- To fans........................................................................................
- To critics......................................................................................
- Last year Catalonia's parliament.............................................
- The campaign was......................................................................
- For fans, this is .............................................................................
- Tickets for the last bullfight........................................................
- For trainee toreros......................................................................
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Ok, guys. After all the work we've done with Catalonia's bullfight ban, you are more than ready to write an opinion essay about it. Follow the instructions of the presentation you'll find below. Don't forget to include specific vocabulary on the issue. You have until 9 October to send your essays.
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Script
The clash of man and beast. To fans this is a display of great courage and skill; to critics it’s sadistic and outdated. The bullfighting tradition remains strong in much of Spain, but today it’s the last corrida in Catalonia.
It was last year that the region’s parliament voted to ban bullfighting, after a campaign led by animal rights activists. Their cause was supported by Catalan nationalists, ever keen to mark their difference from the rest of Spain and its traditions.
The crowds at Barcelona’s last bullring had been shrinking for some time, many who came were tourists. For fans, though, this is the sad end of an era.
Some of Spain’s top toreros are on the bill for the final fight here. Tickets sold out at record speed, even street posters have been torn down and spirited away as souvenirs. But, for trainee toreros like these, the future is uncertain. Animal rights groups have vowed to extend the ban on bullfighting across the country, but they know they face a far tougher task outside Catalonia, in the bullfighting heartlands of Andalucía and Madrid.. …. BBC News, Madrid.
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