Aprende inglés con artes plásticas

Un artista sudafricano recicla plástico para crear su obra. Mira el video y aprende nuevo vocabulario.

Transcripción en inglés

An art studio with no brushes or paint.

Mbongeni Buthelezi uses strips of plastic melted and glued to the canvas for his portraits.

When the South African studied art he couldn’t afford to buy expensive materials. So he found an alternative and now produces this unique kind of art.

He collects plastic bags from the streets around his Johannesburg studio and has turned recycling into an art form.

Vocabulario

melted

derretido

canvas

lienzo

afford

(aquí) no tener suficiente dinero

unique

única

recycling

reciclaje

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.

melted / canvas / afford / unique / recycling

1. Many of Kolkata's old buildings reflect diverse European architectural styles that in time became imbued with Bengali and Marwari (or classical Rajasthani) influences, creating a blend of Indo-European design, __________ to the city.

2. Stronger powers to fine people for not _________ may be the only way to hit a zero landfill waste target by 2050, the body representing Welsh councils said.

3. A portrait artist has been working on an unusual _________ - his pregnant wife's bump. Alex Makwana's labour of love has seen him create 11 designs on Jo's stomach, including Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear and a mocked-up ultrasound scan.

4. Thousands of guns are seized in the UK every year. Most are destroyed by police, but a new project in the north of England, Guns to Goods, is trying to put them to good use.

The idea is to __________ the guns down to make metal tags for T-shirts and also create artworks to be sold to the public.

5. Kenya's Supreme Court has said that the government should abide by a lower court's decision to give teachers a pay rise of at least 50%. The teachers' pay body had argued that it cannot __________ the increase awarded by the industrial court.

Respuestas

Many of Kolkata's old buildings reflect diverse European architectural styles that in time became imbued with Bengali and Marwari (or classical Rajasthani) influences, creating a blend of Indo-European design, unique to the city.

<bold>Source</bold>: <link type="page"><caption> Why are Kolkata homes so special</caption><url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-34042175" platform="highweb"/></link>?

Stronger powers to fine people for not recycling may be the only way to hit a zero landfill waste target by 2050, the body representing Welsh councils said.

<bold>Source</bold>: <link type="page"><caption> Fines possible for people who do not recycle waste</caption><url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-33986530" platform="highweb"/></link>

A portrait artist has been working on an unusual canvas - his pregnant wife's bump. Alex Makwana's labour of love has seen him create 11 designs on Jo's stomach, including Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear and a mocked-up ultrasound scan.

<bold>Source</bold>: <link type="page"><caption> Salisbury woman's baby bump used as canvas</caption><url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-32215666" platform="highweb"/></link>

Thousands of guns are seized in the UK every year. Most are destroyed by police, but a new project in the north of England, Guns to Goods, is trying to put them to good use.

The idea is to melt the guns down to make metal tags for T-shirts and also create artworks to be sold to the public.

<bold>Source</bold>: <link type="page"><caption> Would you wear a T-shirt made from melted guns?</caption><url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17464529" platform="highweb"/></link>

Kenya's Supreme Court has said that the government should abide by a lower court's decision to give teachers a pay rise of at least 50%. The teachers' pay body had argued that it cannot afford the increase awarded by the industrial court.

<bold>Source</bold>: <link type="page"><caption> Kenya ordered to give teachers 50% pay rise</caption><url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-34042803" platform="highweb"/></link>