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Sunday, December 6, 2009

WHAT´S YOUR BACKGROUND?

MY BACKGROUND.

Environment. Geographical data.
Ethnic background.
Nationality.
Religion.


Background is a very productive word in English. Here we will focus on the following meaning: person's social heritage: previous experience or training.

background1 /'bækgraʊnd/ sustantivo
(of picture, scene) fondo m;
she prefers to stay in the ~ prefiere permanecer en un segundo plano
(of events) ~ (to sth) antecedentes mpl (de algo)
(of person — origin) origen m;
(— education) formación f;
(— previous activities) experiencia f
background2 adjetivo (before n) ‹noise/music› de fondo;
~ reading lecturas fpl preparatorias (acerca del momento histórico, antecedentes etc)

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  1. A person's social heritage: previous experience or training.

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