Ejercicio Text 2: Spanish Guiri · Inglés PAU Andalucía Examen H 2020

TEXT 2: SPANISH GUIRI

1 The word guiri is commonly used in Spain to describe a certain type of traveler, a foreign tourist who struggles to understand

2 the local culture, or someone from abroad who, once retired, decides to move here.

3 Apparently, the word guiri took on its current meaning thanks to a man named Gary Bedell. Bedell was born in Canada in 1954

4 and learned Spanish at a young age. He joined Canada's diplomatic service, and in 1992, he oversaw the Canadian pavilion at

5 the Universal Exposition of Seville (Expo'92). During the six months the Expo was on, the Canadian diplomat got to know the city.

6 He discovered Andalusian beers and took long walks across the city. Bedell has now lived in Spain for more than 20 years. In an

7 interview, he claimed "Andalusians have everything". While Gary is his birth name, he became known as Guiri in Seville. Bedell

8 took on the nickname and used it in his favor —for a while, it was even part of the name of his travel website on Spain, The guiri's corner.

10 Today everyone uses the word in their own way to refer to tourists. It is not insulting, but it is also difficult to give it an entirely

11 positive meaning. In a recent Twitter debate, one user who identified himself as a foreign visitor to Spain argued that the word

12 perpetuates unfair stereotypes. According to him, the Spanish use the word to describe tourists who travel across Spain eating

13 "fluorescent paella" and going to bars no local would ever enter. In other words, he said, the word is used to describe someone

14 who is not one of us, and will never be.

CHOOSE AND WRITE THE CORRECT OPTION (A, B, C or D). (0.5 points each)

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According to the text, the word guiri...

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Gary Bedell...

ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE PRECISE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT, OR USE YOUR OWN WORDS. (0.5 points each)

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