annenberg media ♪ by: narrador: bienvenidos al episodio 30 de destinos.rimero, algunas escenas de este episodio. iay! iraquel! dormí mucho. sí, y te hizo bien. así estarás más descansada. ¿y roberto? todavía no se sabe nada. siguen trabajando. pero... ¿están seguros de que tiene suficiente aire? hombre: iroberto! iroberto! iroberto! también en este episodio vamos a aprender vocabulario relacionado con la ciudad. en los barrios se pueden encontrar varios negocios como: mercados... supermercados... farmacias... tiendas pequeñas... y grandes almacenes. y vamos a comparar las grandes ciudades con los pueblos. los pueblos son diferentes de las grandes ciudades. aunque cada pueblo tiene un centro no hay edificios muy altos. generalmente, el centro consiste en una plaza y muchas veces en la plaza está el ayuntamiento. iroberto! hombre: iroberto! iroberto! ¿hay algún mensaje para mí? ah, sí. le llamó la señorita rodríguez. captioning of this program is made possible by the annenberg/cpb project and the geraldine r. dodge foundation. en el episodio previo cuando r

( music ) annenberg media ♪ narrador: bienvenidos al episodio 26 de destinos: an introduction to spanishen este episodio raquel sigue reflexionando sobre su investigación. no hay vocabulario nuevo y no hay escenas nuevas. presten atención mientras ven y escuchan otra vez escenas de episodios previos. ahora, podrán comprender directamente más de la conversación normal entre los personajes. ¿por qué todo el mundo se opone a mis relaciones con jorge? angela, no es que yo quiera oponerme. sólo digo que... no me digas más. captioning of this program is made possible by the annenberg/cpb project and the geraldine r. dodge foundation. disculpe. estoy buscando la calle del sol, número cuatro. es ésa que está allá en frente. el número cuatro es a la derecha. ¿a la derecha? exacto. gracias. de nada. ( timbre suena ) señorita, ¿a quién busca? buenos días, señora. busco al señor angel castillo. ¿no sabe ud., señorita? el señor castillo murió. ¿cuándo murió? hace poco. es una pena-- tan buenos vecinos que eran. pero el pobre... ¿angel? sí, angel castillo. nunca se repuso de la muerte de su esposa. ¿e

annenberg media ♪ by: ( murmullos ) hombre: ies villa! ies villa! ies andrés villa y está bien!rador: bienvenidos al episodio 29 de destinos. en este episodio, roberto castillo, hermano de angela queda atrapado en una excavación. ¿será roberto? pero no toda la acción ocurre en el lugar de la excavación. iah! quien sí llegó es el doctor iglesias el doctor arturo iglesias de buenos aires. ¿y ya hablaste con él? durante el episodio, vamos a aprender vocabulario y expresiones relacionados con los exámenes médicos. mal, doctor. me duele mucho la espalda. parece que tiene fiebre también. voy a tomarle la temperatura. carlitos, ¿estás enfermo? sí. me duele la garganta y tengo fiebre. anda. no seas nene. saca la lengua. ah... también vamos a aprender algo sobre la religión en méxico. la virgen de guadalupe es el símbolo más importante de la religiosidad del pueblo mexicano. es la santa patrona del país. el día 12 de diciembre es el día de la virgen y hay grandes celebraciones en su honor. hombre: ise derrumbó! ise derrumbó! ( gritando ) iroberto! iroberto! iroberto! captioning of this p

annenberg media ♪ tía, ¿cómo llegamos a san germán? ¿estás mirando el mapa? sí.: bienvenidos al episodio 21 de destinos: an introduction to spanish. en este episodio raquel y sus nuevas amigas hacen un viaje fuera de san juan. angela: de san juan, vos a caguas, de caguas hasta ponce en ponce tomamos la carretera número dos y seguimos hasta llegar a san germán. en camino a san germán tienen problemas con el carro de angela. iay! iay! en este episodio vamos a aprender unas expresiones relacionadas con el clima y el tiempo. de todo puerto rico aquí es donde hace más calor. cuando una persona dice que hace calor se refiere a la temperatura, a las temperaturas altas. a los ochenta y cinco grados, hace calor. a los noventa grados, hace más calor. y a los cien grados, hace mucho calor. también vamos a aprender algo sobre la historia de puerto rico y sus relaciones con los estados unidos. mientras cuba consiguió su independencia de los estados unidos en mil novecientos y dos y las islas filipinas en mil novecientos cuarenta y seis puerto rico siguió siendo territorio nor

