Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Uruguay
Natalia was quickly growing up. Like most teens, she was anxious to explore the world. At thirteen she began to go out dancing with her best friend, Rosa. Ivan, the high school hunk, was to become her first love.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Uruguay
Winning the Xuxa Paquita contest convinced her to move to Buenos Aires. Unfortunately for Natalia, it wasn’t easy to be sixteen and out on her own. She was lonely, and she struggled, but pride and her fierce ambition kept her from quitting.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Uruguay
The showbiz life can be cruel, even when you’re young, talented and beautiful. Though she came from nearby Uruguay, Natalia’s Argentine peers in their native Buenos Aires weren’t afraid to let her know she was a stranger infringing on their turf.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Uruguay
Pablo Echarri, Argentine heartthrob and television star, describes his earliest years in Buenos Aires. Also we hear from Pablo’s father about his experiences as a new parent for the very first time.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Uruguay
Echarri and his sister grew up without excess wealth, and even a hint of poverty, but they were happy. Circumstances only served to pull the family together and make them stronger.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Uruguay
Pablo’s sister, Roxa, came on the scene when he was seven. Like millions of little children before him, faced with the arrival of a rival, he was none too pleased. Today they are inseparable.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain Andalusia
Carolina talks about different accents and styles of speaking Spanish, particularly those found within Spain itself. Carolina is from Andalusia, in the South, and she contrasts her accent and common expressions with those of people from Barcelona and other regions.
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: Intermediate
Venezuela
Alejandra Carrero from Labofdreams, a psychological experimentation lab, talks to us about a memory exploration tool that seeks to heal personal or collective trauma.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Maoli talks to us about an important historical event that marked a before and after for the LBGTI collective: the Stonewall rebellion.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
As Lombana attempts to hold his workers accountable for what happened to Duque, the pressure on Duque himself is beginning to be too much for him to handle.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Guatemala
In the second part of his video, Lucas expounds upon the mental and physical challenges of performing his Wheel of Death act in the circus as well as explaining why being a clown is harder than it seems.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Guatemala
As a member of the eighth generation of a circus family originally from Guatemala, Lucas always dreamed of working abroad. His dream came true, and, after visiting a multitude of countries, he got his current job at Circus Berlin, where he performs on the dangerous and daring Wheel of Death.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
Hannelore tells us the exciting details of her two most recent circus acts: a laser show and a magic act in which she performs with her brother.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
Hannelore, the daughter of the managers of Circus Berlin, tells us her personal circus experience, including how she got started, the plethora of acts she has performed and the pros and cons of circus life.
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