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Arturo Vega - Entrevista - Part 5

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

Some people could see Arturo Vega as just a guy who happened to design the Ramones logo, but the truth is that he had to get his hands dirty with hard work, and that meant loading tons of equipment, manning the lights and basically doing whatever was needed by the band. The reward was great: thousands, maybe millions, wearing an image that he created.

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Caption 35 [es]: estás trabajando con una banda bien grande en Estados Unidos
Caption 35 [en]: you're working with a really big band in the United States

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Ricardo Arjona - Quiero

Difficulty: Beginner

Guatemala

Guatemalan crooner Ricardo Arjona sings a long list of things he wants in his song “Quiero.” This video for “Quiero” was shot in the Dominican Republic and features the stunning Miss D.R. 2007, Massiel Taveras.

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Caption 1 [es]: Quiero cometer el error más grande del mundo
Caption 1 [en]: I want to make the biggest mistake in the world

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Biografía - Natalia Oreiro - Part 10

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina

Off-screen, Natalia Oreiro’s love life sounds a lot less complicated than her on-screen characters’. After her six-year relationship with fellow actor Pablo Echarri ended amicably, she found love with the front man of the band “Divididos,” Ricardo Mollo, with whom she had more in common with than people seem to think.

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Caption 76 [es]: Entonces se formó un grupo grande y en uno de esos
Caption 76 [en]: So a big group was formed and in one of those

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Francisco Pérez - Fray Luis de León

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Francisco Pérez recites about Fray Luis de León (one of Salamanca’s most noted poets and thinkers), while standing in a courtyard in front of the friar’s statue.

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Caption 6 [es]: más grande, más grande. -¿Sí?
Caption 6 [en]: bigger, bigger. -Really?

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Arturo Vega - Entrevista - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

Arturo Vega is a big part of The Ramones’ history. We even have proof! Actually he was the one who designed the well known Ramones’ logo, which is one part presidential seal, one part outlaw biker. In this interview he tells us why they chose to be represented by an aguila.

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Caption 49 [es]: De segunda, con un águila muy grande.
Caption 49 [en]: Second-hand, with a very big eagle.

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Shaila Dúrcal - Vuélvete la luna

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

Ángeles Morales de las Heras, a.k.a. Shaila Dúrcal, the child of pop stars Rocio Dúrcal and Antonio Morales Barreto, grew up in Madrid but spent much of her life on the road touring the world with her mom. No stranger to the limelight, she debuted on Spanish television at 12, singing for Nikka Costa, who was then 19. Adult success was not immediate, but came quickly with the release of the highly sentimental, Recordando, her second album.

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Caption 8 [es]: Este amor tan grande se quedó conmigo
Caption 8 [en]: Such a big love stayed with me

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Rafael T. - Guatemala Hermosa

Difficulty: Beginner

Guatemala

Wicoy: como una calabaza pequeña, tal vez 15 cm de diametro, verde y blanco y es mucho mas fino que la calabaza. Para comer es parecido a un zucchetthi/zucchini. Bastante rico. (Thank you to Guatesol for info!) Rafael relates facts and myths of the natural environment in his native land.

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Caption 59 [es]: porque no, no es tan grande.
Caption 59 [en]: because it's not, not so big.

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Baile Folklórico de Puerto Rico - Los Bailarines

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Puerto Rico

Nelly Ocacia and Benjamín Moldonado are both 19-year-old university students, and enjoy dancing with the Ballet Folklórico Guamanique when not studying. We caught up with them at the airport in San Juan, where they were welcoming new arrivals and seeing off departing passengers, much to the delight of travelers.

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Caption 15 [es]: Bueno, pues... donde nos lleve... ingeniería mecánica es un campo bastante grande,
Caption 15 [en]: Well then... wherever it may take us... mechanical engineering is a very ample field,

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Desayuno Puerto Escondido - Frutas

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

In beautiful Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, the local cooks know their fruit! Let’s drop by the lovely Casa Mar as Gloria prepares a glorious multi-colored fruit salad made with local sandía (watermelon), melón, and plátano (banana). You may soon find yourself blending melon seeds into a delicious horchata.

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Caption 57 [es]: Y hay uno más grande que se llama tabasco.
Caption 57 [en]: And there's a bigger one called tabasco.

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Toledo, España - Cerámica

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

Juan paints outlines on his tiles using a paintbrush and manganese oxide, but at one time practitioners did this by laying down fine strings dipped in wax, and this explains why Juan still calls the technique he uses cuerda seca, or “dry cord.” Note that he describes the technique as one of alto relieve, or “high relief,” which is the opposite of bas-relief (low relief).

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Caption 16 [es]: Se esmalta con una cantidad de pintura muy grande
Caption 16 [en]: It's enameled with a significant amount of paint

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Playa Adícora - Chober - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

Chober and his buddies are building a little club on the beach that is aiming to provide services to beach goers and visitors, while at the same time providing events and opportunites for community members, particularly young people. Like his friend Francisco, Chober is concerned with the environment, and finding uses for discarded materials.

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Caption 3 [es]: un poco más grande...
Caption 3 [en]: a little more bigger...

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Cuatro Amigas - Piloto - Part 4

Difficulty: Advanced

Argentina

The cocktail party effect explains our ability to isolate a solitary voice amidst a sea of yappers, music and crowd noise. Let’s meet our ladies at the disco, where background noise and the effects of actual cocktails upon speech put our own c.p.e. skills to the test. (This one is hard, use the SLOW button!)

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Caption 11 [es]: No sé, pero ese es un chico grande...
Caption 11 [en]: I don't know, but that's an older guy...

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Tierra Envenenada - Desminando - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Honduras

Imagine the horror of stepping on a landmine while gardening. This is what happened to farmers José Moncada and Reinaldo Herrera. Through great courage they survive to testify of the enduring evils that are minas antipersonales.

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Caption 39 [es]: en Centroamérica es muy grande.
Caption 39 [en]: in Central America are very big.

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Andrés Manuel López Obrador - Publicidad de TV - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

López Obrador’s campaign commercials really try to shake potential voters out of their sillas, attempting to give the potentially marginalized a strong message: “now it’s our turn, now it’s your turn!” He blatantly positions himself against the rich, those who “take the biggest piece of the cake.”

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Caption 4 [es]: si se llevan la tajada más grande del pastel.
Caption 4 [en]: if they take the biggest piece of the cake.

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Javier Marin - Artesano Venezolano - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

Ecological awareness is universal these days, especially among young people. Javier explains his own use of natural and biological materials, a use that does not involve the destruction of any living creatures, but rather the reuse of materials that have been jettisoned by their original animal owners.

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Caption 20 [es]: Es un caracol más grande,
Caption 20 [en]: It's a really big shell,

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