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NAME: YOVY SIANCA VILLEGAS
DATE: AUGUST 29, 2022
Work and careers (1)
be laid off (v. phr.)
do a job placement (v. phr.)
do an internship (v. phr.)
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UNIT 6: WORK AND EDUCATION
English definition
It refers to the fact that the person
who was working in a company
or organization will be fired for
different reasons or behaviors.
It refers to the determination of
the job that was assigned to the
person accepted.
It refers to carrying out
internships to be able to complete
some of their studies or courses,
in this way they seek to have
work experience.
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Translation Example sentences
1. I can't let someone be laid off so I can
come back.
Ser despedido
2. The Biodiversity professor will be laid
off for not meeting certain requirements in
his curriculum.
1. In the restaurant “Food Manaba” a job
placement will be made for reasons of
Hacer una colocación de restoring new staff.
trabajo
2. Today at the gym they are going to do a
job placement because the trainer is going
on vacation for 2 years.
1. In the seventh semester I have to do an
internship at the Guayaquil Hotel in the
Hacer una pasantía receptionist area.
2. My cousin has to do an internship to be
able to pass the nursing course in Quito.
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It refers to the culmination of a
career or study where it is
get a degree (v. phr.) certified that you have skills and
abilities in that specific field.
It refers to the action of looking
for an occupation in any company
get a job (v. phr.) or place to generate income.
It is defined as that action where
the worker or person has been
get a promotion (v. phr.) promoted to a higher position due
to their skills and disciplines.
It is defined as the knowledge of
something, an ability that has
been acquired, lived and that
get experience (v. phr.) improves the personality to be
able to face any opportunity or
situation.
It refers to the fact that the person
who was working in a company
get fired (v. phr.) or organization will be fired for
different reasons or behaviors.
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1. My sister traveled to Spain to get a
degree in Theology.
Obtener un titulo.
2. This year I am going to get a degree in
marine biology at the University of Manta.
1. I want to get a job to pay for the trip to
Galapagos next semester.
Conseguir un trabajo
2. People who don't belong to Cotopaxi
can't get a job in guiding areas.
1. Julio got a promotion at his job for his
Obtener una promoción/ qualities and behaviors.
ascenso
2. I couldn't get a promotion as a traffic
officer because of my low level of English.
1. I like to visit Crucita because you can
paraglide with several people and get
experiences.
Obtener experiencia
2. I prefer to work in different areas and
study languages to get experiences inside
or outside the country.
1. In the Calle 7 program, the member of
the red team get fired for his poor
Ser despedido (a) performance.
2. Jovy got fired for stealing money from
the register.
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learn new skills (v. phr.)
look for a job (v. phr.)
resign (v)
retire (v)
take a training course (v. phr.)
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They are those new abilities to
perform certain actions or tasks
with good results.
It is the action or act of seeking
employment to generate income.
It is the act by which a person
expresses his/her will to
permanently or temporarily
discontinue the enjoyment of a
right.
Ceasing [a person] from their job
for having reached the age
determined by law or due to
illness, beginning to receive a
pension.
It refers to the established period
where you seek to obtain
knowledge, improve your
attitude, that is, be prepared for
any opportunity.
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1. My cousin learns new running skills by
riding her bike every day.
Aprender nuevas habilidades
2. My baby learns new skills when he goes
to therapy and daycare.
1. The biology teacher is going to travel to
Egypt to look for a job.
Buscar trabajo
2. I'm going to buy this week's newspaper
to look for a job.
1. The new member of the yellow team
resigns due to the problems he has with the
Renunciar team.
2. Miguel resigns from the company due to
his excessive workload.
1. The boxing trainer is 50 years old and
has no plans to retire.
Retirarse / Jubilarse
2. My dad is going to retire next year from
the College.
1. The neighbor next door is going to take
a training course because he is going to
Tomar un curso de
work as a salesman.
capacitación
2. To sit for the police exam, you must
take a training course.
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Work and careers (2) English definition
Business instrument used in the
selection of personnel that can be
expressed in the form of a data sheet,
application form (n) form or questionnaire where data is
collected from the candidates for a
job in an orderly and methodical
manner.
Studies that a person takes at a
university to achieve an academic
career (n) degree.
Document that is used as the cover
of the curriculum in which the
applicant describes his skills,
cover letter (n) experiences and deepens the reason
for his choice of career or studies.
A person who provides his services
in exchange for a salary.
employee (n)
That person who provides
employer (n) employment, and therefore is very
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Translation Example sentences
1. My mom will make an application
form to send to the school to get my
documents.
Formulario de solicitud
2. All you need is a completed
application form and a photo ID to get a
library card.