annenberg media ♪ ¿abuela? iabuela, ya llegamos!rrador: bienvenidos al episodio 22 de destinos: an introduction to spanish. dolores acevedo. mucho gusto. el gusto es mío. ¿y la abuela? en el nombre del padre, del hijo y del espíritu santo... en este episodio, no hay vocabulario nuevo que aprender. presten atención a la historia y traten de comprender. los carros, hay que cuidarlos, ¿eh? en este episodio vamos a conocer otro pueblo de puerto rico, san germán. san germán llegó a ser un importante centro agrícola con grandes fincas de caña de azúcar, tabaco y café. también vamos a ver algo de una fiesta-- el carnaval. este era el baúl de mi padre. captioning of this program is made possible by the annenberg/cpb project and the geraldine r. dodge foundation. en camino a san germán raquel, angela y laura, la prima de angela tienen dificultades con el carro. finalmente, llaman a un taller de reparaciones. buenas. necesito que vengan a ver mi carro. viene un hombre y remolca el carro a ponce. el mecánico les dice que el carro no va a estar

annenberg media ♪ by: narrador: bienvenidos al episodio 36 de destinos: an introduction to spanish.a mayor parte de este episodio es un repaso de lo que ha pasado desde que raquel y angela salieron de puerto rico. vamos a ver lala historia desde varios puntos de vista: el de raquel... el de arturo... yo sí. realmente estaba muy preocupado. ¿hay algún mensaje para mí? ah, sí. le llamó la señorita rodríguez. ...y el de varios miembros de la familia castillo. llamaste a nueva york, ¿no? sí. yo creo que si no regreso pronto la obra no se estrena. lamentablemente, nuestra recomendación es venderla. hace falta capital. mercedes: ¿cómo te sientes? pues, mejor, mejor... mucho mejor. captioning of this program is made possible by the annenberg/cpb project and the geraldine r. dodge foundation. en el episodio previo, pati salió para nueva york para atender a los problemas de su producción teatral. y carlos recibió malas noticias desde miami. tengo una copia de los reportes de los auditores. no son muy buenos. arturo fue al hospital para ver a su sobrino y también encontró a raquel. iraquel! i

annenberg media ♪ gracias. narrador: bienvenidos al episodio 28 de destinos.n este episodio angela y raquel todavía están en el sitio de la excavación esperando que pronto roberto sea rescatado. también hay noticias de don fernando. su estado es muy delicado. es necesario consultar a una especialista. en este episodio vamos a aprender vocabulario relacionado con el cuerpo humano. maricarmen: dos ojos una nariz... simón dice, "toca la boca." doctor: ahora las orejas... a ver dame la mano. a ver los brazos. con los piernas es importante hacer este movimiento. voy a poner este aparato en tu pecho. ahora quiero ver tu respiración. voy a escuchar por tu espalda. también vamos a aprender un poco sobre la geografía de méxico. angela, lo que temíamos es cierto... captioning of this program is made possible by the annenberg/cpb project and the geraldine r. dodge foundation. en el episodio previo, raquel y angela llegaron a méxico y alquilaron un carro para ir a buscar a roberto, el hermano de angela. roberto es estudiante de arqueología y hubo un accidente en la excava

annenberg media ♪ narrador: bienvenidos al episodio 31 de destinos.rimero, algunas escenas de este episodio. ¿y la gavia? lamentablemente, nuestra recomendación es venderla. hace falta capital. mientras uds. ven y oyen la historia también van a aprender los nombres de ciertas tiendas. también en este episodio vamos a aprender algo sobre los méxicoamericanos que viven en los estados unidos. por razones históricas, la presencia mexicana es fuerte en el oeste de los estados unidos: california, arizona, nuevo méxico texas y otros estados. ¿todavía no ha llegado la licenciada rodríguez? no, pero ya no debe tardar. es que no quiero morirme sin conocer a mis nietos. captioning of this program is made possible by the annenberg/cpb project and the geraldine r. dodge foundation. en el episodio previo raquel intentó comunicarse con pedro y con arturo porque ninguno de los dos sabía lo del accidente en la excavación. ( teléfono suena ) no contesta. no está en su habitación. por fin, le dejó un mensaje a arturo. por recomendación del padre rodrigo raquel y angela

annenberg media ♪ ¿y es muy difícil ser actor en puerto rico?difícil en cualquier parte del mundo. y dime algo de ti. ¿estás casada? no. narrador: bienvenidos al episodio 24 de destinos: an introduction to spanish. en este episodio raquel empieza a dudar de las relaciones entre jorge y angela. ¿mamá? durante una llamada por teléfono raquel le cuenta a su mamá del problema con jorge. en este episodio no hay nuevo vocabulario que aprender. presten atención a la historia y a los personajes. ¿pasa algo? vámonos, jorge. hay muchas cosas que hacer. hasta luego, raquel. te llamo más tarde. angela... hablaremos más tarde, raquel. captioning of this program is made possible by the annenberg/cpb project and the geraldine r. dodge foundation. al final de su estancia en san germán la abuela, doña carmen, le da a angela un objeto muy especial un regalo de su padre. desde el hotel, raquel hace una llamada a buenos aires. le cuenta a arturo que angel ya murió y que angel tenía dos hijos. angela y raquel hablan con la supervisora del banco donde angela trabaja.

