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 youll ever

How do you feel about becoming
famous?
become famous? How would
FIGURE your friends react if you
How would your life have been
became famous?
S 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 cant 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
official oscar corrupt image
autograph report/ article / story
 EXTRA SENSORY PERCEPTION
TELEPATHY (E.S.P.) Have you ever had anything which SPOOKY MYSTERIOUS
you couldnt explain?
ALIEN ABDUCTION PSYCHIC/ FORTUNE TELLER
UNEXPLAINED
TELEPATHY DEMONS/
DEMONIC POSSESSION
STRANGE/
I went to see a fortune teller once
WEIRD/ FANTASY/
and everything came true. Why do
ODD/ MAKE-BELIEVE/
GHOSTS/ SPIRITS you think this was?
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

HAUNT/ MANIFEST IVE HEARD THAT
EXIST fortune teller or a
psychic? How do you PEOPLE SAY
TELL FORTUNES ITS POSSIBLE THAT
feel about them?
BELIEVE COULD/ MAY MIGHT

SUPPOSEDLY YOU NEVER KNOW!

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

selfish/ and Ideals respect/ family

environment disrespect
selfless What would you never do?
al principles
wealth/
What do you do to help others? compassion for ethical
poverty
Are there any jobs that you
people in need/ consumption would never do? / products
Whos your role model? / Who do charity 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 hypocrisyenvironmental
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/ unsocial hours
 UPPER CLASS, MIDDLE CLASS, LOWER
How would your life have been
CLASS, WORKING CLASS SAFETY
different if you had been born in
your parents generation?

Do you think living standards What do you think about living

TOLERANCE
would be different if Spain hadnt standards in Guadalajara?
HOUSING joined the Euro?
HUMAN
RIGHTS
INEQUALITY/ THE
How has the financial crisis GAP BETWEEN
EDUCATION BUSINESS
RICH AND POOR
affected living standards in CONDITIONS
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 FACILITIES
Spain? What do you think your friends
might say if you lose all your
RECREATIONAL
money?
PUBLIC TRANSPORT FACILITIES

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? EXTINCT Spain at the moment?
Spain's coastline is disappearing. e.g. Tarifa beach
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 use! THREATENED What have people been doing
PROTECTION
e.g. strawberry farms Doana National Park. about them?
CLIMATE SAVE / WASTE
WATER POLLUTION
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 Spains forests have been cut down or Spain government do enough to protect
destroyed by forest fires. the environment?

How could the environmental

How do you feel when you hear
problems in Spain have been
about environmental problems in ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY/
prevented?
Spain?
GREEN
INTRODUCED SPECIES RENEWABLE
ENDANGERED SPECIES ENERGY
What can people do to address
PROTECTED SPECIES (SOLAR POWER/
How long has . Been these concerns?
going on? WIND POWER/ WAVE
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 resources gas rigs are creating harmful pollutants,
for farming and tourist practices such as golf courses. the lack of a water Causes: Farmers use pesticides that are washed away and absorbed by
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 the
houses, 202,000 hotel spaces, 316 golf courses and
102 new marinas along Spain's 5,000 km coast over Environmental north of Spain. Exhaust fumes from cars. (90 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
Causes: Relaxed building laws, greedy developers
and corrupt politicians.
Spain road taxes. Encourage the use of public transport.
Encourage the use of renewable energies. Tax
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/ ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY/
town mayors in connection with 100 cases of
PROTECTION GREEN
corruption concerning illegal development.)
Problem: DEFORESTATION RENEWABLE
Increase the punishments for illegal building.
Many of Spains forests have been cut down or destroyed by forest fires.
Causes: Industry and urban development. Accidental and deliberate forest ENERGY
CLIMATE fires. (SOLAR POWER/
INTRODUCED SPECIES Solutions: Educate the population to take better care of forests. Ban the
CHANGE WIND POWER/ WAVE
ENDANGERED SPECIES use of barbecues. The use of fire breaks to stop fires spreading.
POWER)
PROTECTED SPECIES