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Radio Nacional de España
Mi gente, hoy les traigo algo muy pero que muy bueno. The thing is, I just stumbled upon Spain’s National Television and Radio website and I flipped out, ¡me he vuelto loco! You can listen to and watch lots of recorded programs like interviews, music reviews, politics, movies or live radio broadcasts. Check it out at http://www.rtve.es/alacarta. Also read their blog area, which contains very interesting articles about Spanish culture and current events. Do you have a favorite Spanish website? Share it with us!
Cuídense mucho, les dejo un abrazo.
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Yo soy Betty, la fea is the most successful telenovela in Colombia. It was written by Fernando Gaitán and produced by RCN Televisión between 1999 and 2001.
The main character is Beatriz Aurora Pinzón Solano, who is not a very attractive woman but is incredibly intelligent and works for a fashion company called “Eco Moda”. Betty, as she’s so kindly called, has to put up with insults from her co-workers, especially from the secretary, Patricia Fernández, the designer Hugo Lombardi and Marcela Valencia, who happens to be the boss’s fiancée.
The telenovela starts off with Betty going to a job interview. After she’s finally hired her problems begin. It’s full of comedy and very dramatic moments and a good chance to check out the Colombian accent. Check out the first episode totally in Spanish on Youtube, which is a good exercise for listening comprehension.
Part 1 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=FFLcQIm69V0
Part 2 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=wvzajCe2HvA&feature=related
Part 3 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=inTA_yCKIcY&feature=related
Part 4 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=a0cE33Ogzsg&feature=related
Part 5 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ktac1S_8Tec&feature=related
Nos vemos prontito!
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El Chavo del Ocho (The Kid from Apartment #8) is a Mexican TV show about an orphan kid who lives in a barrel (#8) and other inhabitants of a typical Mexican condominium/apartment building, una vecindad. The show started in 1970 in Channel 8 but then moved on to Televisa and it was cancelled in 1980. El Chavo del Ocho has been a smash hit in Latin America and Spain and it has had over 350 million viewers worldwide. The characters of El Chavo, Kiko, La Chilindrina, Doña Clotilde, Don Ramón and Profesor Jirafales still remain in the minds and hearts of Latin American people. Due to the frequent use of Mexican idiomatic language it has not been translated to many languages; however, the Portuguese-version of El Chavo, Chaves, is still broadcast in Brazil and it is so popular that a couple of grad students did their Masters dissertation on El Chavo del Ocho and its influence on Brazilian pop culture.
Have a look at a video from the first episode of El Chavo:
Nos vemos prontito.
