Saturday, March 5, 2022

ELEMENTARY COURSE, 2022, CLASS 6

 This week we continued with the topic of TV and films. 

In the first part of the class, we talked about translations of titles of films in Spanish and found out the titles in English: 


La Jungla de Cristal - Die Hard

En busca de la felicidad - The pursuit of happiness

Tiburón - Jaws

Regreso al futuro - Back to the future

Atrapado en el tiempo - Groundhog Day

Mentiroso compulsivo - Liar liar


In groups, we talked about our favourite shows and films. Some new phrases: 

Me interesan - I find interesting

Me aburren - I find boring

No aguanto - I cannot stand

Los culebrones - soap operas

Las entrevistas - the interviews

La pantalla - the screen

Pago una suscripción - I pay a subscription

Plataformas en línea - online platforms


Some sample answers: 

Me interesan las películas románticas - I find romance movies interesting

Me aburren los documentales - I find documentaries boring

No aguanto los dibujos animados - I cannot stand cartoons


In the last part of the class, in groups we described a film. One example:  


Es una película de Navidad. Trata de un niño que está solo en casa y su familia viaja a París. Dura dos horas y se rodó en América. El actor se llama Macaulay Culkin. La película se llama Solo en casa. 

(It is a Christmas movie. It is about a boy who is alone at home and his family travels to Paris. It is two hours long and was filmed in America. The actor is Macaulay Culkin. The film is called Home alone. 


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