ASSIGNMENT 8 – Lic.
Gestión Cultural
Task 1 : (pre reading)
Today, we are going to have a “virtual tour” to one ARTS EXHIBITION that has taken place in Paris. You will have to
watch the YouTube video and take notes on some characteristics about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L23V5Rm6kX8
Click on this square to read the subtitles:
PLACE OF EXHIBITION * Paris
NAME OF THE
EXHIBITION
TWO BIG FIGURES
THAT ARE EXHIBITED
THERE
CHARACTERISTICS OF
THEIR ARTS
TOLOUSE LAUTREC
CHARACTERISTICS
JANE AVRIL
CHARACTERISTICS
YEAR WHEN MOULINE
ROUGE OPENED
HOW LAUTREC
POTRAYS AVRIL
WHAT LAUTREC AND
AVRIL HAD IN
COMMON
Task 2: (reading)
The painting we are looking at now is by the French painter Toulouse –
Lautrec. The painting is called At the Moulin Rouge. As you probably know,
the Moulin Rouge is a nightclub in Paris. Maybe some of you remember the
film Moulin Rouge? In the 19th century, the nightclub was very famous for its
beautiful dancers and singers.
Toulouse – Lautrec did a lot of paintings and posters of the Moulin Rouge.
He especially loved painting the dancers. And in these paintings he
sometimes included his friends too.
In the middle of the picture there are five people who are sitting at a table
having a drink. The woman who’s wearing a hat is a dancer – her name is
La Macarona – and the man sitting next to her on the left is a friend of
Toulouse – Lautrec. He was a photographer.
10 On the right, here, there’s a woman with fair hair, blue eyes, and very red
lips. Her face looks very white. That’s another famous dancer called Jane Avril. At the back of the picture, on the right, there are two
women who are standing together. On of them is touching her hair. That’s La Goulue and she was one of the most famous singers at
the Moulin Rouge at that time.
Now this is very interesting. If you look carefully to the left of the two women, there are two men who are 15 walking out of the nightclub.
One of them is very tall and the other one is very short. The very tall man is Toulouse – Lautrec’s cousin, Gabriel, and the other man is
Toulouse Lautrec himself. Toulouse – Lautrec was only 1 meter 50 centimeters tall. He had very short legs and couldn’t walk very well.
Some people think that this is why he loved painting the dancers of the Moulin Rouge – because they all had beautiful long legs.
(From New English File Pre – Intermediate Student’s Book – OUP)
1) Who are the characters in the picture? Can you write their names in the box?
La Macarona
Let´s see a new type of exercise! We have to say what the text function is
For example, if we see this text:
To prepare a cake:
1) put some flour in a bowl.
2) combine the butter and sugar
….
What is its function? TO GIVE INSTRUCTIONS (on how to make a cake)
Let´s see another text:
Today there is a high chance of PRECIPITATION in the south of Santa Fe. Humidity is high (85 %)
What is its function? TO INFORM (the weather forecast)
Another one!
This university is located in Rosario city. It has more than 3000 students and more than 10 faculties. It permanent staff
has worked for more than 10 years. …
What is its function? TO DESCRIBE (a university)
2) So, what is the function of the text we have just read? Choose the best option..
TO INFORM readers about the French painter Toulouse.
TO GIVE INSTRUCTION on how to paint a picture.
TO DESCRIBE an anecdote about the French painter Toulouse
TO GUIDE TOURISTS at the Art Institute of Chicago
3) Contextual reference. What do the HIGHLIGHTED words refer to in the text?
a) Its:
b) these paintings:
c) his:
d) the picture:
e) he:
f) them:
g) them:
h) himself:
i) they:
Task 3 : (after reading)
This is a video that summarizes the present show at the Mouline Rouge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq6UZeC0NVo
a. Listen to the following song and complete with the present continuous form of the verbs in
brackets!
I’m only sleeping (The Beatles)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT5j9OQ7Sh0
When I wake up early in the morning
Lift my head, I (still/ yawn)________
When I'm in the middle of a dream
Stay in bed, float up stream (float up stream)
Please, don't wake me, no, don't shake me
Leave me where I am, I (only/sleeping) ___________
Everybody seems to think I'm lazy
I don't mind, I think they're crazy
Running everywhere at such a speed
'Til they find there's no need (there's no need)
Please, don't spoil my day, I'm miles away
And after all I (only/sleeping), (keep) _________an eye on the world
(go) __________ by my window
(take) ________ my time
(lie) _________ there and (stare) _________ at the ceiling
(wait) _________ for a sleepy feeling
b. Listen to this other song and choose the correct option:
The climb (Miley Cyrus)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG2zyeVRcbs
I can almost see it
That dream I'm dreaming/ I`m living but
There's a voice inside my head saying
You'll never reach it,
Every step I`m mistaking/ I'm taking
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking/ is shriking but I
Gotta keep trying
Gotta keep my head held high
There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's wanting / what`s waiting on the other side
It's the climb
The struggles I'm faking/ I`m facing
The chances I'm taking/ I`m talking
Sometimes might knock me down but
No I'm not breaking/ I´m not breathing
I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I'm going to remember most yeah
Just got to keep going
And I
I gotta be strong
Just keep pushing on, 'cause
Keep on moving
Keep climbing
Keep the faith baby
It's all about
It's all about
The climb
Keep the faith
Keep your faith
c. . Listen to this other song that has the present continuous form and put the lines in order:
Don’t speak (No doubt)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR3Vdo5etCQ
And if it's real, well, I don't want to know
I can't believe this could be the end
You and me, we used to be together
I really feel that I'm losin' my best friend
It looks as though you're lettin' go
Every day together, always
Don't tell me 'cause it hurts
Don't tell me 'cause it hurts
Don't speak, I know what you're thinkin'
Don't speak, I know just what you're sayin'
So please stop explainin'
I don't need your reasons
With my head in my hands, I sit and cry
Our memories, well, they can be inviting
As we die, both you and
But some are altogether mighty frightening
It's all ending
Who we are
You and me
We gotta stop pretending
Aren't we?
I can see us dyin'
Hush, hush, darling
I know what you're thinkin'
I know you're real good, oh
I know you're good, I know you're good
And I don't need your reasons
