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Un piloto/una aeromoza
El barbero/la peluquera
Mecánico
Veterinario
Bomberos
Psicólogo
Periodista
El maestro/el profesor
Profesor/doctor/médico/abogado
La música
1. Riddim
2. Prohibited (prohibida)
3. Argentina
4. La República Dominicana
5. Slower
6. Puerto Rico
7. Daddy Yankee, Ivy Queen, Tego Calderón
8. España
9. Gypsies (gítanos)
10. México
La música (más)
11.Romantic (romántica)
12.Thousands of Puertorricans moved and settled
there.
13.West Side Story
14.Mariachi
15.Woodstock
16.Salsa
17.La Bamba
18.Mexican-Americans who live in TEXAS
19.Inglés
20.In the Heights
La música (más)
21.Colombia
22.Conga
23.Building a railroad across the country so
there was a lot of work (manual labor)
24.NYC and Miami
25.Sombrero, sparkly, short jacket/vest, tight
pants, bowtie, boots, decorative belt
26.AIDS due to intravenous drug use
Ritchie Valens
1. Tuesday, the 13th
2. Travel or get married
3. Go from place to place to find work, poor, don’t
have a permanent home (tents, etc), very low
wages
4. Excessive masculinity
5. There were laws allowing discrimination against
African-Americans. Hispanics were
discriminated against in the same manner but
there weren’t laws written into the constitution.
6. So people would accept him (not know he was
Mexican)
Selena Quintanilla Pérez
1. Queen of Tejano Music
2. Doo Wop
3. They weren’t able to play in white venues b/c
they were Mexican. The Mexicans didn’t like
the music they played.
4. Grammy Best Latino Album
5. She was assassinated
6. It was successful but she never saw the
success b/c she died prior to its release.
Los Lugares (Vocabulario)
La estación de bomberos:
fire station
La estación de correos: post
office
El puente: bridge
El rascacielos: skyscraper
La piscina: pool
El estadio: stadium
El cine: movie theater
El almacén: department
store
El mercado: market (Jack’s)
La estación de policía: police
station
La playa: beach
El edificio: building
La cárcel: jail
El museo: museum
El teatro: theater
El palacio: palace
El centro comerical: mall
El supermercado:
supermarket (Shop Rite)
Los Lugares (más)
La bodega: corner store
(7-11)
La panadería- bakery
La florería- florist
La carnecería- butcher
El país extranjero: foreign
country
La juguetería: toy store
La tienda: store
La zapatería- shoe store
La frutería: Fruit stand
El salón de belleza:
beauty salon
La plaza: plaza
Práctica
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La universidad/la escuela
El hotel
La florería
La panadería
La cárcel
El palacio
El teatro
La escuela primaria
Más Práctica
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Biblioteca: Library- Caldwell Library
La escuela secundaria- JCHS
La catedral- cathedral- St. Patrick’s Cathedral
La estación de policía- West Caldwell Police
Dept.
El palacio- Buckingham Palace
El centro comercial- Willowbrook Mall
La cárcel- Alcatraz/ Riker’s Island
El estadio- Metlife Stadium/ Citifield/ Yankee
Stadium
Más Práctica (más)
9. El puente- bridge- Golden Gate Bridge
10.La florería- florist- Caldwell Flowerland
11.La jugetería- Toys R Us
12.La bodega- 7-11/Wawa
La República Dominicana
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Capital= Santo Domingo
Cristóbal Colón descubrió DR.
Language- español
Popular sport- el béisbol
Música- Merengue y Bachata
Tourism is the most important aspect of DR’s economy.
Poor country/ many beaches / warm climate /many
cruises stop there
Sancocho- corn and meat soup / bandera- rice and beans
/ pastelitos- empanadas filled with guayaba
Hispaniola- Haiti and DR
Sugar, bananas, chocolate
Religion- Catholic
In the Time of the Butterflies
1. Dictator- Trujillo (el Jefe)
2. A photo of Trujillo was mandated to be every
house next to the cross.
3. Code name of Minerva- butterfly
4. Minerva let her go to law school but didn’t let
her get her license to practice law.
5. He killed the most people (Haitians and
Dominicans)
6. The sisters were beaten to death on the side of
the road
7. They were sent to la Cuarenta (torture prison) or
killed
Azucar
1. Many MLB teams have baseball academies in
the DR.
2. Azucar sends the $ he earns to his family in
DR.
3. His injury and his lost confidence
4. 2% of Dominicans get offered MLB contracts
(2 out of 100)