A Walk Around Guggenheim Bilbao - B1 Spanish
A B1 Spanish text about Frank Gehry's building, its titanium cladding and the sculpture Maman in Bilbao.
Un paseo alrededor del Guggenheim Bilbao
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What you'll learn
Architecture and material vocabulary, passive structures, the pluperfect, and contrast with aunque.
A walk around Guggenheim Bilbao shows how a former industrial wharf became the site of a titanium, glass and limestone building and a large Louise Bourgeois sculpture.
After reading
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Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
un antiguo muelle
newan old wharf
A place by the water where ships used to dock.
Useful for describing a city's past.
cambia de tono
newchanges shade
Its colour or appearance becomes slightly different.
Useful for describing materials and light.
rinde homenaje
newpays tribute
It expresses respect for or remembrance of someone.
A common phrase in texts about art.
pasar por debajo
newto pass underneath
To move below an object or structure.
Useful for describing a route through a space.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
the tidal estuary
la ría
tidal estuary
A river valley section influenced by sea water.
An important geographical word for coastal cities.
the wharf
antiguo muelle
wharf
A structure by the water for ships and cargo.
Useful in texts about ports.
the cladding
el revestimiento
cladding
An outer layer covering a surface.
A key word for describing buildings.
sheets
planchas
sheets
Thin, flat pieces of a material.
Useful for talking about building materials.
curved
curvas
curved
Not following a straight line.
A useful word for describing shapes.
weaver
tejedora
weaver
A woman who weaves cloth or tapestries.
It explains the sculpture's symbolism.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
was built
fue construido
was built
The passive pattern «ser + participle» focuses on the building.
A common pattern in historical descriptions.
had been
había sido
had been
The pluperfect shows a state that existed before another past event.
It helps compare a place's past with later change.
was completed
se terminó
was completed
The passive «se» construction reports completion without naming the agent.
It is common in news and explanatory texts.
although it is a sculpture
Aunque es una escultura
although it is a sculpture
«Aunque» introduces a fact that contrasts with the main point.
It links two unexpectedly related ideas.
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