Family – vocabulary

mother(mum) father (dad/ daddy) grandfather (grandpa) grandmother(gran­dma) grandson = vnuk grandaughter = vnučka uncle aunt brother sister husband wife son-in–law = zať daughter-in-law = nevesta mother-in-law = svokra father-in-law = svokor sister-in-law = švagriná brother-in-law = švagor spouse – manžel, manželka siblings – súrodenci niece – neter nephew- synovec cousin – bratanec, sesternica single-parent – slobodný rodič step-mother step- father – […]

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Family

THE NUCLEAR FAMILY basicaly consists of two generations of family members living in the same household (parents and children) EXTENDED FAMILY consists of three or more generations living in the same household (grandparetns, parents and children) Single-parent family: onvolve a single person plus dependent children(a mother plus a child) Reconstructed family: is usually nuclear in form […]

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Human being and nature – vocabulary

VOCABULARY pollution – znečistenie damage – poškodiť harm – ublížiť harmful – škodlivý destroy – zničiť global warming – globálne otepľovanie greenhouse effect – skleníkový efekt ozone layer – ozónová vrsva ozone hole – ozónová diera ozone-friendly – neškodné pre ozón acid rain – kyslý dážď flood – záplava destruction of rainforest – zničenie pralesa conservation – ochrana prírody conservationist – ochrance prírody extinction – vyhynutie extinct (druhy)– vyhynuté species endangered […]

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Massmedia – vocabulary

the press – tlač magazines – časopisy NEWSPAPERS quality newspaper tabloids – bulvár article – článok weekly (magazine) – týždeník monthly (magazine) – mesačník newsagent’s -trafika paper boy/paper girl – kolportéri freedom of press – sloboda tlače censorship – cenzúra broadcast – vysielať TV TV – televízia telly (informal) –telka TV channel – televízny PROGRAM programmes: show talk show cartoon drama soap opera (telenovela) sitcom (situation comedy = […]

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Communication and its forms – vocabulary

VOCABULARY language – jazyk grammar – gramatika vocabulary – slovná zásoba pronunciation – výslovnosť mother tongue – rodná reč foreign language – cudzí jazyk colloquial language – hovorový jazyk slang – slang jargon – džargón dialect – dialekt, nárečie accent – prízvuk native speaker – hovoriaci rodným jazykom bilingual speaker – hovoriaci dvomi jazykmi spoken and written English fluent – plynulý fluently – plynulo fluency – plynulosť signs – značky signals / […]

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Communication and its forms

VERBAL COMMUNICATION Verbal communication = communication by using words, spoken language (a system of words, sounds etc.) or written communication. There are different kinds of conversation: formal, informal, chattering, gossiping, some people prefer talking to others face-to-face to talking to them over the phone. In oral commucation we can express our feeling and thoughts not […]

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Eating habits – vocabulary

EATING HABITS meal – jedlo (pripravené) food, foodstuffs – jedlo, strava, pokrm dish – jedlo, chod make / cook / prepare a meal – urobiť, navariť, pripraviť jedlo COURSE – CHOD starter – predjedlo first course – soup /sup/ e.g. vegetable, mushroom, fish, chicken, lentil, bean, tomato clear soup , cream soup, bouillon second course or main course: meat (beef steak, pork fillet, fish […]

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Eating habits

RESTAURANT Ordering of meal at the restaurant: a customer (teacher) is ordering lunch Of four courses: a starter, a soup, the main meal and a dessert. A waiter (student) is helping the customer to choose the speciality of the restaurant. COMPARE EATING HABITS IN SLOVAKIA TO THOSE IN BRITAIN AND THE USA Food is one of frequent […]

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Man and society

DUTIES Humans were not able to live on their own and so started to form a bigger group. These organised groups created their system of laws ans accepted behaviour which can be defined as a society. These laws and behaviour make it possible for people to live tohether. Everyone of us must know what our […]

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Science and technology

SCIENCE AND RESEARCH IN GB Isaac Newton – English physicist and mathematician James Watt – the inventor of steam engine George Stephenson – designed the first railway locomotive Michael Faraday – English physicist and chemist made first dynamo Charles Darwin – important English naturalist a founder of the modern theory of evolution and natural selection James Clerk Maxwell – Scottish physicist […]

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