Who has been in the Spanish

press recently? What have

people been saying about them?

PUBLIC
FIGURE
S
What do people say
about the politicians in
Spain?

Do public figures have a right

to privacy?

How do you feel about

becoming famous?

Do you think youll ever

become famous? How
would your friends react
if you became famous?

Are there any public

figures that you cant
stand?

How would your life have

been different if you had
been famous?

What would you do if you had

a lot of photographers at your
house?
Are there any famous people
who you admire?

Why do you think so many

people want to become
famous?

PEOPLE:

OTHER NOUNS:

ADJECTIVES:

VERBS:

VIP
Politician
Royal
sportswoman
/Sportsman/ athlete
Actor/ actress
Reality TV star
Singer
Diva
star
luvvie

press/ paparazzi/ media

press conference /interview
spotlight
price of fame
scandal/ gossip
high/ low profile
premiere
privacy/ private life
film/ concert/ World tour
/play/ campaign
oscar
autograph

A-list/ C-list
glamorous/ glitzy
fabulous
talented
down to earth
popular/ Famous/ well
known
rubbish
private/ personal
invasive/ intrusive
overrated

perform/ sing/ act/

dance
tour/ appear
endorse/ promote
take photos
film/ record
direct/ produce
keep a low profile
court publicity/ attract
attention
come across as/ project
an image
report/ article / story

TELEPATHY

EXTRA SENSORY PERCEPTION

(E.S.P.)

Have you ever had anything

which you couldnt explain?

SPOOKY

MYSTERIOUS

ALIEN ABDUCTION

PSYCHIC/ FORTUNE TELLER

DEMONS/
DEMONIC POSSESSION

TELEPATHY

GHOSTS/ SPIRITS

UNEXPLAINED
STRANGE/
I went to see a fortune teller
WEIRD/
once and everything came
ODD/
true. Why do you think this
OUT OF THE ORDINARY
was?

FANTASY/
MAKE-BELIEVE/
RUBBISH/
BUNKUM/
CLAPTRAP

UNIDENTIFIES FLYING OBJECTS (U.F.O.S)

CLAIRVOYANCE

SEANCE
SIGHTINGS/
CROP CIRCLES
STORIES/
ACCOUNTS
THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE

What might be the

explanation for crop circles/
ghost and UFO sightings?

LIFE AFTER DEATH

How do you feel when

someone tells you a ghost
story?

Do you believe in ghosts or

any other supernatural
phenomena?
HAUNT/ MANIFEST

EXIST
TELL FORTUNES

BELIEVE

Would you ever

visit a fortune
teller or a
psychic? How do
you feel about
them?

APPARENTLY
ITS POSSIBLE THAT

EXPLAIN

READ MINDS

COMMUNICATE WITH THE DEAD

SEE THE FUTURE

Whats important to
you? Why?

Does anyone you know

believe in any
supernatural
phenomena?

freedom
What
are your golden
rules?

IVE HEARD THAT

PEOPLE SAY
COULD/ MAY MIGHT
YOU NEVER KNOW!

SUPPOSEDLY

CONTACT ALIENS

love

MAYBE/ PERHAPS

Would you ever make decisions based on you

horoscope?
How can parents bring up
their children morally?

ethical work

What do you
value in a friend?

tolerance/
How did your parents teach
discrimination
you the difference between
right and wrong?

What makes you feel

guilty?/ good about
yourself?

friends
a moral dilemma

moral code/ creed/

ethics/ rules/
beliefs
How do you/will
you
live according to
your values?

selfish/
selfless

environment
al principles
What do you do to help
others?
Whos your role model? /
Who do you look up to?
Why?

honesty/
dishonesty

Personal
Values and
Ideals

compassion for
people in need/
charity

betray/ lie to/

double cross

What job do you think you do in

the future?

family
respect/
disrespect
What would you never
do?

ethical
consumption

Do you support any

charities?
Why/ Why not?

What do you think about

voluntary work?

What do other people

do that annoys /
upsets you?

you would never do? /

products that you
would never buy?
Would you ever lie? /cheat?/
steal?/do anything illegal?
-buy a pirated film for
instance?
What is the one thing which you
would never forgive?

integrity/
hypocrisyenvironmental
principles

Would your career choices have

been different if you had been
born in your grandparents
generation?

wealth/
poverty
Are there any
jobs that

loyal/ trustworthy

Do you think the

retirement age in Spain will
rise?
How do you feel about
unemployment in Spain?

Are there any jobs that you

would never do?

Has anyone given you any

career advice?

How has the crisis affected

job opportunities in Spain?

What have your friends

and family said about
unemployment in Spain?

ADJECTIVES:

NOUNS:
Job, position, post, role,
career, profession
Job advertisement, job offer,
interview, vacancy, contract,
Curriculum Vitae
Employee, recruit, employer,
boss, entrepreneur, business
owner
Skills, qualifications
Employment, unemployment
Career ladder, opportunities
Responsibilities
Long working hours/ short
working hours

VERBS:
work
apply
pay
earn
employ, contract, hire
fire, make redundant,
sack
leave, resign
retire

UPPER CLASS, MIDDLE CLASS, LOWER

CLASS, WORKING CLASS

How would your life have

been different if you had
been born in your parents
generation?
TOLERANCE

Do you think living

standards would be
different if Spain hadnt

Feelings:
Fed up, motivated,
interested, bored,
stressed
Adjectives to describe
jobs:
Challenging, hard,
demanding, tough,
rewarding, fulfilling, easy,
boring, interesting,
stressful, blue collar
(manual), white collar
(professional), well paid,
low paid
SAFETY

What do you think about

living standards in
Guadalajara?

