Idiom of the day (20)

To change horses in midstream.

Cambiar de opinión a mitad de camino.

Vocabulary (6) - Health and medicine

a consultant

a general practitioner (GP)

to consult

an operating theatre

to prescribe

surgery (UNCONTABLE)

a surgery (CONTABLE)

a nose job

cosmetic surgery

chubby

to glow with health

vigorous

fit

junk food

fresh food

underweight babies

a vaccination

(to) vaccinate against

respiratory problems

a heart monitor

a surrogate mother

(to) prolong life/pain/suffering

(to) interfere with the course of nature

(to) let nature take its course

(to) overcome fertility problems

Idiom of the day (19)

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

A caballo regalado no le mires el diente.

Writing a story

To write a story we first decide on the type of story, the plot and the main characters. Our story can be a comedy, a spy story, a thriller, an adventure story, a detective story, a fairy tale, etc.

Introduction

First paragraph = We write when and where the event happened, who the people in the story were and what happened first.

Main body

Main body paragraphs = We describe the events in the order they happened, one of the events should be the climax event.
We can use so, because, and, also, etc. to join our sentences or ideas.

Conclusion

Last paragraph = We write what happened in the end and how the people in the story felt.




We can use a variety of adjectives or adverbs to make our story more interesting. We normally use past tenses in stories.

Idiom of the day (18)

Wild horses couldn't keep me away.

No me lo perdería por nada del mundo.