Toy Story: My Favorite Movie | A1 Spanish
An A1 Spanish reading about Toy Story, its characters, computer animation and film history.
Toy Story: mi película favorita
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What you'll learn
Cinema vocabulary, simple descriptions, present-tense narration and questions with gustar.
An explicitly imaginary narrator presents verified facts about Toy Story: its 1995 release, Woody and Buzz, its computer animation milestone and its place in the US National Film Registry since 2005.
After reading
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Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
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La voz de este texto es imaginaria
newThe voice in this text is imaginary.
The narrator is invented, while the film facts are real.
It separates fiction from fact.
animado por completo con computadora
newanimated entirely by computer
The images are created with computer animation.
It describes how an animated film is made.
Al principio, son rivales
newAt first, they are rivals.
Al principio introduces the first part of a story.
It helps order events.
necesitan trabajar juntos
newneed to work together
It means to cooperate on the same goal.
It is useful for stories about teamwork.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Feature film
largometraje
feature film
A film with the usual length for cinema, not a short film.
It distinguishes a feature from a short film.
Release
estreno
release
The first public showing of a film.
It is common cinema vocabulary.
Cowboy
vaquero
cowboy
A person associated with cattle work in the American West.
It identifies Woody's toy character.
Rivals
rivales
rivals
People or characters who compete with each other.
It describes the first relationship between Woody and Buzz.
Gift
regalo
gift
Something one person gives to another.
It is useful for birthdays and celebrations.
Registry
registro
registry
An official list.
It helps explain the film preservation fact.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Ser for identification
Toy Story es una película de Pixar
Toy Story is a Pixar film.
Es identifies what Toy Story is.
It is a basic way to identify a person or thing.
Present of recibir
Andy recibe a Buzz como regalo de cumpleaños
Andy receives Buzz as a birthday gift.
Recibe is the third-person singular present form of recibir.
It describes a current or story action.
Verb separarse
Woody y Buzz se separan de Andy
Woody and Buzz become separated from Andy.
Se separan is a plural form of separarse.
It describes people or things moving apart.
Question with gustar
¿Qué película te gusta?
Which film do you like?
Te gusta asks about one film liked by the listener.
It is useful for asking about preferences.
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