“If I were running to be a president…” vocabulary

Ballot The piece of paper on

which somebody marks who they are voting for.

Budget: the money that is

available to a person or an organization and a plan of how it will be spent over a period of time.

Campaign: a series of planned activities that are intended to achieve a particular social, commercial or political aim

Congress: a large formal meeting or series of meetings where representatives from different groups discuss ideas, make decisions, etc.

Congressman: a person who works in

the congress in order to make suggestions to improve the country’s development-

Election: the process of choosing a

person or a group of people for a position, especially a political position, by voting.

Government: the group of people who

are responsible for controlling a country or a state.

To govern: to legally control a country or its people and be responsible for introducing new laws, organizing public services, etc.

Party: a political organization that you can vote for in elections and whose members have the same aims and ideas.

Poll: the process of

questioning people who are representative of a larger group in order to get information about the general opinion

President:

the leader of a republic.

To elect: to choose somebody to

do a particular job by voting for them.

To vote: to show formally by marking a paper or raising your hand which person you want to win an election, or which plan or idea you support.

To run for president: Wanting to represent the country.

Voter: a person who votes or

has the right to vote, especially in a political election.

Pollution: the process of making

air, water, soil, etc. dirty; the state of being dirty.

Air pollution: to pollute the air.

Water pollution: to pollute the water.

Earth Pollution: to pollute the earth.

Factories: a building or group of buildings where goods are made.

Animal rights:

the rights that protect

the animal from any

damage.

Crime: activities that involve

breaking the law.

Corruption: dishonest or illegal

behaviour, especially of people in authority.

To decrease: to become or make something become smaller in size, number, etc.

Health insurance: special arrangement with

a government program which pays your expenses related to health.

Employee: a worker in a specific

company or in a government program.

Employer: the person who hires

and, sometimes, is in charge to watch one’s development at work.

Taxes: money that you have to

pay to the government so that it can pay for public services. People pay tax according to their income and businesses pay tax according to their profits. Tax is also often paid on goods and services.

Medicare special insurance

developed to help old people.

Social Insurance program: Special program created to support people who need to.

Public transportacion: the system of buses, trains, etc. provided for people to travel from one place to another.

Education: a process of teaching,

training and learning, especially in schools or colleges, to improve knowledge and develop skills.

Job opportunities: The chances that a person has to find a job.

Tuition: the money that you pay

to be taught, especially in a college or university.

Street Lighting: The set of lights placed

on the streets of the cities and towns.

Traffic lights:a signal that controls the traffic on a road, by means of red, orange and green lights that show when you must stop and when you can go.

Pothole: a large rough hole in the surface of a road that is formed by traffic and bad weather.

Pedestrian crossing: a part of a road where vehicles must stop to allow people to cross.

To reduce: to make something less

or smaller in size, quantity, price, etc.

Unemployment: the fact of a number of people not having a job; the number of people without a job.

Poverty line:the official level of income that is necessary to be able to buy the basic things you need such as food and clothes and to pay for somewhere to live.