Mi vida en otra lengua

Semana 1
Unit I. What are you doing?

Actividad integradora 1. Dancing at the Moulin

1. Look at the painting Dance at the mill of the Galette (Bal du moulin de la Galette) by Pierre-
Auguste Renoir. What is happening on the scene?
(Observa la pintura “El baile del molino de la Galette” (Bal du moulin de la Galette) de Pierre-Auguste
Renoir. ¿Qué está sucediendo en la escena?)

Dance at the mill of the Galette (Bal du moulin de la Galette), Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1

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Pierre-Auguste, Renoir, El baile del molino de la Galette, Jean-Gilles Berizzi en Musée d'Orsay, 1876, https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr?
nocache=1&zoom=1&tx_damzoom_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=4038 (consultado el 8 de octubre de 2021).
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Mi vida en otra lengua
Semana 1
Unit I. What are you doing?

2. Answer the following questions:

(Responde las siguientes preguntas:)

What is happening in the picture?

I think the people in the picture attended a party. They are enjoying the event, dancing, and
talking. In the picture, I can see child, women and men.

What are the woman and the man doing? (a) What are they wearing?
They are dancing hugging, probably, they are a couple. They are dressing elegantly.
The woman is dressing with a long cream dress and black underwear. The man is
wearing brown trousers, a black hat, black shoes, and a gray sack and finally a white
shirt.

What is the man with hat next to the tree doing? (b)
I am not sure, but I think he is hugging a little girl while he is looking around. Probably he is
finding someone.

What are the girl and the woman doing? (c) What do you think they are talking
about?
They are talking, probably they are talking about how fun is the party or about the weather,
or maybe they are daughter and mother.

What are the two women and the man doing? (d) What do you think they are talking
about?
They are enjoying the party while they are sitting, probably they are getting to know each
other.

What are the two men at the table doing? (e)

Both men are sitting while one of them are writing or painting something. The other man
who is wearing a black hat is eating probably a candy.

3. Write two questions that you would ask the characters.

(Escribe dos preguntas que les harías a los personajes.)

What are you eating and drinking in the party?

Are you enjoying the party?

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Mi vida en otra lengua
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Unit I. What are you doing?

4. Record a voice message where you describe what happens in the painting, to send to your
friend as an audio file on WhatsApp. You can start by saying:
(Graba un mensaje de voz en que describas lo que ocurre en la pintura, para enviarlo a tu amigo(a)
como archivo de audio por WhatsApp. Puedes iniciar diciendo:)

“Hi, guess what? I am watching a fantastic painting named Dance at the mill of the Galette. There
are many people there. In the picture, I can see…”