Intermediate - Everybody’s a critic! A:
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¿Que´ tal te parecio´ la pel´ıcula? How did the movie seem to you?
B:
Sabes que me gusto´ mucho la historia, pero no me gustaron las actuaciones de los actores. You know I liked the story a lot, but I didn’t like the performances of the actors.
A:
¿En serio? Pues a mi me parecio´ totalmente lo opuesto que a ti, la historia se me hizo algo trillada y los personajes muy cre´ıbles. Seriously? Well, to me it seemed totally the opposite of what you thought; the story seemed somewhat tired to me, and the characters very believable.
B:
¿Cre´ıbles? ¿Crees que una enfermera que sufre ´ se ve tan guapa y bien maquilde drogadiccion lada todo el tiempo? Believable? You think that a nurse who suffers from drug addiction always looks so beautiful with such perfect make up all the time?
A:
Eso es a lo que me refiero, una enfermera que ´ no se me hace una hissufre de drogadiccion, toria muy interesante. En cambio, el hombre, el protagonista me parecio´ muy cre´ıble.
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That’s what I’m talking about, a nurse who suffers from drug addiction to me doesn’t make that interesting of a story. On the other hand, the man, the main character seemed very credible to me.
B:
´ ser´ıa mejor si fuera No me parece, su actuacion ´ dramatico ´ mas en algunas escenas, no conta´ y tristeza por giaba el sentimiento de frustracion el que pasa el personaje. I don’t think so, his performance would be better if it were more dramatic in some scenes, he didn’t convey the sense of frustration and sadness that his character was going through.
A:
´ ¡Que´ barbaro! Mejor deber´ıas de ser cr´ıtico de cine, haces observaciones con mucho detalle. What barbarity! You should be a film critic, you make such detailed observations.
B:
´ Gracias, pero la industria cinematografica me ´ odiar´ıa porque soy muy criticon. Thanks but the film industry would hate me because I’m so critical.
Key Vocabulary
parecer
Verb
to seem
´ actuacion
Noun (f )
acting
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oponer
Verb
to oppose
trillada
Noun (f )
clich´e
cre´ıble
Adjective
believable
´ drogadiccion
Noun (f )
drug addiction
enfermera
Noun (f )
nurse
protagonista
Noun
protagonist
´ dramatico
Adjective
dramatic
contagiar
Verb
to convey
´ observacion
Noun (f )
observation
´ cinematografico
Adjective
cinematic
odiar
Verb
to hate
´ criticon
Noun (m)
critical
fotograf´ıa
Noun (f )
photography
sonido
Noun (m)
sound
Supplementary Vocabulary
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´ ambientacion
Noun (f )
ambiance
efectos especiales
Noun (m)
special effects
vestuario
Noun (m)
wardrobe
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