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Otavalo - Idiomas

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Ecuador

Our friend Marco has decided to go out to the streets of Otavalo to talk with people about the importance of learning new languages. Let's see what they tell us.

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Caption 4 [es]: para poder conocer los intereses de las personas
Caption 4 [en]: to be able to learn about people's interests

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Otavalo - Tristeza

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Ecuador

In this conversation, two friends confide in one another about the saddest moments they have lived through as well as some of the ways in which they cope with sadness.

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Caption 47 [es]: cómo hablan las personas o cómo me tratan;
Caption 47 [en]: how people talk or how they treat me;

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Let's take a peek at a trail running event at Mojanda Trail, which takes place on the slopes of Mojanda Lagoon, north of Quito, Ecuador. Participants must train to run through various types of terrain, including water, at a high altitude. Let's hear from some of the participants!

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Caption 3 [es]: Estamos en un evento de más o menos quinientas personas,
Caption 3 [en]: We're at an event with more or less five hundred people

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Pipo - Conversación con su madre

Difficulty: Beginner

Ecuador

One day out at a park in Zacatecas, Pipo introduces us to his beloved mom. Let's hear her share what she enjoys about Mexico.

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Caption 11 [es]: Eh... Me gustan las personas;
Caption 11 [en]: Um... I like the people;

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Tena - Alturas

Difficulty: Beginner

Ecuador

Pipo and Priscilla take us on a brief excursion to a tower located in Parque Amazónico La Isla, where one can view the entire city of Tena, Ecuador. The experience for Priscilla, however, may be a little less relaxing.

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Caption 48 [es]: ahora, imagínate esas personas que se suben a globos estáticos [sic],
Caption 48 [en]: now, imagine those people who go up in hot air balloons,

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Otavalo - El Día del Albañil

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Ecuador

In Latin America, Construction Workers' Day is celebrated on May third to honor this important profession. Priscilla Rivera tells us the story behind this holiday.

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Caption 49 [es]: hemos entrevistado a algunas personas
Caption 49 [en]: we've interviewed some people

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Luana explica - La familia

Difficulty: Newbie

Ecuador

Luana tells us the Spanish names for the most immediate members of one's family.

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Caption 17 [es]: Bueno, esas personas son tus hermanos.
Caption 17 [en]: Well, those people are your brothers and sisters.

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Otavalo - Consejos de salud bucal

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

Vicky from the KIRU Dental Center in Otavalo, Ecuador, shares with us some home remedies for oral hygiene.

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Caption 28 [es]: está especialmente dirigido a las personas de la tercera edad
Caption 28 [en]: is particularly addressed to elderly people

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Otavalo - Claudia y sus pinturas

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

Claudia, a painter and fine and visual artist, explains to us the importance of being able to express herself through her art and how she began to paint for others on commission as well as creating her own brand of "Capullu" caps.

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Caption 41 [es]: Yo creo que todas las personas tenemos talentos increíbles,
Caption 41 [en]: I believe that all people have incredible talents,

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Imbabura - Paramédicos

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Ecuador

Let's get to know some members of the health workers group, "Cuidándote con amor" [Taking Care of You with Love], which was founded in March 2019 with the goal of taking care of patients of all ages as well as giving its members, mostly single mothers and young people, training and a manner of contributing to their households.

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Caption 7 [es]: cuando iniciamos con cinco personas.
Caption 7 [en]: when we started with five people.

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Otavalo - Panadero

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

Let's get to know baker, Humberto Velasquez, who tells us about his small, family-operated breadmaking business in Otavalo, Ecuador.

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Caption 16 [es]: y trabajamos entre tres personas en esta pequeña microempresa.
Caption 16 [en]: and the three of us work together at this small micro business.

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Otavalo - Artesanos

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

Jose Quinchuqui, a craftsman from Otavalo, Ecuador, fills us in about some of the details of his work, the different materials he employs, and the various ways in which he and his siblings contribute to the family business.

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Caption 2 [es]: Nosotros en mi familia somos diez personas,
Caption 2 [en]: In my family, there are ten of us,

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Días festivos - La diablada pillareña - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

Luis Moya, one of the Pillaro "devils" during the famed "Pillaro Dance of the Devils" celebration, gives us some insight into the significance behind some of its most important characters.

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Caption 28 [es]: Ellos van barriendo los pies de las personas
Caption 28 [en]: They go along sweeping people's feet

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Días festivos - La diablada pillareña - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

Cristina talks to us about the "Diablada Pillareña" [Pillaro Dance of the Devils], a popular annual celebration in Pillaro, Ecuador that has been deemed Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.

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Caption 11 [es]: Básicamente, las partidas son grupos de personas,
Caption 11 [en]: Basically, the parties are groups of people,

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Otavalo - Jorge, creador de atrapasueños

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Ecuador

Dreamcatchers are a type of talisman that are thought to ward off bad energy while retaining the good. Jorge Musuña, who makes them for a living in Otavalo, Ecuador, talks to us about their many sizes and varieties and their process of creation.

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Caption 39 [es]: Es, eh... Más o menos entre seis y siete personas lo [sic] que trabajamos aquí.
Caption 39 [en]: It's, um... We're more or less between six and seven people working here.

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