28.1- Describing the world

Question 1

rainfall (n)

Answer 1

precipitación (fuertes lluvias)

Heavy rainfall ruined the match.
The average annual rainfall in this region is 750 m

Question 2

arid <adj></adj>

Answer 2

(1) arido/a
*The average annual rainfall in this region is 750 m
(2) fracaso
*After several arid years, the company has started to become successful
(3) no es interesante ni muestra imaginación
*I found his writing extremely arid.

Question 3

be prone to sth/do sth

Answer 3

ser propenso/a a; tener tendencia a

I’ve always been prone to headaches
He is rather prone to making tactless remarks

Question 4

tundra (n)
[area in the north with no trees and permanently frozen ground]

Answer 4

tundra

Few plants grow in tundra regions

Question 5

vegetation (n)
[plant life]

Answer 5

vegetación

Much of the region’s native vegetation has been damaged by developers who are building hotels along the coast.

Question 6

coniferous <adj>
trees that are evergreen [in leaf all year round] and produce cones</adj>

Answer 6

coníferas

a coniferous forest/trees
The north is coniferous, serving the province’s important pulp and paper industry.

Question 7

prairie, -s
[flat grasslands in Canada and northern USA]

Answer 7

pradera, -s

The prairies of the Midwest

Question 8

paddy field, -s
paddy-field, -s

Answer 8

campos de arroz (arrozales)

Question 9

cereal, -s

Answer 9

cereal, -es

cereal crops

Question 10

tend
[take care of]

Answer 10

cuidar, atender

The nurse gently tended the patient’s cuts and bruises.

Question 11

developed <adj>
[with a modern, industrial economy]</adj>

Answer 11

desarrollado/a

Sharks have a highly developed sense of smell.
In developed countries, blood pressure tends to go up dramatically with ag

Question 12

manufacturing (n)

Answer 12

fabricación, manufactura

Question 13

at the forefront of
[the most noticeable or important position]

Answer 13

a la vanguardia de, al frente de

His team is at the forefront of scientific research into vaccines.

Question 14

developing <adj>
[A developing country or area of the world is poorer and has less advanced industries]</adj>

Answer 14

en desarrollo

The developing world/countries/nations

Question 15

generate (-s, -ed, -ed)
[produces/creates]

Answer 15

generar, producir, crear

We need someone to generate new ideas.
Living cells generate energy from food.

Question 16

be descended from sb
[related to someone who lived in the past]

Answer 16

ser descendientes de (alguien)

I’m descended from immigrants on both sides of the family.

Question 17

indigenous <adj>
[existing naturally in that place]</adj>

Answer 17

indígena, autóctono

Are there any species of frog indigenous to the area?
The indigenous population has long suffered exclusion and profound injustice.
He studied Mixtec, an indigenous language of Mexico.

Question 18

ancestor, -s
[relatives from earlier times]
[forebear, -s] [forefather, -s]

Answer 18

ancestro, -s

Question 19

migrant, -s
[people who move to live in another country or another part of their own country6

Answer 19

migrante, -s

The cities are full of migrants looking for work.

Question 20

settle

Question 21

be of Italian/French… extraction
[to be from a family that originally came from another country]

Answer 21

de orígen

Paul, a carpenter of Dutch extraction, became our leader

Question 22

emigrant, -s
[someone who leaves a country]

Answer 22

emigrante, -s

My grandparents were Italian emigrants who settled in New York in the 1920s.

Question 23

immigrant, -s
[someone who moves to live in a country]

Answer 23

inmigrante, -s

A large immigrant population.
Illegal immigrants are sent back across the border if they are caught.