One Door, Not the Sagrada Familia
A1 Spanish: a grandfather wants the Sagrada Familia, but on Paseo de Gracia they enter Casa Batlló, with mask-like balconies and a dragon-like roof.
La puerta de la Casa Batlló
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What you'll learn
Present-tense narration, parecer for how buildings look, and simple past for Gaudí's life.
A woman takes her tired grandfather to Casa Batlló on Paseo de Gracia instead of the Sagrada Familia. She says Gaudí was born in Catalonia in 1852, worked on the church for more than forty years, and died in 1926 after a tram hit him, when the church was not yet finished. They do not visit La Pedrera or Park Güell. He agrees to go in.
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El arquitecto más famoso de España
newThe most famous architect of Spain
No tiene líneas rectas
newIt has no straight lines
Es un lugar de ensueño
newIt is a dream place
Sus obras son patrimonio de la humanidad
newHis works are heritage of humanity
La fachada parece un dragón
newThe façade looks like a dragon
Todavía no está terminada hoy
newIt is still not finished today
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
arquitecto
architect — person who designs buildings
edificio
building — large construction for living or working
diseñar
to design — to create plans for a building
mosaico
mosaic — small colored pieces used for decoration
fachada
façade — front exterior part of a building
patrimonio
heritage — cultural assets inherited from ancestors
Grammar in context
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ser + sustantivo (profesión)
ser + noun (profession)
tener + sustantivo (posesión)
tener + noun (possession)
presente de indicar (location)
to be located (indicates location)
adjetivos para describir (famoso, único, sorprendente)
adjectives for describing (famous, unique, surprising)
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