lunes, 9 de junio de 2014

Glossary unit 10

-Cereals: Grasses grown for the edible components of their grain, such as rice and wheat.

-Mortgage: A loan to finance the purchase of private residential or commercial property.

-Speculation: Investment in stocks, property of other assets in the hope of gain, but with the risk of loss.

-Crop: A cultivated plant to be harvested as food, animal fodder, fuel or for any other economic purpose.

-Agricultural landscape: A landscape that has been transformed by people to cultivate crops and/or rear livestock.

-Cultural heritage: The things, places and practices that define who we are as individuals, as communities, as nations or cultures.

-Domestic tourism: Tourism in which tourists do not leave their own country.


-Off-peak season: The season when travel is less active and rates are lower.


-Large-scale tourism: Travel and accommodation offered to large groups at affordable prices by tour operators.

-Tour operators: A company that combines tour and travel components to cater for large-scale tourism.

-High-speed rail: A type of rail transport involving high-speed trains.

-Peak season: The season when travel is most active and rates are highest.


-Recession: A business cycle contraction; a general slowdown in economic activity.

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