HOUSING

How has the financial

crisis affected living
standards in Spain?

HUMAN
RIGHTS

EDUCATION

BUSINESS
CONDITIONS

INEQUALITY/ THE
GAP BETWEEN
RICH AND POOR

How do you feel when you

see homeless people or
people living in poverty?
HEALTHCARE

Have your family and

Problems:
friends said anything
about the crisis in Spain?
OVERDEVELOPMENT AND HABITAT
LOSS
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Spain's coastline is disappearing. e.g.
Tarifa beach
DESERTIFICATION / WATER
SHORTAGES How could Spanish society
change
in the
One-third of the
county
is atfuture?
risk of
becoming a desert because of climate
change and poor land use! e.g.
strawberry farms Doana National Park.

POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC

STABILITY
PUBLIC FACILITIES

What do you think your

friends might say if you
lose all your money?

How do you feel when you

see stories about Spanish
people losing their homes?

How would you life have

differed if you had been
born in a third world
country?
What are the biggest
environmental problems
facing Spain at the
moment?

WATER POLLUTION
33 per cent of Spanish rivers are
severely contaminated.
AIR POLLUTION
Coal and iron centres in Madrid and in the
north of Spain. Exhaust fumes from cars.
DEFORESTATION

How do you feel when you

hear about environmental
problems in Spain?

RECREATIONAL
FACILITIES

EXTINCT

CONSERVATION/
PROTECTION

What have people been

saying about them?
What have people been
doing about them?

down or destroyed by forest fires.

THREATENED
CLIMATE
CHANGE

SAVE / WASTE
NATURE/ COUNTRYSIDE

Environmen
tal
Concerns in
Spain
How do you feel when you
hear about environmental
problems in Spain?

How could the

environmental problems in
Spain have been
prevented?

RECYCLING
Do you think the Spanish
government do enough to
protect the environment?

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY/
GREEN
RENEWABLE
INTRODUCED SPECIES
ENERGY
ENDANGERED SPECIES
(SOLAR POWER/
PROTECTED SPECIES
WIND POWER/ WAVE
POWER)

Problem: OVERDEVELOPMENT
What can people do to
Spain's coastline is disappearing under
How
has
address these concerns?
concrete
at long
a rate
of .
three soccer pitches
Been going
a day according
toon?
the report and yet
councils plan to build 3 million new
houses, 202,000 hotel spaces, 316 golf
courses and 102 new marinas along
Problem: WATER POLLUTION
Problem: DESERTIFICATION / WATER SHORTAGES
Spain's
5,000
km
coast
over
the
next
few
33 per cent of Spanish rivers are severely contaminated.
One-third of the county is at risk of becoming a desert
years.
constant
modifications
to
planning
because of climate change and poor land use!
Raw sewage straight into the sea in direct contravention of
laws .
Causes:
Climate change. The use of more than 80 per cent
EU law. Offshore oil and gas rigs are creating harmful
Causes:
Relaxed
building
laws,
greedy
of water resources for farming and tourist practices such as
pollutants,
developers
and
corrupt
politicians.
golf courses. the lack of a water culture, a sense of its
Causes: Farmers use pesticides that are washed away
Solutions:and
Protests
against new
importance
preciousness.
and absorbed by the water systems. 58% of towns and
developments.
Introduce
stricter
building
Solutions: Educate the population to save water. Increase
villages on the Spanish coast lack 'adequate' treatment
laws.
Investigate
corrupt
politicians.
(The
the
price of water.
facilities for waste waters.
THREATENED
EXTINCT
police are currently investigating 55 town
Solutions: Restrict the use of harmful chemicals and
mayors in connection with 100 cases of
pesticides. Fine business that dump harmful substances
RECYCLING
corruption concerning illegal

waste waters.

for illegal building.

NATURE/ COUNTRYSIDE

Environmen
tal
Concerns in
Spain
CONSERVATION/
PROTECTION

INTRODUCED SPECIES
ENDANGERED SPECIES
PROTECTED SPECIES

CLIMATE
CHANGE

SAVE / WASTE

Problem: AIR WATER POLLUTION

Causes: Coal and iron centres in Madrid
and in the north of Spain. Exhaust fumes
from cars. (90 per cent of transport in
Spain is by road.)
Solutions: Increase the price of petrol.
Increase road taxes. Encourage the use
of public transport. Encourage the use
of renewable energies. Tax factories
that produce high levels of pollution.

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY/
GREEN
Problem: DEFORESTATION
RENEWABLE
Many of Spains forests have been cut down or destroyed by
ENERGY
forest fires.
Causes: Industry and urban development. Accidental and
(SOLAR POWER/
deliberate forest fires.
WIND POWER/ WAVE
Solutions: Educate the population to take better care of
POWER)
forests. Ban the use of barbecues. The use of fire breaks
to stop fires spreading.