ poverty
What do you do to help others? compassion for people ethical
Are there any jobs that you
in need/ charity consumption would never do? / products
Who’s your role model? / Who do
that you would never buy?
you look up to? Why?
Do you support any Would you ever lie? /cheat?/
charities? steal?/do anything illegal? -buy a
What do you think about voluntary work? Why/ Why not? pirated film for instance?

honesty/ What is the one thing which you would

betray/ lie to/ integrity/ never forgive?
dishonesty
double cross hypocrisy environmental
principles loyal/ trustworthy
 Do you think the retirement age
What job do you think you do in the in Spain will rise?
future?
Would your career choices have been How do you feel about
different if you had been born in your unemployment in Spain?
grandparents’ generation?

Are there any jobs that you would Has anyone given you any career
never do? advice?

How has the crisis affected job

opportunities in Spain? What have your friends and
family said about unemployment
in Spain?

NOUNS: ADJECTIVES:

Job, position, post, role, career, VERBS: Feelings:

profession Fed up, motivated, interested,
Job advertisement, job offer, work bored, stressed
interview, vacancy, contract, apply
Curriculum Vitae pay Jobs:
Employee, recruit, employer, boss, earn Challenging, hard, demanding,
entrepreneur, business owner employ, contract, hire tough, rewarding, fulfilling, easy,
Skills, qualifications fire, make redundant, sack boring, interesting, stressful,
Employment, unemployment leave, resign blue collar (manual), white
Career ladder, opportunities retire collar (professional), well paid,
Responsibilities low paid
Long working hours/ short working
hours
 UPPER CLASS, MIDDLE CLASS,
How would your life have been
LOWER CLASS, WORKING CLASS SAFETY
different if you had been born in
your parents’ generation?
What do you think about living
TOLERANCE Do you think living standards
would be different if Spain standards in Guadalajara?
HOUSING hadn’t joined the Euro?
HUMAN
RIGHTS
INEQUALITY/
How has the financial crisis THE GAP
EDUCATION BUSINESS
BETWEEN RICH
affected living standards in CONDITIONS
AND POOR
Spain?

How do you feel when you see

homeless people or people living
in poverty?
HEALTHCARE

POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC

Have your family and friends said STABILITY
anything about the crisis in
PUBLIC
Spain? What do you think your friends
FACILITIES
might say if you lose all your
RECREATIONAL
money?
PUBLIC FACILITIES
TRANSPORT

How do you feel when you see How would you life have differed
How could Spanish society stories about Spanish people if you had been born in a third
change in the future? losing their homes? world country?
Problems:
What are the biggest
How do you feel when you hear
environmental problems facing
OVERDEVELOPMENT AND HABITAT LOSS about environmental problems in
Spain at the moment?
Spain's coastline is disappearing. e.g. Tarifa beach Spain? EXTINCT
What have people been saying
DESERTIFICATION / WATER SHORTAGES
about them?
One-third of the county is at risk of becoming a CONSERVATION/
desert because of climate change and poor land THREATENED What have people been doing
PROTECTION
use! e.g. strawberry farms Doñana National Park. about them?
WATER POLLUTION
CLIMATE SAVE / WASTE
CHANGE
33 per cent of Spanish rivers are severely
contaminated.
NATURE/ COUNTRYSIDE
AIR POLLUTION
Coal and iron centres in Madrid and in the north of Environmental RECYCLING
Spain. Exhaust fumes from cars.
Concerns in Do you think the Spanish
DEFORESTATION
Many of Spain’s forests have been cut down or Spain government do enough to protect
the environment?
destroyed by forest fires.

How could the environmental

How do you feel when you hear
problems in Spain have been
about environmental problems in
prevented? ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY/ GREEN
Spain?

INTRODUCED SPECIES RENEWABLE ENERGY

ENDANGERED SPECIES (SOLAR POWER/
What can people do to address
How long has ……………. Been these concerns? PROTECTED SPECIES WIND POWER/ WAVE
going on? POWER)
 Problem: DESERTIFICATION / WATER SHORTAGES Problem: WATER POLLUTION
One-third of the county is at risk of becoming a desert because of climate 33 per cent of Spanish rivers are severely contaminated. Raw sewage
change and poor land use! straight into the sea in direct contravention of EU law. Offshore oil and
Causes: Climate change. The use of more than 80 per cent of water gas rigs are creating harmful pollutants,
resources for farming and tourist practices such as golf courses. the lack of a Causes: Farmers use pesticides that are washed away and absorbed by
“water culture,” a sense of its importance and preciousness. the water systems. 58% of towns and villages on the Spanish coast lack
Solutions: Educate the population to save water. Increase the price of water. 'adequate' treatment facilities for waste waters.
Solutions: Restrict the use of harmful chemicals and pesticides. Fine
THREATENED EXTINCT business that dump harmful substances into the water supply. Build
more treatment facilities for waste waters.
RECYCLING
Problem: OVERDEVELOPMENT NATURE/ COUNTRYSIDE SAVE / WASTE
Spain's coastline is disappearing under concrete at a
rate of three soccer pitches a day according to the Problem: AIR WATER POLLUTION
report and yet councils plan to build 3 million new Causes: Coal and iron centres in Madrid and in
houses, 202,000 hotel spaces, 316 golf courses and the north of Spain. Exhaust fumes from cars. (90
102 new marinas along Spain's 5,000 km coast over Environmental per cent of transport in Spain is by road.)
the next few years. constant modifications to
planning laws .
Concerns in Solutions: Increase the price of petrol. Increase
road taxes. Encourage the use of public transport.
Causes: Relaxed building laws, greedy developers Spain Encourage the use of renewable energies. Tax
and corrupt politicians.
Solutions: Protests against new developments. factories that produce high levels of pollution.
Introduce stricter building laws. Investigate corrupt
politicians. (The police are currently investigating 55
CONSERVATION/ PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY/ GREEN
town mayors in connection with 100 cases of
corruption concerning illegal development.)
Problem: DEFORESTATION
Increase the punishments for illegal building. RENEWABLE ENERGY
Many of Spain’s forests have been cut down or destroyed by forest fires.
Causes: Industry and urban development. Accidental and deliberate forest (SOLAR POWER/
fires. WIND POWER/ WAVE
INTRODUCED SPECIES CLIMATE Solutions: Educate the population to take better care of forests. Ban the
POWER)
ENDANGERED SPECIES CHANGE use of barbecues. The use of fire breaks to stop fires spreading.
PROTECTED SPECIES