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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 16 [es]: Pero el Gabo em', eh... simpatiza por todo lo que estaba pasando
Caption 16 [en]: But Gabo, u', um... sympathizes with everything that was happening,

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Cataluña y su gente - Tarragona histórica - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Professor Joan Martínez Manent clues us in about additional historical sites in Tarragona and tells us a fascinating story called The Burial of the Cat, which can be seen carved into the Tarragona Cathedral's cloister.

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Caption 72 [es]: el gato no estaba muerto,
Caption 72 [en]: the cat wasn't dead;

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Víctor en España - Gabriel García Márquez - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Venezuela

This time, we'll learn about Gabriel García Márquez's attitude towards Bogotá, his stint in Paris, and a poignant turning point in his life.

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Caption 21 [es]: que el Gabo estaba en París, en Francia,
Caption 21 [en]: when Gabo was in Paris, in France,

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Club 10 - Capítulo 3 - Part 7

Difficulty: Advanced

Colombia

The destruction of the magic wand seems to be affecting Juliana's sleep, and Aurelio is now determined to find a way to fix it.

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Caption 6 [es]: Esto no es precisamente lo que yo estaba pensando.
Caption 6 [en]: This isn't exactly what I was thinking.

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Club 10 - Capítulo 3 - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Colombia

Aurelio will stop at nothing in attempts to watch his favorite TV program and concocts a clever scheme.

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Caption 5 [es]: estaba robándole señal al vecino.
Caption 5 [en]: you were stealing the neighbor's signal.

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Víctor en España - Gabriel García Márquez - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Venezuela

Victor tells us more about the life of young García Márquez, his beginnings as a writer and the origin of one of his most famous novels: One Hundred Years of Solicitude.

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Caption 66 [es]: la ma'... la madre se le acerca a una de esas mesas donde él estaba con sus amigos
Caption 66 [en]: his mo'... his mother approaches one of those tables where he was with his friends,

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Cataluña y su gente - Tarragona histórica - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

This time, we'll discover with Joan Martínez Manent some interesting details about the Roman history of the current Spanish city of Tarragona.

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Caption 26 [es]: El foro, que estaba, eh... digamos,
Caption 26 [en]: The forum, which was, um... let's say,

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Casabermeja - Memoria histórica

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Casabermeja mayor Antonio Artacho talks to us about the commemoration of the proclamation of Spain's Second Republic, explaining, among other things, why the town's residents go to the town cemetery on this day.

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Caption 38 [es]: en el cementerio de Villanueva de Cauche, donde estaba la fosa,
Caption 38 [en]: at the Villanueva de Cauche cemetery, where the grave was,

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Adriana - La lectura - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Guatemala, Spain

According to Adriana, reading is one of the most entertaining and educational hobbies that one can acquire, and essential for learning languages. Let's hear about the most recent book she has read and recommends.

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Caption 43 [es]: El zar Nicolás Segundo estaba casado con Alejandra
Caption 43 [en]: Czar Nicolas the Second was married to Alexandra,

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Víctor en España - Vida y legado de Antonio Gaudí - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Venezuela

In this last video in honor of the great architect Antonio Gaudí, Victor tells us some interesting anecdotes that happened to him during the making of this series as well as about the love life of Antonio Gaudí.

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Caption 15 [es]: Yo le comento que estaba haciendo un trabajo sobre Antonio Gaudí.
Caption 15 [en]: I tell him that I'm doing a project about Antonio Gaudí.

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Víctor en España - La Plaza de San Felipe Neri de Barcelona

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Venezuela

From San Felipe Neri Plaza in Barcelona, Spain, Víctor Díaz offers us some insight into this site's historical importance and why it serves as a monument to world peace.

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Caption 11 [es]: En ese momento, que España estaba asolada por la Guerra Civil,
Caption 11 [en]: At that time, as Spain was devastated by the Civil War,

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Estampas argentinas - El Ateneo Grand Splendid - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina, Venezuela

Let's visit the Ateneo Grand Splendid, a bookstore in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that was formerly a theater and was declared by National Geographic the most beautiful bookstore in the world.

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Caption 44 [es]: que grabó en el estudio que estaba... que estaba acá en el subsuelo.
Caption 44 [en]: who recorded in the studio that was... that was here in the basement.

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Víctor en España - Vida y legado de Antonio Gaudí - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

Did you know that Antonio Gaudí had a reputation as a great mystic who is currently on a list to be canonized? Don't miss out on hearing more about these and other interesting details about the life— and death— of this extraordinary architect.

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Caption 57 [es]: y que Gaudí, eh... se decía que estaba inspirado por Dios
Caption 57 [en]: and that Gaudí, um... it was said that he was inspired by God

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Hispanoamericanos en Berlín - Irwin y su vernissage

Difficulty: Intermediate

Chile

Let's join Irwin Bruno, a young Chilean living in Berlin, at his vernissage, where he will explain to us the inspiration for several of his paintings.

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Caption 13 [es]: estaba terminando el día, en el "sunset" [inglés: atardecer],
Caption 13 [en]: I was finishing the day, in the sunset,

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Viajando con Fermín - Festival de Cine SSIFF - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

On the occasion of the seventieth annual San Sebastián International Film Festival, Fermín has traveled to his hometown to attend this extraordinary event. In this video, he shares details about his trip, as well as his first impressions of the festival.

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Caption 54 [es]: estaba metido de lleno en todo el ambiente del festival.
Caption 54 [en]: I was fully immersed in the whole atmosphere of the festival.

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