Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Spain
The game of brisca uses 40 cards known as the “Spanish deck.” One aspect of play involves using body language to reveal your hand to your partner. This is why the gentleman says “we blink an eye and we do like this…” He is making a joke about this body language/cards relationship when he says “your head aches when you have the ace of oros.”
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Spain
The feisty Sevillian María La Mala Rodriquez talks about her career as a Spanish hip-hop artist. True to her “southern” roots, she often drops her “s” sounds, the way Carolina mentions in her clip on the various accents of Spain.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Venezuela
Patricia talks about ways to stay active in Coro, Venezuela, patrimonio cultural de la humanidad. She enjoys the gym and classes in Tae Bo, an exercise phenomenon that seems to know no political boundaries. She also enjoys going out on Friday nights with friends to the local disco. As far as boys go, it seems a young man named Leopaldo is winning the race to her heart…
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Venezuela
Medical student Patricia Martí tells us about the study she is conducting in the village of Adícora. The study is a look at the incidence of skin problems caused by sun exposure in this town where many people work outdoors, including quite a few fishermen.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Venezuela
Patricia will soon be a full-fledged doctor of medicine, but first she must complete the internship she is doing in the rural Venezuelan community of Charaima, on the Peninsula de Paraguaná. She tells us a little bit about the road she’s travelled to get to this point in her academic career.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Venezuela
In a time of pretty sharp political divide in Venezuela, Patricia, gives a frank middle-of-the-road explanation of the current political climate and her place in the country’s politics as apolitica.
Difficulty:
Advanced
Spain
The commentators discuss in enthusiastic detail Mel Gibson's film "Man Without a Face," including an iconic shot that evokes another classic film and a stellar child performance.
Difficulty:
Advanced
Ecuador, Spain
Cristina goes out onto the street to talk to people about several fascinating Spanish words that, despite having only one spelling and pronunciation, have more than one meaning.
Difficulty:
Advanced
Spain
On today's edition of "El Club de los Cinéfilos Muertos" (The Dead Movie Buffs Club), the topic at hand is Mel Gibson, the very famous actor who later became a great film director. Let's see what the guys have to say about his films.
Difficulty:
Advanced
Venezuela
In the last part of this series of videos dedicated to the writer Gabriel García Márquez, Víctor tells us about the life of the author nicknamed "Gabo" following his return to Colombia and how the creation and publishing his world-renowned novel One Hundred Years of Solitude came about.
Difficulty:
Advanced
Ecuador
Two good friends speak about the subject of marriage and what getting married would mean to them. Let's listen in!
Difficulty:
Advanced
Colombia
This time, we will have the opportunity to learn details about the career of champion Miguel Ángel López through the words of the cyclist himself as well as his coach and his mother.
Difficulty:
Advanced
Ecuador, Peru
Commonly known as "emoliente," Peruvian aloe vera juice has gained popularity globally due to its many health benefits. Let's hear a vendor from Otavalo talk more in detail about it.
Difficulty:
Advanced
Colombia
Let's learn Julián Cardona's primary motivation when racing as well as some of the characteristics that define the mentality of the great cycling champs.
Difficulty:
Advanced
Colombia
Let's learn more details about the life of champion cyclist Julián Cardona through anecdotes shared by his father and the grandmother who raised him.
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