IES "DIEGO TORRENTE PÉREZ". SECCIÓN BILINGÜE EN INGLÉS

Our notes are in this link . You can watch and download the slide presentation we are reviewing in the class here: THE HYDROSPHERE from Mencar Car

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo is linked to the liberal revolutionary movements in the 19th century. Let's listen to a song about it: And linked to the Italian unity, we have the great Italian composer Verdi (1813-1901). Some of his melodies were used as hymns by the Italian patriots who wanted to unite Italy and against the Austrian presence in some Italian regions. The Italian nationalists took as a symbol of resistance against the invaders the chorus of the Hebrew slaves of the opera Nabucco ("Va pensiero"), which would become one of the best known sound passages of all time, and which was used by the nationalists to provoke the invaders. The walls of the cities of Italy were filled with the graffiti VERDI. The Austrians, surprised at what they understood as a tribute to the musician, finally discovered that the text was a political anagram of support for the pretender to the unified throne of the country, Victor Manuel. Actually, VERDI wanted to say

Chúpate esa! That was a sentence that people from Madrid dedicated to Fernando VII's second wife: Looking at his husband's portraits, I don't know who was uglier!  Let's talk about them:  a) Which building is she pointing in her portrait? why? b) How did she die? Were there some curious event in her death? c) Talking about curiousities, do you know any about Fernando VII's penis? d) There is other popular expression about Fernando VII (some people use it for Felipe II): "Así se las ponían...", could you explain it?