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Bullfighting (Part 2)

ACTIVITY 334: 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 an art?

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); to take it easy: to relax (calmarse, relajarse); fascination: attraction (atractivo, encanto); non-Spaniards: people who were not born in Spain (personas no españolas); a chance: an opportunity (una oportunidad, una explicación); wouldn't hurt you: woildn't make you any harm (no debería herirte, molestarte); to convince: make someone agree with you (convencer); to dramatize: to represent something in a dramatic manner (dramatizar); courage: bravery (valor, coraje); drawing blood: causing blood to flow (derramar sangre); taking life: killing (matar, asesinar); high price to pay: too much, in excesss (pagar un alto precio); is still my right: I'm entitled to (tengo derecho a).

 

FELICITACIONES !!! Acabas de finalizar la
UNIT 12 - LESSON 48 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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