annenberg media ♪ by: narrador: bienvenidos al episodio 27 de destinos.n este episodio, vamos a repasar un poco la historia del largo viaje de raquel rodríguez. ijaime! ( sin sonido ) iarturo! ieso es estupendo! pero también vamos a ver algunas escenas nuevas. es importante prestar atención a la acción y a los personajes y tratar de comprender todo lo que se pueda. ¿es cierto que hay hombres atrapados? no lo sé, señorita. en el hospital le pueden dar toda la información. captioning of this program is made possible by the annenberg/cpb project and the geraldine r. dodge foundation. ¿quiénes son estas dos mujeres? ¿adónde van? una de las mujeres es raquel rodríguez una abogada de los angeles, california. la otra se llama angela castillo soto y es de san juan, puerto rico. fue en un cementerio de san juan donde las dos mujeres se conocieron. ¿dónde comenzó esta historia? ¿con quién comenzó? hace tiempo, este señor, fernando castillo saavedra recibió una carta de una mujer española, teresa suárez. en la carta, teresa suárez le hablaba del pasado un pasado del

annenberg media ♪ captioning sponsored by annenberg/cpb narrator: the region of southeast asia and southacific contains the fourth most populous country in the world and the largest islamic country in the world. they are, in fact, one and the same: indonesia. a fragmentary state spread across an archipelago of 13,000 islands, indonesia's motto is "unity in diversity." lately, it does not seem so unified. east timor recently broke away. rebel forces on aceh and irian jaya threaten the same. while most of indonesia is islamic, the island of bali is mostly hindu. is this why radical muslims recently bombed a popular nightclub here? or it is because the tropical paradise was a mecca for western tourists? in the current war against terrorism, we explore the geographical roots of the tourist economy that crashed after the violent attack in 2002; whether the influx of visitors will threaten the local indigenous culture; and how bali's distinct culture fits into the complex diversity of indonesia. these balinese fishermen still use the methods passed down from their grandfathers. but life around

annenberg media ♪ captioning sponsored by annenberg/cpb the region of south asia stretches mid-centas world'slsive pst populated country. wea, isexing metropolisnansl atea i thhires millions of indians away from e hardships of the rural countryside. here we see the effects of rural-to-urban migrion and the development of informal settlents. india's capital, delhi, has a population of between 13 and 14 million. commuters, camels, rickshas, buses, motorcycles-- delhi is a smorgasbord of sights and sounds. people of many different ethnic, religious and linguistic groups make the capital the city that it is today. but amid this cultural mosaic, this swelling city faces some serious challenges. delhi sits on the banks of two large rivers, its lonvarious peopleself thave left their mark on delhi.. for instance, remnants of the islamic domination that started in the 12th century can be seen in old delhi. new delhi was built in the british colonial period at the end of the 19th century. its tidy grid-line streets and office buildings offer a sharp contrast to the narrow, bustling streets of o

annenberg media ♪ funding for this program was provided by...oman: image making is in my eyes, in my head, in my feeling state. i relate to the world with all my senses, and then they get funneled into something that has to be very tangible -- a painting or a print or something like that. the process is intellectual, it's sensual, and it's technical. i'm working on what i hope can become a group of three or four prints. the ideas in the prints actually link together ideas that i've worked with for maybe 45 years. it's at least 40 years that i've been interested in the interplay between the aesthetics of science and the aesthetics of art. and i call my style now "quantum aesthetics." very often, you see the image developing out of modules which transmit energy from one to another. when i work, i tend to make things that are layered in energy. at least, that's what's in my mind. sometimes i show the layers by offering a detail within a field. here we see a very close rectangle with kinds of flames breaking out of it, but there they are also in a f

annenberg media ♪ funding for this program was provided by... [ indiinct conversations ] aah!ood morning. good morning. hello. are you going to tour the exhibition? well, i've seen the show, you know. i think it looks good. well, it's certainly a grand theme. genesis. how can you beat genesis, right? [ laughing ] and the thing that you discover about it, it's interesting because you discover that, compositionally, the most difficult thing about the picture is not the figures, it's a tree. why is that? you have to find a place for it. if you have a pattern of some kind -- if you have no tree, then anything you do -- you can turn it upside down, lay it down, whatever, you know -- but a tree can only grow up. the only thing i'd say with genesis is the serpent or the snake because you can do anything you want with it. so wherever you feel there's some emptiness, put the snake in. and then find some empty place there, bring the snake there. you can put him anywhere, so that saves you. cheim: what do you think about the difference between figurative paintings and abstract paintings,

annenberg media ♪ funding for this program was provided by...every year, leftover family members came from columbia "just to look and remember. "some parts of the house were bought, "others salvaged from houses taken over by kudzu and snakes. "one window cost two months' pay. "a fancy door she had to have "was four months' worth of washing clothes. "the first grandbaby arrived "when the second story was started. he had to have a home!" man: southerners have a really strong sense of place, but it's not just like in "gone with the wind" where the land's the only thing. it's the house. we are "house proud." and if we see houses as important, sometimes we haven't seen shacks as important. we've differentiated between the grand antebellum architecture. that's what people think of when they think of the south. but the reality is that very few people, black or white, ever lived in a white-column mansion. most of us lived in houses much more like these shacks. and i think that beverly has called attention to what's really one of the predominant housing

