25 September 2013

Dalimotion

The Persistence of Memory (1931) by Dali

Click HERE to listen to a description of the painting!
Description on WIKIPAINTINGS: click HERE!

To do/questions:
  1. Listen to the description and read the WIKIPAINTINGS analysis.
  2. Describe this painting in your own words.
  3. Think up questions to ask someone about this painting (such as: "What title would you have given this work?"; "Does the fly symbolize something?", etc.)
  4. Get someone to answer your questions!
  5. Why do you like or dislike this painting?
  6. In pairs, present the painting to a group of "tourists" (one person saying why he/she likes the painting and the other why he/she dislikes it).
  7. Describe a nightmare in which you lost the notion of time...
  8. Make a list of expressions that use the word "time" ("time to close", "time is money", "time's up", etc.), translate each expression and then make up a sentence in English that uses that expression.