1. I like the tourism career because I can
be a travel agent.
Carrera
2. Students from the Amazon are
looking for careers related to nature.
1. The author of the cover letter was
retailer and specific with the
information.
Carta de presentación
2. At the new school they ask for a
cover letter along with the resume to be
accepted as a janitor.
1. At the Casa Blanca ranch there are 19
employees for livestock.
Empleado (a)
2. The boss hired an employee to take
care of her baby.
1. Xavier asked her employer for a pay
Empleador (a)
rise.
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important socially and economically
because it generates work.
It refers to the time that a person
requires to carry out the work.
full-time (adj)
Person who by trade is in charge of
directing, managing or administering
manager (n) a company, company or other entity.
That time that lasts half of the
estimate.
part-time (adj)
It refers to that which remains
without interruption or change in the
same place, state or situation.
permanent (adj)
It refers to the quality of being
responsible for (adj) responsible for anything, document.
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2. My employer is a kind and friendly
person with all workers.
1. I can't get a full time job because I
have classes in the morning and
afternoon.
Tiempo completo
2. Carmen offers full-time jobs as
garbage collectors to young people
from Los Ríos.
1. The player Neymar is the new
manager of the Nike store.
Gerente
2. The manager is the person in charge
of signing all company documents.
1. In the holidays I am going to look for
a part-time job in Guayaquil.
Medio tiempo
2. My classmates from college are
looking for part-time work at the hotel.
1. The Chemistry teacher is permanent
in the teaching of this subject.
Permanente
2. Julia Aguirre was the permanent
presenter on the dance for a dream
program.
1. The director is responsible for
Responsable de resolving problems in the administrative
part of the school.
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It is a basic tool for presenting
personal information in a job search
résumé (adj) or study process.
Refers to what morally rewards or
produces a pleasant sensation.
rewarding (adj)
It is the remuneration that a person
receives as payment for their work.
salary (n)
Feeling of physical or emotional
tension. It can be for any situation or
stressful (adj) thought that makes you feel
frustrated, angry or nervous.
Action that has a certain time to
perform.
temporary (adj)
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2. My mom was responsible for taking
care of my school documents.
1. His résumé had plenty of relevant
experience.
Curriculum
2. A good résumé is your best job-
hunting tool.
1. Helping others when they have
nothing is very rewarding.
Gratificante 2. The project carried out by the
students of the sixth semester is very
rewarding.
1. The new base salary in Ecuador is
340 dollars per month.
Salario
2. Gloria receives her salary at the end
of every month.
1. I don't like driving in the morning
because it's stressful.
Estresante
2. Laboratory classes are very stressful
because of their level of concentration.
1. The gastronomic fairs in Vinces are
temporary.
Temporal
2. I am going to get a temporary visa to
travel to Mexico.
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It is that person who does not have a 1. Most of the people in the fields are
job. unemployed.
unemployed (adj) Desempleado
2. I can't travel this vacation I'm
unemployed.
It refers to the fact that it is made up 1. Our staff come from varied ethnic
of elements with different backgrounds.
varied (adj) characteristics. Variado (a)
2. Peasants perform a variety of jobs on
farms.
It refers to a high payment or 1. I don't like working in the restaurant
according to what has been done. but it's well paid.
well-paid (adj) Bien pagado
2. Being a tourist guide in Cuyabeno is
a well-paid job.
It refers to any aspect of work with 1. The working conditions in the factory
possible negative consequences for were appalling.
working conditions (n) the health of workers, including, in Condiciones laborales
addition to environmental and 2. The nurses went on strike to demand
technological aspects. better working conditions.

Education English definition Translation Example sentences

To act [a person], in general or in 1. My friends don't behave at computer

a given situation, in the way that class time.
behave (v) is expressed. Comportarse
2. Children at Christmas behave in the
best way to receive toys.

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It is a school where students live
in the same institution in which
boarding school (n)
they study.
Refers to an immoral way of
achieving a goal.
cheat (v)
It is the second level of Basic
Education, where boys and girls
learn to read and write to
elementary school (n)
communicate, develop their
mathematical skills, and learn to
live together, explore the world,
understand it and develop as
people.
It refers to not getting the specific
note in an exam.
fail an exam (v. phr.)
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1. I would like to study at the boarding
school in Spain to get to know the
Internado Camino a Santiago.
2. In boarding school, students only go
home for the holidays.
1. Biology classmates cheat in order to
win in the youth games.
Hacer trampa
2. I don't like playing cards with Axel
because he cheats.
1. Children usually start elementary
school at five or six years old. My wife
taught elementary school.
Escuela primaria 2. I taught at an elementary school for
ten years.
