Aprenda inglés con Harry Potter en Polonia
Un castillo en Polonia se ha convertido en un "Colegio de Hechicería". Vea el video y aprenda nuevo vocabulario.
Transcripción en inglés
If you thought this was like a scene from the Harry Potter movies then you'd be right. This castle in Poland has been transformed into a temporary college of wizardry. Students from all over the world have flown in to do role play in this makeshift Hogwarts. Now organisers want to cast a spell on potential investors. It's so they can buy their own castle and make this a permanent attraction.
Vocabulario
wizardry
hechicería
role play
actuación / representación
makeshift
improvisado
cast a spell
hechizar / embrujar
investors
inversores
Ejercicios
Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from news reports. Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.
wizardry / role play / makeshift / cast a spell / investors
1. A man accused of plotting to kill the adoptive parents of a friend he met on the internet told a court it was just "__________".
2. Dressed in his white witch robes, he will make a circle of stones and burn incense while __________ invoking earth, air, fire and water.
3. A shopkeeper in New Delhi is doing his bit to help raise children out of poverty by setting up a __________ school underneath a railway bridge.
4. The Dubai development is 15 minutes from a golf course and the sea and half an hour from the busiest international airport in the world.
In 2007 __________ put down tens of thousands of dollars but have so far received nothing.
5. Younger audiences are targeted with productions like The Magic Flute which combines opera and animation, and the superb National theatre of Scotland show Dragon which uses puppetry and other __________ to tell a universal tale.
Respuestas
1. A man accused of plotting to kill the adoptive parents of a friend he met on the internet told a court it was just "role play".
<bold>Source</bold>: <link type="page"><caption> Double death plot was “role play”</caption><url href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/8166090.stm" platform="highweb"/></link>
2. Dressed in his white witch robes, he will make a circle of stones and burn incense while casting a spell invoking earth, air, fire and water.
<bold>Source</bold>: <link type="page"><caption> White witch to tempt Nessie</caption><url href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/2981386.stm" platform="highweb"/></link>
3. A shopkeeper in New Delhi is doing his bit to help raise children out of poverty by setting up a makeshift school underneath a railway bridge.
<bold>Source</bold>: <link type="page"><caption> The makeshift school helping India’s poorest children</caption><url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21507893" platform="highweb"/></link>
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21507893
4. The Dubai development is 15 minutes from a golf course and the sea and half an hour from the busiest international airport in the world.
In 2007 investors put down tens of thousands of dollars but have so far received nothing.
<bold>Source</bold>:<link type="page"><caption> Amid fears of more bubble trouble, who’d buy in Dubai?</caption><url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-31988871" platform="highweb"/></link>
5. Younger audiences are targeted with productions like The Magic Flute which combines opera and animation, and the superb National theatre of Scotland show Dragon which uses puppetry and other wizardry to tell a universal tale.
<bold>Source</bold>: <link type="page"><caption> Edinburgh International Festival woos a younger audience</caption><url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-31945062" platform="highweb"/></link>
