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Factor Fobia - Cucarachas - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina

When something is distasteful, it’s common to hear qué asco (how disgusting) This is precisely what Marley proclaims as Sebastián chooses a particularly fea cockroach to munch on. Sebastián didn’t in fact, tragar, or swallow, the roach, and we think Marley let him off easy!

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Caption 38 [es]: Muchas gracias. Esto ha sido entonces Factor Fobia en Mundo Show.
Caption 38 [en]: Thank you. This has been Phobia Factor in Mundo Show.

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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 9 [es]: vamos, todo lo que es el mundo audiovisual.
Caption 9 [en]: well, everything related to the audiovisual world.

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Escuela Don Quijote - Jesús Baz

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Jesús Baz is the Director of Studies at the Don Quijote spanish school in lovely Salamanca, Spain. A true salmantino, Jesús has a real pride for his city, which is home to some of Europe’s oldest universities and has a very strong intellectual tradition. The school itself, in a beautiful old building that was formerly a convent, also houses a popular student café.

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Caption 45 [es]: una de las ciudades más bonitas del mundo.
Caption 45 [en]: it's one of the nicest cities in the world.

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Casa Pancho - vinos y pinchos - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain

The verb pinchar means “to prick” or “to poke” and pincho is a spike or a skewer, so it’s not surprising that in the world of tapas (small portions that can be shared) pinchos (also spelled pintxos) either have toothpicks through them or can be eaten off the plate with one.

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Caption 17 [es]: Y es lo que hemos exportado en el mundo.
Caption 17 [en]: And it's what we have exported to the world.

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Cocinas Peruanas - Short Film - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Peru

Daily exposure to wood smoke can really wreak havoc on the body. It affects the eyes, the skin, and, of course, the lungs. With small material investment, kitchen smoke is minimized through a cleverly designed, well-ventilated, stove.

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Caption 18 [es]: Nosotros somos los primeros que hemos descrito en el mundo este problema...
Caption 18 [en]: We are the first ones in the world who have described this problem...

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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

Does broadcast media really have a responsiblity to promote and defend human rights? Or is it to simply make shows that people like and that attract ratings? Several Nicaraguan journalists and media producers discuss these ideas in a round table discussion.

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Caption 83 [es]: sin darnos cuenta de la realidad del mundo.
Caption 83 [en]: without noticing the reality of the world.

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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

That literacy will directly contribute to the health and well being of a people few can doubt. But are a literate people more likely to care for the environment? One man thinks so, and has started a grassroots neighbors teaching neighbors project for the good of both la gente y la tierra.

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Caption 21 [es]: va a saber leer el mundo.
Caption 21 [en]: she will be able to read the world.

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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

Trying to figure out why he wouldn’t approve the water project, the filmmakers try to track down the mayor, but they can’t find him at home. They do find children with containers making the trek to the water source from home and back.

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Caption 19 [es]: Objetivo no. siete: ¿Agua potable para todo el mundo?
Caption 19 [en]: Objective Number Seven: Drinking water for everyone?

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Federico Kauffman Doig - Arqueólogo - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Peru

If you are not yet a fan of Señor Doig, you don’t have a pulse! His jungle expeditions have led to the discovery of everything from the anatomically-blessed Pinchudos statues to the giant upright mummies found in a site known as Carajía. We’re ready for an expedition!

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Caption 23 [es]: Y ahí se quedó, y ese nombre ha dado la vuelta al mundo.
Caption 23 [en]: And so it was kept, and that name has travelled around the world.

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De consumidor a persona - Short Film - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain

Do those who control the wealth in a society also dictate its desires? In this segment we’re able to listen in on the discourse of Spanish intellectuals critical of the modern consumer culture, which they see as something of a Svengali-like oppressor and manipulator of the masses.

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Caption 56 [es]: esa fórmula que se ha hecho tan popular de: "Otro mundo es posible",
Caption 56 [en]: that formula that has become so popular: "Another world is possible",

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De consumidor a persona - Short Film - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain

Comercio Justo, or “Fair Trade” products are often seen in “socially conscious” retailers like health and “whole” food shops. It presents a novel approach to doing business that takes into account social and environmental factors in its pricing to consumers and directly compensates commodity food producers, like coffee and cocoa farmers. Here proponents explain the philosophy from several different vantage points.

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Caption 2 [es]: las que compran todo el café del mundo.
Caption 2 [en]: that are buying all the coffee in the world.

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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 12 [es]: del mercado de semillas en el mundo...
Caption 12 [en]: of the world seed market...

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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 17 [es]: Consumiendo un tipo de cosa está favoreciendo un tipo de mundo.
Caption 17 [en]: Consuming one type of things is favoring a type of world.

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Café Tacvba - Eres

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

Café Tacuba is often compared to British rock luminary Radiohead, and the LA Times has gone so far as to proclaim this fab cuatro "The Mexican Beatles." "Eres", sung by keyboardist Emmanuel de Real, is from the album Cuatro Caminos, which critics have called one of the definitive rock albums of the decade (in any language).

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Caption 2 [es]: Lo que más quiero en este mundo, eso eres
Caption 2 [en]: What I love most in this world, that's what you are

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La Secta Allstar - Consejo

Difficulty: Beginner

Puerto Rico

Grammy-nominated La Secta Allstar boasts Puerto Rican roots despite having come together in Orlando, where the members attended college, and shortly after that settling in Miami. This title track from their album, Consejo, may very well make their mothers and mothers around the Spanish speaking world proud.

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Caption 4 [es]: Desde chiquito el bajo mundo conocía
Caption 4 [en]: Since he was a child, he knew the underworld

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