Hi! How's it going? I'm Maria.
In today's video we are going to have a listening comprehension activity.
We are going to work with adjectives.
That is to say, characteristics.
But not typical characteristics like
small, big, tall, short.
No. We are going to focus on other words.
A little more than sizes.
So then, if you are interested, stay with me.
Last year, Cody and I went to a very lovely event
that was performed in the city of Nashville.
This event was was related to the Day of the Dead.
And for some reason, we thought that we had lost all of the videos.
And the other day, when we were looking for them, we found them.
So we are going to share it with you.
So, this is a listening activity.
How does it work?
Before the video, I am going to show you
some important words that you are going to hear.
I want you to listen to the video three times.
The first time, you are going to listen
and you are going to relax.
You are going to think about what words you understand.
What words do you understand?
The second time, I want you to read the subtitles in Spanish
if you need them.
And the third and last time,
I want you to listen to the video again without subtitles.
Can you understand more words now?
Attention! Because now
we are going to listen to some of the words--
adjectives, characteristics
that we are going to encounter in the video
So, attention.
Carpet
Huge
Older
Tasty
Rattle
Appealing
Now that you already know the words that you are going to hear
we are going to watch the video.
The other day, we went to a festival
where the main theme was the Day of the Dead.
It is an important day for Mexicans,
very rich in traditions.
We could see that with the presentations
from many schools in the event.
In the first place we visited,
we saw beautiful altars
that some of the local schools made.
This was huge.
It was tall and came to the ceiling of the room.
The bright carpet that you see on the floor
is made of different colors of rice and salt.
It is very detailed
And surely making it took a lot of time.
You can see colors like green, yellow, pink, purple, black and white.
There were other altars with colored skulls.
They had bright and happy colors.
Outside the building it was a cold and gray day.
But this didn't stop people from visiting the shops.
Look at the paintings. How pretty!
Some are cheap and others a little expensive.
There were also bracelets, necklaces, and earrings.
They looked beautiful to me, but expensive.
What I liked most about the event were the dances.
The dancers were dressed in showy clothes.
with long, colored feathers
On their feet, they had something like bells.
that made sound with each step.
The sound of the drums were rhythmic and wonderful.
There were many dancers dancing in a circle.
Some were young and others older.
Each one used a traditional suit that represented their ancestors.
After the dance, we visited the gardens of the place.
There was an elegant and old fountain.
a garden with a bamboo forest.
The place was lonely but very relaxing.
At the end of the day,
we visited the food tents that had tasty and typical options
from different Latin American countries.