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Playa Adícora - Francisco - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

Francisco’s little Taller Arte is guarded by the ever-vigilant Señor Coco, who never sleeps and sees all! Taller means “workshop,” and, as in English, this word can have a range of meanings, such as a place where artisans create, a place where things are fixed, or an event where people get together to work on ideas.

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Caption 16 [es]: empecé a hacerlo pero en verdad ha cambiado mucho...
Caption 16 [en]: I started building it but in fact it has changed a lot...

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¡Tierra, Sí! - Atenco - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Mexico

In this installment of the dispute documentary we hear Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata quoted over a protester’s loudspeaker. As Zapata said: “¡Victoria o muerte!” (“Victory or death!”). To protest the taking of their farmland, the people of Atenco are using stronger and stronger language. Listen in.

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Caption 30 [es]: Es mucho más amplio el panorama.
Caption 30 [en]: The perspective is much wider.

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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 10 [es]: y mucho reggae, mucho reggae.
Caption 10 [en]: and a lot of reggae, a lot of reggae.

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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 57 [es]: Te quiero mucho ¿eh? -Yo también.
Caption 57 [en]: I love you very much, eh? -Me too.

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Playa Adícora - Francisco - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

Francisco sees potential for creation and innovation in a wide range of materials: drift wood, shells, seeds, goat skin, even plastic debris. He is speaking with the governor about creating a tallerr, or workshop, that can be used to teach artistic skills to the young people of the area, as well as to showcase the work of other local artisans.

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Caption 67 [es]: bueno, tienen mucho... mucha fe en esta semilla, pero...
Caption 67 [en]: well, they have a lot... a lot of faith in this seed, but...

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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 44 [es]: Y... más... más... mucho más allá,
Caption 44 [en]: And... further... much further beyond,

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Playa Adícora - Francisco - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

Maria Lionza is said to have been born in 1502 to an Indian Chief in the Yaracuy region of Venezuela. Today she is revered throughout the Caribbean by followers of the syncretic cult which is named after her, but artists too find her an irresistably mystical symbol alluding to history, race, and sex. Her painting hangs on the wall of Francisco’s taller in Adícora.

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Caption 15 [es]: Y con este mar Caribe aquí mucho más, ¿no?
Caption 15 [en]: And even more so with this Caribbean Sea here, right?

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Escuela Don Quijote - En el aula - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

Sometimes when we give advice it seems a little presumptious to tell people outright what we think they should do. It’s a little smoother to instead say what we would do if we were in their place, “I would watch more Spanish videos (if I were you).” Let’s have a look at how we do this in Spanish.

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Caption 46 [es]: Los españoles utilizan mucho esta fórmula.
Caption 46 [en]: Spaniards use this formula a lot.

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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain Catalonia

Spain has never been a country afraid of divisive politics, and filmmaker Joan Planas has no fear of getting controversial when presenting his views of society, church and state. Note that the older gentleman is not speaking straight Spanish but Catalan, and the Spanish captions reflect not his exact words but are the same as the Spanish subtitles seen in white on the screen.

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Caption 91 [es]: Entonces, ¿no es mucho peor que los niños no tengan agua potable en sus casas?
Caption 91 [en]: Then, isn't it worse that kids have no potable water at their homes?

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Arume - Málaga, España - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Malaga gets over 300 days of sunshine every year, so it’s no surprise that Arume has chosen it for her vacation. She’s been studying hard and learning a lot over the past year, and luckily she’s agreed to fill us in!

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Caption 7 [es]: Eh... Y en esos dos años, la verdad que he aprendido mucho, he aprendido a...
Caption 7 [en]: Um... And in those two years, I've really learned a lot, I've learned to...

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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 54 [es]: Sí. Porque me gusta mucho.
Caption 54 [en]: Yes. Because I like it very much.

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Burgos - Caminando

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

Carlos and Angeles are a young couple from Burgos, located about an hour and a half north of Madrid, a city that dates back to 884! The surrounding province is also known as Burgos, and tucked inside it is an equally historical town known as Lerma, which is where we meet up for a walk and conversation.

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Caption 37 [es]: que es una persona que ha tenido mucho interés en aprender el idioma,
Caption 37 [en]: that she's a person who has had a lot of interest in learning the language,

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Casa Pancho - vinos y pinchos - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain

For nearly 50 years the Pérez Terradillo family has served vinos and pinchos, wines and snacks. Jose takes us on a tour to see the kitchen and the folks and gear behind the scenes of this celebrated restaurant in Burgos, Casa Pancho.

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Caption 24 [es]: ¿Qué? -Pescado cotizado, con mucho valor.
Caption 24 [en]: Sorry? -Highly valued fish, with high value.

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Maestra en Madrid - Nuria y amigo

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

We happened upon Pipita on the sidewalk in Madrid and she introduced us to her traveling companion, Nuria Gonzales. Nuria hails from Asturias, in the north of Spain, but now teaches Spanish at a university in the USA. Lucky for us, they both agreed to an on-the-spot exclusive interview.

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Caption 15 [es]: porque el mes de Julio hace mucho calor en Madrid.
Caption 15 [en]: because the month of July is hot in Madrid.

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¡Tierra, Sí! - Atenco - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Mexico

Can the forced displacement of families ever be justified? This is a question that knows no borders as governments seek out locations for new highways, hospitals, universities, and, especially, airports. The people of Atenco, Mexico, argue against plans to put one on their farmlands.

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Caption 17 [es]: Bueno... pues le aprecio mucho gobernador que me haya contestado.
Caption 17 [en]: Well... I really appreciate you, Governor, for answering me.

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