5: Soy un genio
I am a genius
Sofía takes Charlie and Quique to the Reina Sofía Museum where they meet Blanca, a museum guide, who tells them about some of Spain's most famous artists. Sofía tells a story about a bear which is lost in the museum and Uncle Manu sings about the joy of painting. Key vocabulary includes giving directions and key grammar includes adjectival agreement and word order.
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Guidance and follow-up activities (13MB pdf)
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Dual transcript / translation for Clips 17 - 20 (pdf) with links to the online audio clips
Clip 17: En camino al museo
On the way to the museum
Quique, Charlie and Sofía are on their way to the Museo Reina Sofía, Spain's national museum of 20th century art. They meet, Blanca, a museum guide who tells them about some of Spain's greatest artists.
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Clip duration: 04 37
Supporting images
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Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
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Spanish surrealism artist Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989)
Clip 18: Cuento: Perdido en el museo
Story: Lost in the museum
Twins Miriam and Félix visit a museum with their grandfather, but just as they are about to leave they realise that someone important has been left behind and they have to retrace their steps.
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Duration: 04 16
Themes, Vocab and Grammar
| Themes and vocabulary | Grammar and pronunciation |
|---|---|
| opinions | adjectival agreement and word order |
| directions | imperfect tense in set phrases (era, hab铆a and ten铆a) to say what things used to be like |
| colours | Spanish artists - in particular Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) and Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) - and the Reina Sofia |
Clip 19: Volviendo a casa
Returning home
Quique, Sofía and Charlie return home on foot. On on the way Charlie learns how to give directions in Spanish and that there's more than one way to say he/she/it is - es and está - depending on the context.
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Clip duration: 03 42
Key vocabulary 1
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| 顿颈谤别肠肠颈贸苍别蝉 | Directions |
| a la izquierda | on the left, to the left |
| a la derecha | on the right, to the right |
| todo recto | straight on |
| cruza | cross |
| sigue | continue |
| la calle | street, road |
Clip 20: Canci贸n - P铆ntame un retrato
Song - Paint me a picture
A song in praise of using your imagination to paint a picture, like the great Spanish artists Picasso, Goya, Velézquez and Dalí.
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Clip duration: 02 33
Key vocabulary 2
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| En la ciudad | In town |
| la casa | house |
| la estaci贸n | station |
| el hospital | hospital |
| el piso | flat |
| la plaza | square |
| en metro | by metro |