Salamanca (Could you please check out my essay?) I would like to talk about a city that in despite of being very unknowedge is a wonderful place to visit. Salamanca is a town located in the centre-west of Spain. It 's small enough for going walking to everywhere, and it's big enough for not get bored. This city is famous for its University which is the oldest one in Spain and the eighth in Europe, one position below of Cambridge University. It has medicine university, pharmacy, IT engineering, university of law, Chemical engineering,... When you walk along its streets you can feel that is a different city because there are a lot of students, in other words, you can breath youth and vitality. In fact, is one of the favourite destinations of erasmus students. Due to it's a university city there are a lot of discounts in drinks and menus. The best day to visit it is on Thursday and the worst during the weekend because most of the students go back at home to fill the tuperware. Besides, it has a wonderfull monuments. For example, the cathedral, the san esteban convent, the house of the shells, the mayor square,.. built with Villamayor stone which provides them of a beautiful yellow when the sun goes down. Other place very important is the Calixto and Melibea park, scenary of the La celestina book. But like everything, Salamanca isn't perfect. Its Achilles heel is the cold. It's a very freezing city.

When do you use related TO vs related WITH? Thanks in advance

New expresions (could you please check out these sentences?) Tener la posibilidad: To have a shot at -> I would like to have a shot at starting from scratch 1. Intervenir rapidamente: to jump in -> The policeman jumped in when he saw the pickpocket stealing 2. No rendirse -> Hang in there: In spite of the drawbacks, I hang in there. 3. Ser abordado: To be addressed: My boss order me 40 tasks per day, I am really addressed 4. Forward: I have forwarded this e-mail 5. Elaborar: To come up with: I am working on a new project to come up with a new concept of online purchase 6. Estar preparado: To be groomed: I am groomed for this job vacancy, trust me.

Ebola (could you please take a look at it?) I think that our conversation subjects depend on communication media. For example, few weeks ago a nurse was infected with ebola and everybody, included me, was really worry about it. Everydays appeared on the news something about this illness. I have heard conversation about ebola on the bus, with my friends, buying the bread,... When the nurse getting better no one brought up this subject, but the problem are still in Africa. What happen to us? My conclusion is that we are very selfish and we only care the problem that affect to us.

The Importance of the Visual Control Image that you have one shop floor and suddendly 30 clients are going in. You have 1 area to the fitting room available to 10 people and other area to the cashier available to 10 people. In this case, there is no problem because the manager can manage the staffs according to the client load. Let's see the following situation. You have three shop floors to different kind of clothes. Each floor has its fitting room available to 6 people and one cashier available for 3 people. Well, if the situation was perfect there would be 10 customers on each shop floor and we would need 3 staffs for allow the customers go in to the fitting room (one for each floor) , 3 staffs folding the clothes (one for each floor) and 9 staffs dealing at the cashier (3 for each floor). But, what happen if the 30 customers are on the first floor all together (this situation is more common that you can image). Here we have a problem because you have the first floor with a long queue of customers waiting for their turns, and the second and third floor are empty. In other words, you have 5 staffs working on a peak workload and the rest of them waiting for (10 staffs). If some of the staffs want to help their colleagues, they only can help them folding clothes because there aren't more avalaible work positions at the cashier area. One solution could be that one of the staffs advices to the customers that they could use the other shop plants because they are empty. But the customer, who can't see by himself the third and second floor queue could think that there is a risk if he moves because maybe there is the same length queue and he could loose his turn. Other situation that I have lived is if the customer decide to explore by herself the different shop floors. Well I did it and one of the fitting room was closed because someone decide that it hasn't make sense having two staffs at the fitting room when the shop floor is empty. For me the best shop layout is having the cashier all together on the first floor because I can broaden or reduce the number of staffs dealing with customers according to the client load. Someone could think that this solution means devote a big space in the main floor, but in my opinion, having queues take also space. I would like to set the fitting rooms all together but the customers could disagree of having to climb stairs to try on the clothes. For this reason I decide to keep the fitting room in its original position, one per floor.

Telephone Call Simulation (Could you please take a look at it?) I was sleeping when the telephone run. When I pick it up I had to hold my breath, it was a call from a company that I applied one month ago. Me: Who is calling please? Recruiter: Good morning. I am calling from the X corporation. Could I speak to Ms Garcia please? Me: Hello this is Ms Garcia, could you tell me what it is regarding? Recruiter: I am calling in connection with your CV application and I would like to asked you several questions to know if your professional profile fits well with what we are looking for. Me: Ok I am willing to anwer you all of questions that you need. Recruiter. Ok I am going to put the call through the head of the R&D department, please hold on. Suddenly, the line got cut off because of the bad coverage.

