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Biografía - Natalia Oreiro - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina

Imagine the shock to Natalia’s parents when they first saw another couple on the TV claiming that she was their child. Unfortunately, such a thing was not, in fact, entirely impossible. A blood test, however, proved the sad couple wrong. Natalia’s starring role in Ricos Y Famosos would soon bring Natalia, and her actual mom and dad, back to the top of the world.

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Caption 82 [es]: Mejor dicho, ver a Natalia...
Caption 82 [en]: Rather, seeing Natalia...

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Playa Adícora - Francisco - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

A little spot to build, to create, to listen to the sea, what more do any of us really need? Francisco takes a beautiful public space and makes it his own through conservation, beautification, and an open invitation to all to come, enjoy and treat nature’s work with care and respect.

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Caption 60 [es]: A lo mejor, no sé, dentro de veinte años,
Caption 60 [en]: Maybe, I don't know, in twenty years,

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Arturo Vega - Entrevista - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

As it turns out the young Arturo Vega, Mexican emigré actor and artist in New York, lived below a girl who was seeing a young man named Douglas Glenn Colvin (who would come to be known as “Dee Dee Ramone”). The two visionaries got to talking…

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Caption 70 [es]: Dije: "A lo mejor esto va a funcionar."
Caption 70 [en]: I said, "Maybe this is going to work."

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Estado Falcón - Locos de la Vela - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

It’s quite possible that El Día de Los Locos, as celebrated in La Vela de Coro, has its roots as far back as the Roman Empire, which celebrated Saturnalia at the same time of year. Both festivals, historically, involve turning the social order on its head, with slaves dressing like their masters.

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Caption 46 [es]: otros buscando el mejor premio.
Caption 46 [en]: others looking for the best prize.

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Verano Eterno - Fiesta Grande - Part 11

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina

Mauro thought he’d seen the last of Juan when he fired him from the record store, only to find the boy raiding his kitchen fridge! Mauro attempts to throw him out but his mom intervenes. It turns out that Mauro’s sister Teresa has convinced her mother to pay Juan to teach her to play the piano. Mauro is not amused.

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Caption 17 [es]: Bueno, mejor...
Caption 17 [en]: Great, better then...

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Cuatro Amigas - Piloto - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina

Elena is absolutely certain she will not be calling Mariano, her estranged, cheating boyfriend. She professes this fact repeatedly. But when Vero drops by, still tipsy from the club, discussion of lonely reality has its effect. She breaks down and picks up the phone…

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Caption 60 [es]: Yo lo sé mejor que vos. -OK, OK.
Caption 60 [en]: I know it better than you. -OK, OK.

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Arturo Vega - Entrevista - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

A little research tells us that the musical comedy Arturo did with Héctor Suárez at the Teatro de los Insurgentes was Sigue tu onda (Follow Your Wave), a Spanish language adaptation of a Broadway show known to American theater-goers as Your Own Thing. Soon Arturo himself would be heading to New York on a tip from Paul McCartney’s agent that he could land a spot in Hair...

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Caption 13 [es]: para lo que realmente yo era mejor... era para... lo visual...
Caption 13 [en]: what I was really good at... was... the visual...

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Biografía - Natalia Oreiro - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina, Uruguay

When a strange man insists he is Natalia’s true father, she is oddly sympathetic, “we all know about el proceso.” But do we? The “process” is shorthand for the era of military dictatorships that engulfed the Southern Cone in the mid 70’s. During this era, untold numbers of infants of suspected “subversives” were kidnapped, often taken by police or military members to raise as their own.

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Caption 78 [es]: Entonces, pensé que mi mejor manera de ayudarlos...
Caption 78 [en]: So, I thought that the best way to help them...

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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 10

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain

Joan Planas continues to pull no punches, taking on NGOs, television, and the Catholic church. Oddly enough, despite his firebrand rhetoric, the film ends on a rather conservative note, suggesting that perhaps what poor nations need is not so much charity but rather a change in actitude, or “attitude,” so as to reflect the mindset of people in successful nations. Tune in to find out the details.

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Caption 29 [es]: Suiza: no tiene cacao pero tiene el mejor chocolate del mundo.
Caption 29 [en]: Switzerland: it doesn't have cocoa but it has the best chocolate in the world.

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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 9

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

Not only does our filmmaker continue with his diatribe against the state of society as he finds it in Nicaragua, but the story takes an investigative turn. We find that not only doesn’t sponsored-child Christina del Carmen match the photo that had been supplied by Ayuda en Acción, she is also not yet enrolled in a school.

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Caption 27 [es]: ¿A lo mejor la televisión también iba mal?
Caption 27 [en]: Maybe television was also getting worse?

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Mach y Daddy - Las solteras

Difficulty: Intermediate

Panama

¡Oye Mamicitas y Papicitos! Forget about the Spanish! Get up off your colas, it’s time to perrear! Turn up the volume and put your hands in the air! Tell ‘em that you’re single (aunque si no!) Stand up right now and muévete that cintura! (You know you want to!)

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Caption 17 [es]: Mami, dile. Dile -Es mejor estar sola...
Caption 17 [en]: Tell him, mami. Tell him -It's better to be alone...

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Playa Adícora - Chober - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

A fishing village like Adícora can be a place of work and industry for locals, but also one of rest and relaxation for travelers. Chober comes from a fishing family and knows the trade, but he recognizes the growing importance of tourism. His generation realizes that the survival of both ways of life necessitates better care of the environment and increased ecological awareness.

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Caption 50 [es]: eh... a fin de darle un mejor uso, pues...
Caption 50 [en]: eh... to put them to better use...

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Polbo - Yo era tan cool

Difficulty: Newbie

Puerto Rico

Polbo used to play sixties cover songs in bars “de mala muerte” in Yabucoa by night, while studying physics at university by day. They began to write their own songs, which the crowds started to demand more than the covers. Keep an ear out for them!

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Caption 5 [es]: Yo era el mejor, el sin igual
Caption 5 [en]: I was the best, the one without compare

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Verano Eterno - Fiesta Grande - Part 10

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina

You know, it’s never the drummer or the bassist that gets the big ego, it’s usually el cantante. In this case one is about to ruin Viole’s big opening party by refusing to play on a small stage. Is this Juan’s big chance for rock and roll stardom, or is he better off sticking to his new job as plomo (roadie)?

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Caption 65 [es]: ¡Sí, él es el mejor cantante que conozco!
Caption 65 [en]: Yes, he's the best singer I know!

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Escuela Don Quijote - En el aula - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

A consejo is “a piece of advice” and the verb aconsejar is “to advise.” Here in the Don Quijote classroom, we take a look at the grammar and language involved when doling out recommendations, suggestions, and the like, in Spanish.

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Caption 78 [es]: Pero, más fácil: Es mejor...
Caption 78 [en]: But, easier: It's better...

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