Tuesday 21 October 2014

UNIT 1: Some listening practice

Here you have a couple of pieces of news for you to practice listening a bit. These listening activities are taken from Helena Manrubioa's blog (a fellow teacher in Torre Pacheco):

Picasso masterpiece could be yours for just £85

Would you like to have a Picasso hanging in your living-room? Now you have the chance! Watch the video to find out how and answer the questions.

How much does a ticket cost?
What's the estimated value of the picture?
How many tickets are the available?
How much money is intended to be raised? For what?
Where does the actual value of the picture lie?

Ugly woman painting mystery solved

Click here to watch the video and answer the questions below. Answers in Comments.

Who was the portrait painted by?
Who was its previous owner?
Why did Julia (the woman on the computer) send them the painting?
Where are they going to keep the picture?
How much is the picture worth?
What are they planning to do with it?

Which adjectives seen in class would you use to describe the picture?
Find the answers in Comments 

1 comentarios:

ANA MENA said...


Picasso's masterpiece ....:

£80 or €100.
£675,000.
There are 50,000 raffle tickets.
€5,000,000 to finance a preservation project in Lebanon.
This is not one of Picasso's finest works, so the value is not so much in the picture but in the signature.

Ugly woman painting ....

1. It's anonymous.
2. His late uncle.
3. Because she thinks there's a family resemblance/ because the woman is related by blood to them.
4. It's exiled to the garage-
5. 200 - 300 pounds.
6. They'll have a family get-together at Xmas to decide what to do.

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