1. Alleged: Accused guilty, put not proven
2. Amiable: To have a friendly and pleasant manner
3. Cajoled: to persuade by flattering or promising
5. Convicted: To prove guilty
6. Curios: A small, rare, interesting object
7. Demonstrative: Openly and freely show your feelings and emotions
8. Divert: To change from one direction to another
9. Guffaw: A loud burst of laughter
10. Gush: To flow out in large amounts
11. Incredulous: Not able to believe something
12. Indignity: An insult to one's pride
13. Intercession: To help settle argument between 2 people
14. Notion: A belief about something
15. Placid: Not moving much
16. Pretense: An act that looks real but is fake
17. Pummel: To beat with fists
18. Regiment: An army unit made up of several large groups of soldiers
19. Rummage: Big and Long Investigation
20. Scheme: A clever plan to do something
21. Sinister: Evil in appearance
22. Skirmishes: Brief fight during a war
23. Snivel: To cry in an annoying way
24. Terrace: A flat area next to a house
25. Vexed: Difficult to deal with
26. Wrenching: Sudden and violent pull or twist
martes, 29 de diciembre de 2015
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Video "It ends where it begins"
Watch the video and after that write your comment.
Do you know another similar situations?
Do you know another similar situations?
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jueves, 22 de octubre de 2015
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martes, 6 de octubre de 2015
What’s your Ethical style?
Please copy this quiz in your notebook and answer the
following questions:
1.- Which is worse?
a) hurting someone's feelings by telling the
truth
b)
telling a lie and protecting their feelings
2. Which is the worst mistake?
a) to make exceptions too
freely
b)
to apply rules too rigidly
3. Which is it worse to be?
a) unmerciful
b) unfair
4. Which is worse?
a) stealing something
valuable from someone for no good reason
b)
breaking a promise to a friend for no good reason
5. Which is it better to be?
a) just and fair
b)
sympathetic and feeling
6. Which is worse?
a) not helping someone in
trouble
b)
being unfair to someone by playing favorites
7. In making a decision you rely more on
a)
hard facts
b)
personal feelings and intuition
8. Your boss orders you to do something that will hurt someone. If you
carry out the order, have you actually done anything wrong?
a) Yes
b) No
9. Which is more important in determining whether an action is right or
wrong?
a) whether anyone actually
gets hurt
b) whether a rule, law,
commandment, or moral principle is broken
domingo, 4 de octubre de 2015
Choices and Values: Value Characteristics
Write the characteristic that corresponds to the numbers you selected on the checklist:
NUMBER
|
CHARACTERISTIC
|
5
|
Sincerity
|
3, 40
|
Honesty, Integrity
|
7, 30
|
Emotional well-being,
Stability
|
8
|
Artistic appreciation
|
2, 10
|
Education, Intelligence,
Wisdom
|
11, 37, 18
|
(Altruism) Compassion,
Fairness, Justice
|
1, 12, 34
|
Appearance, Beauty, Approval
|
6, 13, 31, 39
|
Love, Friendship, Personal
closeness
|
14, 38
|
Health, Personal safety,
Security
|
15, 36
|
Religion, Spirituality
|
16, 22, 32, 33
|
Family, Love, Emotional
security
|
9, 17, 21, 27
|
Fulfillment, Intellectual
and Vocational achievement
|
19
|
Personal freedom,
Independence
|
20, 26, 28
|
Financial security, Money,
Status
|
23, 24
|
Pleasure, Travel, Material
satisfaction
|
4, 25
|
Power, Achievement
|
29
|
Courage
|
35
|
Perseverance
|
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