1. The Mulberry tree.
Who is the director?
Watch the video. What is it about?
https://www.newyorker.com/video/watch/the-new-yorker-shorts-neil-labute-s-the-mulberry-bush
Comment on the mounting tension. How tension is built.
Comment on the last scene.
Watch the following video.
Before watching.
What makes medieval towns characteristic?
Jot down the names of the towns mentioned and the write the name of the country where they are.
What's the translation of the name?
Write down any interesting vocabulary that you could used in other contexts. Try not to write isolated words.
EX:
the river meanders through the town center
Jewish Quarter
streets lined with trees
The homeland of the proud and resilient Basque people is split between France and Spain. From our San Sebastián home base, we tour the ancient Basque capital of Guernica, the dazzling Guggenheim Bilbao, and then cross into France for more Basque Country charms. From yummy tapa bars to lightning-fast jai alai games, we’ll experience Basque culture at its most vivid.
Where do you come from?
Where are you?
Where would you like to be in the future?
Have a look at the following blog. If you had to make a collage of your present , past and future, what images would you choose?
MY PAST; PRESENT AND FUTURE COLLAGE blog entry.
Past
What makes you smile from you past? What makes you cry?
Important people in your past.
Present
What do you like of your preent life? What do you hate?
Who are the important people in your present?
What of the following quotes do you identify with?
The future.
Do you think a lot about the future?
Are you optimistic about the future?
How can the present affect in your future? Does it all depend on you?
Do you think you are part of a bigger project?
Are you afraid of what might come in the future?
Are you worried about the environment, the climate change, inequality? How can all that affect you?
FINAL TASK. Prepare a power point presentation.
- Include a collage or pictures like in the blog to speak about your past.
- Include the answers to the previous questions in the unit but don't stick to them, speak freely about your own experiences.
- Choose some quotes or poems that suit with what you think or with your experiences.
- Mention the music, films, etc, you identify with.
How was your experience during the lockdown?
What did you do?
How do you feel about going back to school?
What is new for you?
Do you like taking pictures? What kind of pictures?
This is what I came across on my twitter account.
José Yosigo is a photographer. His real name is José Javier Serrano.
How would you discribe his work?
Born in San Sebastian, José Javier Serrano, known as Yosigo, now lives and works in Barcelona as a photographer. Yosigo began and followed his graphic design studies and photography was just an escape route, a way to take his eyes off the computer screen. Then, with the passing of time, his hobby became his work.
In his shots we find, however, his propensity for graphic design, we find it in composition, in the choice of shapes and color balance.
We can say that what inspires his projects are the people, walking in the street or sunbathing on the beach.
In the series of shots Animal Turista, Yosigo has immortalized human nature on holiday, at the sea, noticing how the man becomes a predator of everything around him, expands taking up all the space.
Yosigo was able to see a daily, mundane aspect that we define as normal
through a different lens, transforming it into something aesthetically
beautiful.
Read the text.
Find a synonym of the following.
shot election hunter
worldly changing
Answer:
1- What do you think of the pictures?
2- Do you like going to the beach? Which is your favourite beach?
3- Do you have an opinion of beach tourism?
4- Due to the pandemics, some specialists have suggested that an economy based mainly on tourism is not the best idea. Why? What is the other alternative?
5- There are different types of beachtourism? Can you see a difference between Benidorm as a destination and Denia? Is Benidorm a sustainable model of mass tourism? Discuss it before reading the text.
What does the heading suggest?
Comprehension questions:
a- Translate the following and substitute the underlined words by synonyms.
b- Why do some people like Benidorm while others hate it?
c- Who was Pedro Zaragoza? What did he do? How does the story go?
d- How does Escobedo explain that Benidorm's model is a sustainable one?
e- Are golf courses part of the Benidorm model? How do the golf course development model affect the development of an area?
f- What's the five highest skyscrapers in Benidorm? Give a short description of each.
NOW, have a look at this collection of pictures by María Moldes.
6 - How was your summer? Write a text to read it in front of your classmates. The text should have about 150 words.
MARTIN PARR
Have a look of this picture. It could be any of us on a holiday trip to any of the many tourist destinations in the world. The only thing that makes this picture different is that it was taken by Martin Parr. Let's learn about him.
Do you want to know the basics about him? Have a look at the following information from wikipedia.
Martin Parr | |
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 Martin Parr in October 2010 | |
| Born | 23 May 1952 Epsom, Surrey, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Education | Manchester Polytechnic |
| Known for | Photography |
| Awards | Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society (FRPS) in 2005[1] Centenary Medal from the Royal Photographic Society in 2008[2] |
Martin Parr (born 23 May 1952) is a British documentary photographer,[3] photojournalist and photobook collector. He is known for his photographic projects that take an intimate, satirical and anthropological[4] look at aspects of modern life, in particular documenting the social classes of England, and more broadly the wealth of the Western world.
His major projects have been rural communities (1975–1982), The Last Resort (1983–1985), The Cost of Living (1987–1989), Small World (1987–1994) and Common Sense (1995–1999).
Since 1994, Parr has been a member of Magnum Photos.[4] He has had around 40 solo photobooks published, and has featured in around 80 exhibitions worldwide – including the international touring exhibition ParrWorld,[5] and a retrospective at the Barbican Arts Centre, London, in 2002.[6]
The Martin Parr Foundation, founded in 2014, opened premises in his hometown of Bristol in 2017. It houses his own archive, his collection of British and Irish photography by other photographers, and a gallery.[7]
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How a look at the following article.
