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El Club de los Cinéfilos Muertos - Mel Gibson - Part 6

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.

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Caption 38 [es]: El guión, creo, está bastante bien.
Caption 38 [en]: The script, I think, is quite good.

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El Club de los Cinéfilos Muertos - Mel Gibson - Part 3

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.

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Caption 40 [es]: Creo que la película funciona bastante bien,
Caption 40 [en]: I think that the film works quite well,

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El Club de los Cinéfilos Muertos - Mel Gibson - Part 2

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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Caption 55 [es]: aquí está bastante bien; es una de esas interpretaciones infantiles
Caption 55 [en]: here, he's quite good; it's one of those child performances

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Víctor en España - Gabriel García Márquez - Part 4

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.

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Caption 27 [es]: La... la relación del dinero con Gabo es realmente bastante extraña.
Caption 27 [en]: The... Gabo's relationship with money is really quite strange.

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Isabel y Paula contigo - Facultad de Bellas Artes - Part 3

Difficulty: Advanced

Spain

Isabel and Paula continue to tell us more interesting things about the fine arts department at the renowned Complutense University of Madrid, including the fact that art has even pervaded the bathrooms!

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Caption 64 [es]: para i'... e'... escenografía e iluminación escénica, o sea, contrasta bastante...
Caption 64 [en]: for i'... th'... set design and stage lighting, I mean, it contrasts quite a bit...

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Casabermeja - Jornadas gastronómicas

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain

Luis Lozano, organizer of the Jornadas Gastronómicas de Casabermeja (Casabermeja's Gastrononomic Days), tells us both about the charming locale in Málaga where the festival is held and what products and activities we can expect to find there.

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Caption 8 [es]: como una fiesta gastronómica de bastante peso.
Caption 8 [en]: as a gastronomic festival of considerable influence.

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Isabel y Paula contigo - Facultad de Bellas Artes - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain

Paula and Isabel explain more of the idiosyncrasies of their unique college fine arts department, where there is a "pool" area, a dilapidated cafeteria, some very interesting characters and more.

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Caption 17 [es]: pues es un espacio que... bastante, eh... agradecido
Caption 17 [en]: well, it's a space that... quite, um... gratifying

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Isabel y Paula contigo - Facultad de Bellas Artes - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

Spain

Paula and Isabel describe the Fine Arts Department at the Complutense University of Madrid, which has its own characteristic energy and traditions. Let's find out more!

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Caption 57 [es]: y creo que es algo que al final une bastante.
Caption 57 [en]: and I think that it's something that, in the end, unites [people] a lot.

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Cataluña y su gente - Ferrán el librero

Difficulty: Advanced

Spain

Ferrán, an employee at Casa del Libro, one of Barcelona's most important bookstores, takes us inside as well as explaining to us about his passion for writing, reading and books.

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Caption 25 [es]: Yo soy aman'... bueno, escribo bastante
Caption 25 [en]: I am a lov'... well, I write quite a bit,

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Víctor en España - La fiesta de Santa Tecla

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain, Venezuela

Víctor Díaz introduces us to the vibrant Santa Tecla festival in Tarragona, Spain. With the help of a local, we will learn about some of the festival's entertaining events as well as the beauty and inviting atmosphere of the city of Tarragona.

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Caption 73 [es]: Son unas fiestas bastante... agradables, divertidas, amenas,
Caption 73 [en]: They're some quite.... nice, fun, entertaining festivities,

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Sonido Babel - El candombe de Uruguay

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Uruguay, Venezuela

What is candombe? In this episode from Sonido Babel [Babel Sound], we'll travel to Uruguay to find out more about this musical style that is influenced by more than twenty different African cultures as well as the indigenous Charrúas and Guaranis, the Spanish, and the Portuguese.

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Caption 33 [es]: se nos haría bastante difícil corroborarlo.
Caption 33 [en]: it would become quite difficult for us to confirm it.

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Saraguro - Tienda "Colors"

Difficulty: Advanced

Ecuador

Manuel Quispe, owner of the indigenous clothing shop, Colors, in Saraguro, Ecuador, explains to us about some of the items they sell, particularly their handcrafted traditional necklaces.

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Caption 48 [es]: Hay otros también, otros tipos de collares como estos; son bastante comerciales.
Caption 48 [en]: There are others too, other kinds of necklaces like these ones; they are quite commercial.

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Bogotá - Chorro de Quevedo

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Colombia

Located in the popular La Candelaria neighborhood, the Chorro de Quevedo Plaza is one of Bogota, Colombia's most renowned tourist attractions and according to one theory, the site of the founding of the city itself. Tourists and locals alike flock there for both its historic and current significance, many hoping to try the famous "chicha," an indigenous fermented corn drink.

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Caption 14 [es]: ha venido bastante gente y
Caption 14 [en]: quite a lot of people have come and

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Otavalo - Antiguedades 'La Reliquia'

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Ecuador

Ecuadorian antique shop owner, Víctor Echeverría, shares with us its history and some of its unique treasures.

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Caption 30 [es]: Entonces, se ha dificultado bastante la venta y...
Caption 30 [en]: So, selling has become quite a bit more difficult and...

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Europa Abierta - Joaquín Pérez - Escultor de belenes

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain

Meet Joaquín Pérez, an award-winning Andalusian Nativity Scene sculptor.

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Caption 59 [es]: un Belén con una adoración de Magos bastante impactante
Caption 59 [en]: a Nativity with Worship of the Wise Men scene quite impacting

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