1. I failed the exam of the first partial of
English.
Reprobar un examen 2. Jazmin is going to fail the exam
because they found her with notes to
copy.
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get a degree (v. phr.)
get good grades/a good grade (v.
phr.)
get into trouble (v. phr.)
get your grades (v. phr.)
graduate (n)
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It refers to the culmination of a
career or study where it is
certified that you have skills and
abilities in that specific field.
It refers to the ability to gain
fruitful qualifications in any field
of study.
It refers to the action or conflict
between two people or several
groups.
It refers to the fact of obtaining
the qualifications that were
obtained in any exam or project.
A person who has completed
their studies and has obtained an
academic title or degree.
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Obtener un titulo.
Obtener buenas calificaciones
Meterse en problemas
Obtén tus calificaciones
Graduado (a)
1. My sister traveled to Spain to get a
degree in Theology.
2. This year I am going to get a degree
in marine biology at the University of
Manta.
1. Elkin received a scholarship because
he got good grades in high school.
2. You have to get good grades to enroll
on the first day.
1. You're going to get into trouble if
you have too much volume on the radio.
2. The eighth graders get into trouble
every day with the tenth graders
because of the air conditioning.
1. You have two days to get your Lab
grades.
2. You have ten days to get your grades
from the English course you took at
COPEI.
1. The Real Madrid player graduated
from the University of Chicago as a
surgeon.
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Refers To put something in the
hands or in the possession of
hand in (v) another person.
It is the third level of Basic
Education. It takes three years in
which it is sought that
high school (n)
adolescents acquire tools to learn
throughout life, through the
development of skills related to
the affective, social, nature and
democratic life.
It is the name given to the stage
after primary education, in formal
middle school (n) education, and before higher
education.
Establishment in which children
who are not yet old enough to go
nursery school (n)
to school are cared for.
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2. Some graduates from the University
attended the congress on Animals in
Extinction.
1. He will be able to hand in his report
tomorrow.
Entregar / En la mano
2. I wish I could hand in this excuse
note.
1. I haven't seen you in twelve years,
since high school.
2. My grandfather didn't finish high
Preparatoria school because he got married.
1. She played soccer during her time
in middle school.
Secundaria
2. My nephew just finished sixth grade
and is ready to go to middle school.
1. In the Balerio Estacio nursery school
there are recreational areas to carry out
Guardería any activity.
2. My three-year-old daughter goes to
daycare because I have to go to work.
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It refers to a test that is done to
check the knowledge that a
pass an exam (v. phr.) person has on a certain issue and
obtains a high grade.
Person who directs something by
reason of his profession or his
principal (n) position.
It is a center, a company, whose
financing comes 100% from the
private school (n)
parents of the students. You have
total freedom when deciding who
can access or not, and under what
conditions, requirements.
College professors teach
academic or occupational
professor (n) subjects to students in higher or
higher education.
Public education is the national
educational system of each
public school (n) country, which is managed by the
public administration and
supported by taxes.
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1. To enroll in the ninth semester it is
necessary to pass an English exam.
Pasar un examen
2. Apprentices must pass an exam
before they can enter the Department.
1. The principal of the new school has
studied in Japan and Paris.
Director (a)
2. The principal of the school had to
discipline the bad students.
1. In the center of Guayaquil there are
more than 20 private schools to study.
Escuela privada 2. Kate is a teacher at the best private
school in the capital of Ecuador.
1. The professor decides to put an end
to the experience of the last trip.
Profesor universitario (a)
2. Alan is doing a doctorate so that he
can become a professor.
1. The government provides uniform
kits to various public schools in Vinces.
Escuela públicas
2. Our children generally attend public
schools.
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It is a visual scheme for the
measurement of time.
schedule (n)
It refers to the adjective that
indicates what is adjusted to the
strict (adj)
need or the law and that does not
tolerate interpretation.
Exercising understanding to reach
or understand something.
study for (v)
It is a study technique that
consists of summarizing
take notes (v. phr.) information for written works or
exhibitions.
Refers to a concept within a
knowledge structure.
term (n)
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1. I plan to do a lot of activities with my
new work schedule.
Calendario
2. We will need the train schedule to
plan our trip.
1. Our father was very strict and
wouldn't let us go out during the week.
Estricto 2. Those responsible for the new
construction are very strict with all
workers who arrive late.
1. I need to study for my advanced
calculus test.
Estudiar para
2. Make sure you study well for your
upcoming exams.
1. If you want to learn, you need to take
notes.
Toma notas
2. Luis Sosa will take notes of the group
1 course.
1. The term was coined in 1967 by
Charlies.
Término
2. The term habitat can be used more
widely in ecology.
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