ABSTRACT:

adjective: existing as an idea, feeling or quality, not as a material object. describes an argument or
discussion that is general and not based on particular examples

noun: a noun which refers to a thing which does not exist as a material object.

Short document: a shortened form of a speech, article, book, etc., giving only the most important
facts or ideas.

ARGUMENT: noun : a discussion involving differing points of view; debate

Noun reason: a reason or reasons why you support or oppose an idea or suggestion, or the
process of explaining them.

ARGUE: verb disagree: to speak angrily to someone, telling them that you disagree with them.

Verb (Give reasons): to give the reasons for your opinion, idea, belief, etc.

ARGUMENTATIVE: adjective: often arguing or wanting to argue.

ASSIST: verb: to help.

ASSISTANT: noun: a person who assists or gives aid and support; helper

Adjective: assisting; helpful.

ATTEND: verb: to be present at. to listen to; give heed to.

ATTENDANT: noun: a person who attends another, as to perform a service.

Adjective: being present or in attendance; accompanying.

AUXILIAR: auxiliar.

ACTUAL:adjective: existing in act or fact; real

AGENDA: noun: a list of matters to be discussed at a meeting.

BIOGRAPHY: noun: the life story of a person written by someone else

BODY:noun: the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or
dead.

the principal part of a speech or document, minus introduction, conclusion, indexes, etc.
the section of a vehicle, usually in the shape of a box, cylindrical container, or platform, in
or on which passengers or the load is carried.
CAMP:noun: a place where an army or other group of persons or an individual is lodged in a
tent or tents or other temporary means of shelter.

a recreation area in the country, equipped with extensive facilities for sports.

Verb: to establish or pitch a camp. to live temporarily in or as if in a camp or outdoors, usually for
recreation

CARPET: noun: a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.

a covering of this material.

COLLAR: noun: the part of a shirt, coat, dress, blouse, etc., that encompasses the neckline of
the garment and is sewn permanently to it, often so as to fold or roll over.

Verb: to catch and hold someone so that they cannot escape.

CURRENCY:

CURRICULUM, CASH, CONDUCT, CONDUCTOR, CONFIDENCE, COURSES, COSTUMES, CURE,

CHARACTER, CHECK, DIRECT, DIRECTION, DIRECTOR, DISCUSS, DIARY, DINNER, DRIVER, DRIVE,
EYES, EFFECTIVE, EFFECTIVELY, EXPENSIVE, EDUCATION, FILE, FISHNET, FORTUNE, FORTUNATELY,
FIELD, GOOD, GOODS, HELP, INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLY, JOURNEY, LABORATORY, LANGUAGE,
LUCKY, UNLUCKY, LUCKILY, MANNER(S), MANAGE, MANAGER, MANAGEMENT, NATURE,
NECKLACE, NECK, PROJECT, PERSONAGE, PARTNER, PEDIGREE, PAD, PLACEMAT, PLOT, RIDER,
RESUME, RECEPTIONIST, SCENARIOS, STUDIES, SPEAKER(S), SCHEDULE, SUMMARY, SCRIPT,
WALLPAPER.

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BOLERO

(1) ITS BIRTH IN CUBA

It is now more than a century since the sounds of the bolero began to be heard throughout
the world. Its mission has been a clear and noble one: (2)it has been at the service of love,
from the very moment of its birth in Cuba as a development of the habanera and the
contradanza , with the catalysing role of the cinquillo rhythm. The bolero represents,
without doubt, the romantic language closest to the hearts of Latin American people, and is
the most romantic language of (x)their popular cultures.
While it originated as the music of simple troubadours , the bolero today forms part of the
repertoire of singers from a variety of styles, and even of operatic stars such as Tito Schipa,
Plácido Domingo or Alfredo Kraus

A HUNDRED YEARS AROUND THE WORLD

One hundred years have been enough for the bolero to create a faithful audience throughout
the world. (4)They dance to it in Europe and in Japan. (5)It is sung in a variety of languages,
and there are versions of boleros of the most diverse kinds: even The Beatles sang "Bésame
Mucho".

Much has been written about the bolero, some of it as emotionally charged as the words of
the songs (6)themselves. Poets -such as the Colombian Juan Gustavo Cobo-Borda- have
devoted entire books to it, while other writers, like the Venezuelan Rafael Castillo Zapata
or the Puerto Rican Iris Zavala, have taken great pains to explain this phenomenon,
sometimes with incomprehensible results. With respect to its songs, its performers and its
composers, there is an abundant and delicious literature -one has only to think of the
Mexican Carlos Monsiváis or the Spaniard Manuel Román-, laced with revelations and
anecdotes.

ACROSS TIME

The bolero has resisted the vicissitudes of time and space. (7)It has been capable of moving
freely from the rural Cuba of the turn of the century to the urban culture of the bustling 21st
Century metropolises, without turning a hair -still inviting the slow, intimate dance and the
language of seduction. Not even the twee* sentimentalism of its lyrics has prevented it
from surviving, refreshed and stronger than ever, each crisis along the way. Or maybe the
bolero expresses the sentimental side in all of (8)us.

The bolero must have something special to have been able to win the hearts of so many.
What it has, in fact, is that it genuinely manifests the feelings of love of those that have
been forming it and enjoying it over the last hundred years. The bolero is, above all, a
music that feeds off intimacy: it is quintessentially human. It speaks of passions, of falling
in love and, of course, out of love -of affairs of the heart and soul, matters which,
lamentably, have fallen into neglect in a world more concerned with problems of
economics and politics, security and the military.

THE INFLUENCE OF HISPANIC CULTURES

The bolero is a hybrid product that the Hispanic peoples consider as (9)their own. Although
it began in Cuba, there are few countries -perhaps none- in the Hispanic world that have not
contributed to its development. Mexico, of course, which adopted the bolero, has been the
most prolific in terms of composers and performers; Puerto Rico has been the source of
some of the finest boleros; Argentina has produced exceptional singers and composers,
Ecuador, a unique, emotional way of interpreting it; Spain has shown a sensitivity in
keeping with (10)its multicultural past; Venezuela has provided some of the finest voices and
orchestras, while Colombia has been the bolero's most important, stable , and faithful
market in terms of recorded music. Not forgetting Chile, and Brazil, and Panama, and
Paraguay, and Bolivia, and Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic, and others.

Of all the contributions Hispanic popular culture has made to the world, there have been
few as well-loved and as enduring as this musical form that grew out of serenades under
soft light, and was definitively born more than a century ago in that melting pot of cultures
that is the island of Cuba.

* Adj. (British usage) 1. Affectedly dainty or refined. 2. Of delicate composition and

artistry; 3. Especially pleasing to the taste. 4. Exaggeratedly proper