La edad de oro and alternative rock on TVE - Spanish B2
Read a factual B2 Spanish article about Paloma Chamorro's TVE program, its 1983 premiere and audiovisual archive.
La edad de oro: el rock alternativo entró en TVE
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What you'll learn
Television, music and archive vocabulary, imperfect habits, balanced contrast and opinion questions.
A source-based account of La edad de oro from its first broadcast on 17 May 1983 to its final live Smiths concert on 18 May 1985.
After reading
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Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
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estuvo dedicado a Kaka de Luxe
newwas devoted to Kaka de Luxe
Estar dedicado a indicates the main subject of a program or work.
Useful media vocabulary.
se limitaba a grupos españoles
newwas not limited to Spanish groups
No limitarse a rejects a narrow boundary without denying what lies inside it.
Useful for precise qualification.
quedaba registrada
newremained recorded
Quedar plus a participle describes the resulting state of an action.
Useful for archives and documentation.
por sí solo
newon its own
The phrase limits what one source can explain without outside help.
Useful for cautious analysis.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
el estreno
el estreno
the premiere
Here estreno is the first broadcast of a television program.
Useful media vocabulary.
el plató
el plató
the studio set
A plató is the space where a television program is recorded.
Useful television vocabulary.
puestas en escena
puestas en escena
the staging
It covers the visual arrangement of a performance.
Useful performance vocabulary.
un cortometraje
un cortometraje
the short film
A cortometraje is a film with a short running time.
Useful film vocabulary.
el archivo
el archivo
the archive
An archive preserves records for later consultation.
Key word for historical sources.
vanguardia
vanguardia
the avant-garde
In art, vanguardia refers to experimental or innovative approaches.
Useful cultural vocabulary.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Chamorro alternaba conciertos
Chamorro alternaba conciertos
Chamorro alternated concerts
The imperfect alternaba describes a repeated format during the run of the program.
Useful for describing habitual past actions.
pero también fotógrafos
pero también fotógrafos
but also photographers
Pero también adds a second, contrasting category without excluding the first.
Useful for expanding an argument.
aunque conserva voces
aunque conserva voces
although it preserves voices
Aunque introduces a concession that limits the previous negative statement.
Useful for balanced conclusions.
¿Crees que la televisión todavía puede descubrir una escena alternativa?
¿Crees que la televisión todavía puede descubrir una escena alternativa?
Do you think television can still discover an alternative scene?
Crees que invites an opinion and takes an indicative clause here.
Useful for open discussion.
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