Describe fictional people using the adjectives in the list linked
above. (Please, only describe interesting and "different"
characters from literature - popular literature, TV, Film, comic
books, etc. i.e. not straight from history.) Possibilities: Homer
Simpson and/or Charles Montgomery Burns (from the Simpsons), Forrest
Gump, Lt. Columbo, The Fonz, Jack Sparrow, Alonzo (from Training
Day), Steve Urkel, Mr. Spock, Hannibal Lecter, Mr. Bean, Niles Crane
(from Frasier), Al and Peg Bundy, Scarlett O'Hara, Lucy (from "I
Love Lucy"), Barney Fife, Don Quixote, Sancho Panza, Cosmo
Kramer (from "Seinfeld"), Renton, Begbie and/or Spud (from
Trainspotting), Eeyore (from Winnie the Pooh), The Narrator (from
Fight Club), Sherlock Holmes, Dr. House, Watson, Wilson, John Locke
and/or Hurley (from Lost), Hamlet, Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde, Scrooge,
Job, Tarzan, Frodo and Sam (LOTR), Charlie Chaplin, Peter Pan, Silvio
Dante (from the Sopranos), Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson in As Good
As It Gets), Warren R. Schmidt (from About Schmidt), Lester Burnham
(from American Beauty), Benny Hill, etc. etc. More,
More.
The idea is to practice using the adjectives in the list linked
above in context. The usage of taboo language is permitted in the
recordings about fictional characters, but I'll have to mark the
recordings as for "adults only."
Describe real people using the adjectives in the list linked
above. (Please, only describe interesting and "different"
characters straight from history. Be respectful as I will have
to edit bits out of your sound files if it's going to get both
of us on someone's death list or me in court. I.e. absolutely
no taboo language is allowed in this section. In any case, it's
understood that everything here is somebody's opinion,
not actual fact.)
Possibilities:
Dead Spanish people: Falla, Camerón, Lola Flores, Franco,
Isabela, Fernando, Carlos I, Felipe II, Goya, Velazquez, Gaudi,
Picasso, Dalí, Miró, Lorca, Cervantes, etc.
Spanish people who are alive: Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz,
Javier Bardem, Alejandro Sanz, Julio Iglesias, Zapatero, Aznar,
Rajoy, Rosa Diaz, Felipe Gonzalez, Gallardon, Aguirre, Umbral,
Botin, Ybarra, Butrageño, Miguel Indurain, Raul, Alonso Sanz,
etc.
The idea is to practice using the adjectives in the list linked
above in context.
Americans and others: Complete list from TIME of: Top 100 most influential people of 2007.
Also, Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention with a Spanish translation Obama convention speech. Also, listen to my talk about McCain's running mate content (13 min).
Here's Palin and Clinton on the late night comedy show "Saturday Night Live": NYTimes.