Listening Practice: São Paulo Graffiti Documentary

Posted on 27. Aug, 2009 by in Culture, Geography, Learning

Today, we’re going to do a listening comprehension activity with a great thirteen minute documentary on graffiti art in São Paulo. Watch the video clicking the link above (which has subtitles) and then take a look at the questions to see how well you picked up on vocabulary in the video.

Photo: Alexandre Orion (artist featured in the documentary)

Questions:

1. What’s the word for “flashlight” in Portuguese?

2.  How does the artist say “I could go on forever” in Portuguese?

3.  There’s a shot of a graffiti painting with the message “Please don’t throw trash.” How is it written in Portuguese?

4. What’s the difference between the Portuguese words for “tunnel” and “tunnels?”

5. What’s the Portuguese word for “skull?”

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No Responses to “Listening Practice: São Paulo Graffiti Documentary”

  1. Jenni 27 August 2009 at 10:20 am #

    Great practice! Thanks

  2. Duane 27 August 2009 at 8:16 pm #

    After just watching the great documentary, I couldn’t get one question right even though I heard other common words that I’ve learned. Great exercise for practice though. Keep it coming!!

  3. Gina 28 August 2009 at 11:57 am #

    Great video! Wonderful ‘removal’ graffiti. Thanks for the various language posts!

  4. Fabricio 3 September 2009 at 8:29 pm #

    eu vo tentar:
    1. ?
    2. eu posso continuar lentamente
    3. por favor nao jogge o lixo
    4.

  5. Fabricio 3 September 2009 at 8:29 pm #

    4. ?
    5. caveira


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