An afternoon at Cine Doré | Spanish A1
Visit Madrid's Cine Doré in an A1 text about screening rooms, films, displays, programmes and tickets.
Una tarde en el Cine Doré
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The text guides a simple visit to Cine Doré, the Spanish Film Archive screening venue in Madrid. It presents its three rooms, display cases and Film Archive activities.
El Cine Doré es la sala de proyecciones de la Filmoteca Española. Desde 1989, la Filmoteca muestra películas aquí.
Hay tres salas. Dos salas están dentro del edificio. La tercera está al aire libre. Esta sala de verano abre en julio y agosto.
En el vestíbulo hay unas vitrinas. Las vitrinas muestran una parte de los fondos de la Filmoteca. Son objetos y documentos sobre el cine.
La Filmoteca conserva el patrimonio cinematográfico. También organiza ciclos, charlas, presentaciones y exposiciones. Un ciclo presenta varias películas sobre un tema o una persona.
Primero miro el programa. Veo el título de la película, la sala y la hora. Después compro una entrada.
Antes de la película, entro en la librería. Luego busco mi sala.
La luz se apaga y la película empieza. Yo escucho y miro la pantalla. Al final, salgo otra vez a la calle Santa Isabel.
¿Te gusta ver películas en una sala? ¿Qué película quieres ver? ¿Miras el programa antes de comprar una entrada?
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What you'll learn
Basic cinema vocabulary, hay, estar for location, ir al and questions with qué.
The text guides a simple visit to Cine Doré, the Spanish Film Archive screening venue in Madrid. It presents its three rooms, display cases and Film Archive activities.
After reading
Article learning block
Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
en el centro de la ciudad
newin the city centre
En el centro de locates something in the central part of a place.
Useful for locating places in a city.
Desde 1989
newsince 1989
Desde marks the starting point of a situation that continues.
Useful for saying when something began.
al aire libre
newoutdoors
Al aire libre means in an open space, not inside a building.
Useful for describing summer activities.
en julio y agosto
newin July and August
En is used before months to locate an event in time.
Useful for talking about seasonal opening.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Screening room
sala de proyecciones
screening room
A sala de proyecciones is a room where films are shown on a screen.
Essential cinema vocabulary.
Entrance hall
vestíbulo
entrance hall
A vestíbulo is the open area just inside the entrance of a building.
Useful for moving around a public building.
Display cases
vitrinas
display cases
Vitrinas are glass cases used to show and protect objects.
Useful in museums, cinemas and exhibitions.
Film heritage
patrimonio cinematográfico
film heritage
Patrimonio cinematográfico is the collection of films and related materials preserved for society.
Useful for understanding the work of a film archive.
Film series
ciclo
film series
A ciclo is a group of screenings connected by a theme or person.
Useful for reading a cinema programme.
Ticket
entrada
ticket
An entrada is the ticket that allows a person to attend an event.
Useful when going to the cinema.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Ir plus al
Hoy voy al Cine Doré.
Today I am going to Cine Doré.
Voy is the yo form of ir, and al combines a plus el.
Useful for saying where you are going.
Estar for location
Está en la calle Santa Isabel, 3, en Madrid.
It is at 3 Santa Isabel Street in Madrid.
Está plus en tells where a place or object is located.
Useful for giving an address.
Hay for existence
Hay tres salas.
There are three rooms.
Hay says that one or more things exist or are present.
Useful for describing what a place has.
Number agreement
Dos salas están dentro del edificio.
Two rooms are inside the building.
Salas is plural, so the verb also uses a plural form.
Useful for matching sentence parts in number.
Question with qué
¿Qué película quieres ver?
Which film do you want to see?
Qué asks for a choice or identification, and it carries an accent in a question.
Useful for asking another person to choose.
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