Phrasal Verbs 2 (Would you mind take a look at these sentences, please?) Get ahead: Salir adelante: No matter how hard are the circustamsces, I have to keep my cool mind and get ahead Go on: Continuar: I can't go on telling lies. Partir: I went on to London this morning, that's why I am so tired. Go over: Repasar: I went over over the exam three timwa before hand it in to the teacher. Darle vueltas en la cabeza: I am going over what she said Kick out: Echar a patadas: They kick me out from the office when I quit Lay off: Despedir en masa: My company lied off some of workers because of the economic crisis Let down: Decepcionar: I promise not to let you down Make up: Hacer las paces: I break with my boyfriend but we have meet to made up tomorrow. Nail down: Rematar: I was late because I had to work overtime to nail down the budget project Put off Aplazar: I don't like to do the dishes and I always put it off. Take care of: Tener cuidado: Please, lend me your car, I promise to take care of it :) Take after: Parecerse en la forma de ser: I take after my mum because we are always complaining about things that happen to us. Run out: We have run out of the milk, thus I have to go to the grosery store. Sort out: Resolver un problema. I asked to my boss if he wanted me to sort this problem out.

Phrasal Verbs (Would you mind take a look at these sentences, please?) I did the following sentences: Ask out: Pedir salir a alguien. He asked me out at the tube station entrance. Back up: Dar marcha atras con un vehículo: I crashed the car parked behind of us when I was backing up. Corroborar, respaldar: I can't back up your opinion because I disagree. Back out: Decidir no hacer algo: I bought a ticket for travelling to London but in the end I backed out. Break into: Interrumpir: He is very unpolite because he broke into our conversation. Bring up: Sacar un tema de conversacion. Please, don't bring up this subject again. Brush up: Refrescar. I am a little rusty so I need to brush up the vocabulary. Calm down. Calmar: The children are very nervous, could you please calm them out? Carry out: Llevar a cabo: I carried out the reporting of R&D projects Catch up: Ponerse al día: I couldn't attend the class, so I need to catch up Carry on: Continuar: We have to carry on with the hiking route. Fall down: Caerse: I fell down because the floor was slippery. Derrumbar: Has the building fallen down? Get along with Llevarse bien: I get along with him very well because we are quite similar Get by: Salir del paso: I didn't understand a single word but I got by.

Fictional Story. Maria’s First Day at Work Maria was very excited because she was going to start her first day at work. She hasn’t had the easiest time to get a job and she felt very nervous because it was a good opportunity to prove her worth. She was in charge of the spare parts management in a big warehouse which supply mechanical workshops for cars. She had to report the needs of their customers and get in touch with the component manufactures. It was a big responsibility because each mistake meant loss of money to the company and customer dissatisfaction. To complicate an already difficult situation further, she had to deal with her boss in English because he didn’t speak a single word in Spanish. At 8:00 a.m. she was in the entrance of the building. Her boss, named John, was waiting for her in his office located on the top of the edifice. - Welcome to our company, Maria. I would like to introduce you to Braulio. He is going to show you the ropes- said her boss. Maria was very excited because she knew that English idiom. That meant Braulio was going to teach her how to do the tasks. - Pleased to meet you Braulio, I am looking forward to starting- Maria said. - Pleased to meet you too, Maria. In first instance I am going to show you the warehouse layout and introduce you your new colleagues. Please feel free to ask me if you have any doubt. It doesn’t matter how many times you need, I will repeat it until you catch it, ok?-Braulio said to her and took her to downstairs because she needed to change their shoes for ones boots with steel toe caps. After she changed their shoes, she was ready to visit the warehouse floor. Braulio explained to Maria that the layout of the first floor was divided by three parts: unload area, storage and load area. Lorries arrived to the entrance gate and unload the parcels of components. Each kind of component was placed in its corresponding box within big shelves which reached the ceiling. In case a component was required, each box had a reference number to locate it. In the load area, there was another gate for the lorries which supplied to the mechanical workshops. Maria seemed amazed and she couldn’t help having a big smile in her face. In spite of the warehouse looked very old and archaic, she knew how to take advantage of its high-potential. To be continued...