Vocabulario: Definiciones.
Relaciona las definiciones con las palabras del recuadro.
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huérfana
soltera
nuera
unión libre
vejez
viuda
adoptar
unida
parientes
noviazgo
Es la etapa de la vida en la que se encuentra un bisabuelo.______________________________________________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
vejez
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In each sentence, insert the missing punctuation mark or capital letter. Then write the preceding or affected words in the blank. (Quotation marks are considered one unit.) In a trite way its true that the best things are free
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This words athletic and sedentary in paragraph 1 are
The Facts: Nutrition Quackery 1) Whether athletic or sedentary, the individual on a well-balanced diet does not benefit from special foods, phosphate, alkaline salts, choline, lecithin, wheat germ, honey, gelatin, aspartates, brewer’s yeast, or royal jelly unless prescribed for medical purposes by a physician. Because these products do not produce the special benefits claimed for them, their use and/or sale can be considered nutritional quackery. 2) The Dietary Supplements Health and Education Act was passed in 1994. It was considered by many experts to be a compromise between health-food manufacturers who wanted no regulation of dietary supplements (such as vitamins, minerals, proteins, and herbs) and those who wanted strict control of these substances. Many nutrition experts now feel that the Act is responsible for an explosion in sales of products that have not been proven to be effective. 3) The passage of the 1994 Act shifted the burden of providing assurances of product effectiveness from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to the food supplement industry, which really means it shifted to you – the consumer. Food supplements are typically not considered to be drugs, so they are not regulated. Unlike drugs and medicines, food supplements need not be proven effective or even safe to be sold in stores. To be removed from stores, they must be proven ineffective or unsafe. This leaves consumers vulnerable to false claims. Many experts suggest that quackery has increased significantly since the Act was passed. 4) The Act had at least one positive effect. Food supplement labeling must now be truthful and nonmisleading. Claims concerning disease prevention, treatment, or diagnosis must be substantiated in order to appear on the product. Unfortunately, the act did not limit false claims if they are not on the product label. The result has been the removal of claims from labels in favor of claims on separate literature often called “third-party” literature. The seller provides claims in literature by other people (third party). The literature is distributed separately from the product, thus allowing sellers to make unsubstantiated claims for products. Also the law does not prohibit unproven verbal claims by sales people. It is now up to the consumer to make decisions about the safety and effectiveness of food supplements so it is especially important to be well-informed. 5) Experts indicate that the recent increase in food supplement sales ($8 billion a year in 1994 and $12 billion in 1997 and $16 billion currently) has resulted in more than a few cases of serious illnesses including lead poisoning, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abnormal heart rhythms, impotence, and lethargy. As a result, the increased sales of such products as St. John’s Wart, Ginseng, Ginkgo, and Saw Palmetto has received considerable media attention. A series of reports in a recent medical journal address the topic of food supplements that are unregulated suggesting that “alternative treatments should be subjected to scientific testing no less rigorous than that required for advocating unproven and potentially harmful treatments.” One of the reports indicates that nearly one-third of the samples of one herbal product tested in California contained dangerous chemicals and drugs not listed on the label. These reports show the importance of asking questions before buying or taking any supplements. a. synonyms b. antonyms c. homonyms d. transition words
iA leer! Read the passage and then indicate whether the sentences that follow are verdadero (true) or falso (false).
? En los países de América Latina y el Caribe, los indígenas de muchas áreas han conservado su cultura e idioma dentro de la comunidad urbana y rural de estos países. Sin embargo (However), hoy más que nunca, los indígenas se enfrentan con la necesidad de explorar nuevas opciones económicas para sobrevivir en su país. El equilibrio entre sus tradiciones y la cultura mayoritaria es difícil, y las oportunidades económicas no son fáciles de encontrar. Otro problema que los indígenas tienen es la falta de unidad porque los indígenas representan una diversidad de pueblos (quechua, aimara, chipaya, guajiro, entre otros) y comunidades (urbana y rural). ? Varias organizaciones internacionales ofrecen programas para fomentar el desarrollo económico, social, político y cultural de los pueblos indígenas. Los programas incluyen una variedad de talleres (workshops) y presentaciones internacionales y locales. Recientemente, cinco países de América Latina (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Bolivia) participaron en dos talleres dirigidos a las comunidades indígenas. Los talleres formaban parte de un programa de educación y capacitación del Fondo para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas de América Latina y el Caribe. Veinticinco personas de distintas comunidades indígenas de esos cinco países participaron en las sesiones del taller. Entre los participantes había representantes gubernamentales, parlamentarios, alcaldes, concejales, ministros, empresarios, técnicos y jóvenes líderes. Por medio de videoconferencias, los talleres ofrecieron maneras de combatir la corrupción en la administración pública, con modelos y casos indígenas. También ofrecieron información práctica sobre nuevas tecnologías de información y comunicación que pueden servir para conectar al pueblo indígena con la política y economía del país. ? Probablemente los participantes de los talleres que ofreció el Fondo para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas de América Latina y el Caribe no tuvieron que viajar para participar en ellos.? Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Las mesas _______________ de metal. _______________ de la señora Ruiz.
Use the present indicative of ser or estar to complete the following sentences.