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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