Listening Practice: São Paulo Graffiti Documentary

Posted by Rachel

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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5 Comments

  • Jenni commented on August 27, 2009 at 10:20 am |Permalink

    Great practice! Thanks

  • Duane commented on August 27, 2009 at 8:16 pm |Permalink

    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!!

  • Gina commented on August 28, 2009 at 11:57 am |Permalink

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

  • Fabricio commented on September 3, 2009 at 8:29 pm |Permalink

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

  • Fabricio commented on September 3, 2009 at 8:29 pm |Permalink

    4. ?
    5. caveira

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