NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SOYAPANGO ENGLISH ONE HOMEWORK:TALKING ABOUT TRADITIONS AND LIFE STYLES,ETC…… STUDENT,S NAME:TERESA ABIGAIL GARCIA RIVAS Nº: 15 SECTION:1”C” TEACHER IS NAME:JORGE ALBERTO MIRA CORTEZ DATE:15_05_2015
TALKING ABOUT TRADITIONS AND LIFE STYLES •
Iglesia y Religión
• La religión principal es la católica, sobre todo debido a la influencia de la Iglesia Católica durante la época de la conquista. La iglesia evangélica protestante ha alcanzado el 38 por ciento de la población. • Católica: 50.4% • Disminución: 11.9% • Evangélica: 38.2% • Las tendencias de crecimiento: 16.4% • Ninguna religión: 8,9% • Otros (mormones, testigos de Jehová, etc.) 2,5%
• Popular local dish: Salvadoran Quesadilla (sweet cheese Salvadoran poundcake) • Unlike Mexican snack of the same name, Salvadoran quesadilla is a rich, sweet cake dessert often found in local bakeries or pastry shops. The cheese quesadilla is traditionally Salvadoran cheese without salt, a type of fresh cheese farmers. But the parmesan is often replaced. • All-purpose flour - 2 cups • Baking powder - 2 tsp • Fresh or grated Parmesan cheese - 1/2 pound • Sugar - 2 cups • Eggs lightly beaten - 4 • Whole milk - 1 cup • Melted butter - 2 sticks (half pound) • Sesame seeds (optional) - 2 tbsp • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Sift flour and baking powder together in a bowl. Add the cheese, sugar, eggs and milk in a large bowl and whisk until smooth. Add the melted butter. Gradually the flour mixture is stirred at the cheese mixture until fully incorporated and smooth dough is formed.
• Pour into two well greased loaf pans, filling only halfway. If the use of sesame seeds, sprinkle over the dough. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Located in racks and allow to reach room temperature before cutting and serving. • variations: • Try using different kinds of cheese quesadilla for: grated cheddar, Monterey Jack or grated feta cheese • Many Salvadorans cooks rice flour substitute for regular wheat flour. • Instead of milk, use sour cream or sour cream diluted with a little half and half. • Bake in round cake pans or muffin cups.
• commonly used phrases • "That Goat!" The Salvadoran equivalent to "How cool!" Usually it expressed happiness or surprise to some. • "That waves!" It is the most common Salvadoran greeting. It can be translated to "How are you?" • "Chuchito" translates as "dog". If "mutt" which means dog says. Children usually call their pet pooch - or chuchito if little. You may ask if children have a puppy asking if they have a "chuchito".
• In El Salvador there are different types of costumes, in which most are used in various festivities, although some people still use them. In the women's suit it is common to see elements like a scapular, a shawl, cloth and ornaments different colors, and fabric algodón.1 and may be in a skirt and blouse, or dress in sandals footwear used . In the male costume it is common to see a cotton suit, also in traditional festivals, used modern jeans with a cotton shirt in the footwear sandals or boots, and a hat. They really are rural in character, and have different variations depending on the location
TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT MEANS OF TRASPORTATION • Today we are surprised to see how public transport could not evolve an inch in many years, and remains sunk in a decaying mess, obsolete, unsafe and that carries a lot of problems. The blame for the mismanagement of the transport system is divided into two great actors who are responsible for the chaos that generate the country's bus drivers, users and drivers of motor vehicles who see their lives in danger every time a Buser fans drive them, using the only law-abiding, "The of the fittest"
TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT MEANS SEASONS AND WEATHER • El Salvador has a tropical climate, very hot, especially on the Pacific coast. Temperatures drop as you go deep into the hinterland. There are two main seasons: the dry season (November to April) and the rainy season (which runs from May to October). • Depending on certain elements, such as altitude, the winds and the sea, the country is divided into six climate zones:
• Regiones costeras: clima caluroso, con temperaturas de entre 30 a 31ºC. • Pequeñas mesetas (a menos de 500 metros de altitud): clima cálido, con temperaturas de entre 27 y 30ºC. • Sabanas y grandes mesetas situadas a hasta 1000 metros de altitud: clima cálido moderado, con temperaturas de entre 22 a 27ºC. • Laderas montañosas y sierras (cafetales): clima templado, con temperaturas de entre 18 a 22ºC. • Cumbres montañosas y volcánicas (de hasta 2.000 metros): clima frío durante todo el año, con temperaturas medias de hasta 8ºC.