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Quito - El metro

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

Naty takes us to discover Quito's metro, a modern and efficient public transportation system. Let's listen to some details about it and find out why it's considered a comfortable and safe way to get around the Ecuadorian capital.

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Caption 26 [es]: tiene una curiosidad de que se demoró diez años en construirse.
Caption 26 [en]: it has the curious fact that it took ten years to build.

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Hecho en México - Documentary - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

In this part of the documentary, writer and journalist Juan Villoro offers a reflection on the current state of Mexican society and the need for a new generation of Mexicans to emerge.

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Caption 7 [es]: Fue así durante los... eh, setenta y un años del PRI.
Caption 7 [en]: It was like this during the... uh, seventy-one years of the PRI.

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El Club de los Cinéfilos Muertos - Mel Gibson - Part 7

Difficulty: Advanced

Spain

On this occasion, we hear comments about another famous Mel Gibson film: The Passion of the Christ.

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Caption 16 [es]: porque estamos hablando de una de las películas más polémicas de los últimos años.
Caption 16 [en]: because we're talking about one of the most controversial movies of recent years.

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Víctor en España - En Lloret de Mar - Part 2

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.

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Caption 19 [es]: Ya que todos los años es una tradición
Caption 19 [en]: Since every year it's a tradition

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Hecho en México - Documentary - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

In this part, writer and journalist Juan Villoro reflects on violence in Mexico, concluding with a message of hope from iconic singer Chavela Vargas.

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Caption 6 [es]: inimaginable en otros años.
Caption 6 [en]: unimaginable in other years.

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Víctor en España - En Lloret de Mar - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina, Venezuela

Víctor speaks to us from Lloret de Mar, a charming town on the Catalan Costa Brava with rich culture and history and famous for welcoming tourists of all nationalities.

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Caption 33 [es]: Eh... Hace tres años casi que vivo aquí.
Caption 33 [en]: Uh... I've been living here for almost three years.

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El Club de los Cinéfilos Muertos - Mel Gibson - Part 5

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.

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Caption 4 [es]: Hay... hay gente que a lo mejor la vio hace veinticinco años.
Caption 4 [en]: There are... there are people who might have seen it twenty-five years ago.

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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 46 [es]: creo que, hasta donde yo sé, murió a los veinte años.
Caption 46 [en]: I think that, as far as I know, died at twenty years old.

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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 8 [es]: fue cuando tenía catorce años,
Caption 8 [en]: was when I was fourteen years old,

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Otavalo - Totora - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

Artisans from San Rafael de la Laguna, Ecuador, who specialize in crafts made with cattails, show us some of the many products they produce while telling us about some nuances of working with this material.

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Caption 9 [es]: aguanta hasta cinco, seis años,
Caption 9 [en]: last up to five, six years,

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Víctor en España - La familia de Víctor - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Venezuela

Let's hear Victor's daughter Valeria talk about her personal experience emigrating to Spain and she feels that traveling to other countries is an invaluable experience for all of us.

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Caption 14 [es]: —apenas llegó de catorce años—
Caption 14 [en]: she came at barely fourteen years old—

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Semillero de Escarabajos - Chapter 4 - Part 3

Difficulty: Advanced

Colombia

Let's learn more details about the life of champion cyclist Julián Cardona through anecdotes shared by his father and the grandmother who raised him.

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Caption 23 [es]: y se me murió a los... a la edad de veinti'... veintidós años.
Caption 23 [en]: y she died on me at... at the age of twenty... twenty-two.

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Otavalo - Totora - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

Priscilla Rivera introduces us to the community of San Rafael, a hundred kilometers from Quito, where locals engage in an ancestral activity based on the totora plant. Let's hear more details about it.

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Caption 8 [es]: ya que tiene por muchísimo tiempo, por más de veinte años,
Caption 8 [en]: since it has been, for a very long time, for more than twenty years,

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Semillero de Escarabajos - Chapter 4 - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Colombia

Let's learn about champion cyclist Julián Cardona's beginnings in cycling and the influence his father's passion for cycling had on him.

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Caption 1 [es]: Julián Cardona, a sus dieciocho años,
Caption 1 [en]: Julián Cardona, at his eighteen years of age,

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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 48 [es]: de ciento y pico, doscientos años.
Caption 48 [en]: a hundred or so, two hundred years.

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