Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Colombia, Spain
Ibiza is a wonderful holiday destination any day, but the summer solstice presents an opportunity to partake in an ancient tradition and celebrate all night long. Let’s join Tatiana for a cruise on a beautiful velero to visit some secret swimming spots and then we’ll head into town for la noche de San Juan.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Is organic farming still ecological when excessive resources are spent to ship goods halfway around the world? Why are ecologically-oriented producers more subject to government oversight than those using environmental contaminants?
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Reducir, reutilizar, y reciclar: most of us have heard it in English, and here we hear it in Spanish. These women explain to us the “three R's” to combat the excessive amount of waste that we generate.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Transgenic, or genetically modified, crops are a marginal issue for most people in the United States. This is not the case in Europe, where the issue of transgénicos is very much in the forefront of the public's mind.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Colombia
She loves Barcelona, but lovely Tatiana’s accent quickly gives her away as a colombiana (from Bogotá, to be precise). Until the Olympics came to town and spurred a facelift, Barcelona wasn’t really living up to its potential. But now it is fully exploiting its great location on the Mediterranean Sea.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Argentina
Her name is Milagros- her nickname, “Cholito”. She’s wild on the soccer field, and not much tamer off of it. An orphan, she was brought up in a convent. But now she’s almost 18, and she will have to make her own way in the world. The world might not be quite ready…
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Argentina
Victoria isn’t exactly what you’d call “deep”, but she’s no pushover. She knows what she likes, and what she doesn’t. She certainly doesn’t like to be called Vicki, nor does she enjoy the company of Bobby, her brother’s chatterbox friend. She strives for ever more glamour and refinement, even deciding to change the name of her driver from Rocky to the more patrician “Morgan”.
Difficulty:
Advanced
Spain
On this occasion, we hear comments about another famous Mel Gibson film: The Passion of the Christ.
Difficulty:
Advanced
Venezuela
In this part, Víctor's daughter, Valeria, tells us her reason for traveling to Lloret de Mar, as well as her impressions of this charming coastal town.
Difficulty:
Advanced
Spain
The discussion continues about the movie Braveheart, focused, among other things, on the script and Mel Gibson's religious influence on the film.
Difficulty:
Advanced
Spain
On this occasion, the discussion revolves around the influence that "Braveheart" has had on the way battles are portrayed in other famous movies.
Difficulty:
Advanced
Bolivia
The girls from Imilla Skate talk to us about what skateboarding represents for them, describing the special feeling that comes from riding a board.
Difficulty:
Advanced
Spain
We continue looking in more detail at some key scenes from the movie "Braveheart" that show Mel Gibson's style of narrating history.
Difficulty:
Advanced
Spain
The hosts move on to the second film directed by Mel Gibson: "Braveheart," which, in spite of the difficulty he had finding producers, went on to win five Oscars.
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.
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