Curso First Certificate Exam

LOS CURSOS DE INGLES GRATIS PREFERIDOS POR LOS HISPANOHABLANTES

 

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Bullfighting (Part 1)

ACTIVITY 308: Your ability to communicate information, ideas and opinions in spoken English is tested in Paper 5 and the correct use of reported speech is essential for your examination.

Watch the videoclip below and type your personal comments as if you were talking to your FCE examiner. You must report what is being said in the video. At the bottom, a bilingual glossary will help you cope with this activity. Finally, check your answers with the video transcription.

Can "blood sports" be
considered so thrilling?

TYPE YOUR COMMENTS HERE:
(try to report this conversation in about 150 to 180 words)

 

 

 

A USEFUL HELP

bullfighting: a Spanish, Portuguese or Latin American spectacle in which a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators, a blood sport known as "corrida" (corrida de toros); major: most important (de máxima importancia); appreciating: recognizing (evaluación, reconocimiento); blood sports: sports that involve killing animals causing blood to flow (deportes en los que se matan  animales y hay derramamiento de sangre); I can't relate to: I can't make a logical connection (no le encuentro sentido alguno); disagreeing: not agreeing (estando en desacuerdo); never-ending: interminable, going on and on (interminable, que nunca termina); arguing: presenting reasons and arguments (discutir, argumentar); productive: of positive results (positivo, productivo); boxing: pugilism (boxeo); fox hunting: hunting foxes, on horseback and with dogs (cacería de zorros); thrill: exciting sensation of fright and fear (fuerte excitación); provide: give (dar, proveer); out of the question: inconceivable, non-arguable (inconcebible, inaceptable).

 

FELICITACIONES !!! Acabas de finalizar la
UNIT 11 - LESSON 44 del OM First Certificate Exam.
Antes de pasar a la siguiente lección, por favor asegúrate de repasar todo lo que has aprendido aquí.

 

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