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De consumidor a persona - Short Film - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain

Transgenic, or genetically modified, crops are a marginal issue for most people in the United States. This is not the case in Europe, where the issue of transgénicos is very much in the forefront of the public's mind.

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Caption 8 [es]: y ahora tenemos como siete, ocho
Caption 8 [en]: and now we have about seven, eight of them

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De consumidor a persona - Short Film - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain

Reducir, reutilizar, y reciclar: most of us have heard it in English, and here we hear it in Spanish. These women explain to us the “three R's” to combat the excessive amount of waste that we generate.

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Caption 5 [es]: ¿Cómo podemos hacerlo? Pues normalmente reduciendo los consumos
Caption 5 [en]: How can we do that? Well normally reducing the consumption

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De consumidor a persona - Short Film - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain

Is organic farming still ecological when excessive resources are spent to ship goods halfway around the world? Why are ecologically-oriented producers more subject to government oversight than those using environmental contaminants?

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Caption 24 [es]: como es los incrementos de CO2,
Caption 24 [en]: as are the increments of CO2,

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Si*Sé - EPK

Difficulty: Beginner

Dominican Republic

Si*Sé brings together musical languages such as hip-hop, funk, rock, jazz and even classical violin. Singer Carol C, who grew up in a Spanish language household within an English language city, adds bilingual vocals that pull together the group’s electrifying sound.

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Caption 2 [es]: Y como yo canto en bilingüe yo quería un nombre bilingüe también.
Caption 2 [en]: And since I sing bilingually I also wanted a bilingual name.

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Circo - Cascarón

Difficulty: Beginner

Puerto Rico

How hard is your cáscara? Here Circo’s José Luis “Fofé” Abreu sings about a certain someone with the power to crack his. Note that cáscara is mostly used for eggs and nuts, whereas the shell of a turtle would be caparazón and that of a snail would be concha.

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Caption 2 [es]: suave como el terciopelo
Caption 2 [en]: soft like velvet

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Control Machete - El Apostador

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

An apostador is anyone who makes a wager. Control Machete’s "El Apostador" comes off their album Uno, Dos. This exquisitely animated video backs up the song’s tale of have and have not. It must be your lucky day, because we’re betting that you are going to learn something!

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Caption 22 [es]: Esto es como un volado
Caption 22 [en]: This is like floating

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Café Tacvba - Mediodía

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

Medio signifies “half,” and so of course mediodía comes around at 12 o’clock noon (“half day”). Café Tacuba’s Rubén Albarrán ponders another perfect sunshine midday and wonders why he is has no one with whom to share it. Live concert video! (See Rubén’s guest appearance in Inspector’s video for the tune "Amnesia".)

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Caption 4 [es]: Mira las plantas, como reaniman la vista alrededor
Caption 4 [en]: Look at the plants, how they enhance the view around

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Enanitos Verdes - Luz de día

Difficulty: Intermediate

Argentina

Who is this woman that Marciano Cantero met in Denver one winter evening? (Madonna?) It may have been a temporary affair, but the song it inspired has endured, proving to be one of the Enanitos Verdes’ biggest crowd pleasers, as you can see from this concert footage.

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Caption 14 [es]: Entonces nada, me acerqué y le dije "Hola, ¿cómo estás?"
Caption 14 [en]: So well, I got closer and said "Hi, how are you?"

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Javier García - EPK - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Argentina, Spain

¿Quién es Javier García? With his producer (and two-time Academy Award winner) Gustavo Santaolalla, Javier Garcia talks about his roots and influences. Also, we learn about some noted musicians who contributed to the album 13, including the great trumpet player, Arturo Sandoval.

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Caption 27 [es]: Poder sentir cómo crece cada día mi amor por ti
Caption 27 [en]: To be able to feel how my love for you grows every day

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Javier García - EPK - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Argentina, Spain

We’ve all heard of the bolero, which has its modern roots in nineteenth century Santiago de Cuba (even though we might not be able to hum one on cue). But what about the cuartetazo? Born in Córdoba, Argentina, and derived from Spanish and Italian dances, the name is derived from the fact that the earliest players were invariably four-piece bands. The rhythm is similar to merengue.

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Caption 11 [es]: llamado Javier García, como yo.
Caption 11 [en]: called Javier García, like me.

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Rafael T. - Viaje al norte

Difficulty: Beginner

Guatemala

Marriage and children bring with them needs and responsiblities that a soltero doesn’t have. Rafael hopes to grow his small pharmacy into a cadena of drug stores that he can use to benefit his wife and kids. To raise the necessary capital, Rafael is working abroad for a few years.

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Caption 14 [es]: pensé con mi esposa o con mi mujer como ustedes lo llaman...
Caption 14 [en]: I thought with my wife or with my woman as you all may say...

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Taimur - Taimur canta

Difficulty: Beginner

Venezuela

Recently the song "Mesa Que Más Aplauda" from the Mexican group Climax had reached coastal Venezuela and was blasting from every bootleg music kiosk and bus stereo. Its catchy, inane, meaningless refrain za za za, yakuza, yakuza was on the lips of every impressionable child from 5 to 50. Taimur was no exception (nor were we!)

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Caption 10 [es]: Y yo... soy muy, muy inquieto... como me dicen pues.
Caption 10 [en]: And I... I am very restless... like some people tell me.

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Disputas - La Extraña Dama - Part 13

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina

Viewer Discretion Advised

Cianuro is, as you may have guessed, the Spanish term for “cyanide,” a poison that has long been used to propel dramatic intrigue. In Gabriel García Márquez’ Love in the Time of Cholera, for example, the photographer kills himself with it. Watch closely for the lethal chemistry cameo.

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Caption 37 [es]: Melina, ¿cómo estás?
Caption 37 [en]: Melina, how are you?

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Disputas - La Extraña Dama - Part 12

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina

Viewer Discretion Advised

Gala says she is ill in the guardia of a hospital, but that doesn’t seem to be the case at all. Meanwhile, Majo is intent on interrupting her husband’s enjoyment of a good book.

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Caption 13 [es]: Hola Gala... ¿Cómo estás?
Caption 13 [en]: Hello Gala... How are you?

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Disputas - La Extraña Dama - Part 11

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina

Viewer Discretion Advised

What exactly does Soledad care about that fellow’s uncle? And is the former child star really concerned with the girls’ ability to earn a living? Stay tuned…

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Caption 4 [es]: Un ratito para... para ver cómo está... ¿Puede ser?
Caption 4 [en]: Just for a while... to see how she's feeling... May I?

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