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annenberg media ♪ captioning sponsored by annenberg/cpb narrator: the region of southeast asia and southacific includes a multitude of small island nations and one large continent country. here we find economic tigers and raw-material producers. state economies benefit from their relative location on the pacific rim, and multinational corporations take advantage of shipping opportunities offered by proximity to the world's largest ocean. we focus on the tiny city-state of singapore. despite being the smallest country in southeast asia and lacking natural resources, it is one of the wealthiest states in the world and the gateway to southeast asia. american comter giant hewlett-packard searched for a base to spearhead its push to asia. man: we basically stock and distribute hewlett-packard products, mainly computer-related products like pcs-- personal computers-- printers, plotters, scanners and all kinds of related peripherals for personal computers. and we distribute throughout the asia-pacific region, and that covers all the way from korea to india, down to australia. narrator: the comp

annenberg media ♪ gam made possible by the financial support of...nd the following individuals and foundations... corporate funding for art of the western world is by movado, makers of the movado museum watch, the watch dial design in the permanent collections of museums throughout the world. captioning made possible by the annenberg/cpb project the pantheon-- the most complete monument from the days of ancient rome. the pantheon-- temple of the gods. in 1520, the artist raphael was buried here, the first man in modern times to choose the pantheon as his own memorial. when raphael died, he was only 37, at the height of his creativity and the peak of his fame. the story was told that the pope himself wept at the news of his sudden death. as final tribute, raphael's last great painting, the transfiguration, was placed at the head of his coffin. the biographer giorgio vasari wrote... "when this admirable artist died, "painting also died. "it is due to him "that the art's coloring and invention "have been brought to such perfection "that progress is almo

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annenberg media ♪ captioning sponsored by annenberg/cpb narrator: the geographic region of southeastsia and south pacific is characterized by political and economic disparity, a mosaic of small countries scattered on peninsulas and islands. we begin in laos, southeast asia's only landlocked country. a long history of isolation has protected its natural resources and indigenous cultures. laos today is beginning to court the global economy throh e sale of hydroelic pow. wesk ilaosanchieve beginning to csustainable delopment,y generang ec growth of its indigenous tions wd its natural enronment. the mekong river traces an 1,100-mile path through or along the border of laos. the river has also been a barrier between laos and its neighbors. now there is a road, where before there was none. in 1994, the friendship bridge gave laos its first land link with the outside world, through thailand to the west. the bridge may symbolize a connected future, but laos in the here and now remains among the poorest countries in the world. ( rooster crows ) it is the least developed country in the lower m

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annenberg media ♪ captioning sponsored by annenberg/cpb narrator: the region of east asia is one of ancientultures and modern economic growth. in japan, people are much affected by natural events, especially irural areas. here, weather patterns such as the cold wind-- called yamase-- can have drastic impact on agriculture. in northern japan, economics and agriculture intersect as the rural economy has been consumed by the challenge of aage-old goal: to make the country self- sufficient in rice production. early october in japan's northeast-- or tohoku region-- is the harvest season. as a staple food, rice is as important to the japanese diet as wheat is to the western diet. for a variety of reasons-- historical, religious, economic, social and cultural-- rice in japan has meaning much deeper than simply being a crop grown on the majority synonymous with rice farming.y more than a quarter of japan's domestic rice output comes from this region. the viage of rokunohe is located in the northern part of tohoku. it is a marginal place to grow rice. as one moves north, the available light and the

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captioning made possible by the annenberg/cpb project chemistry is not just bottles on a shelf. that would be pretty dull. it's about chemical reactions, about compounds changing to make other compounds, about molecules bouncing around. it's a wonderful world of transformations. take this apple tree. it grew from a seed, but on the way it used water from the soil, minerals and fertilizers from the soil. it took in carbon dioxide from the air, and the sunlight provid it with the energto do what? to run a chemical factory making a whole host of marvelous molecules-- the chlorophyll in the leaves, the pigments in the skin of the apple, the sugars within. and it's still not static. those leaves will change color. they will turn yellow. that's another chemical reaction. this whole tree willie someday. that's another set of chemical transformations. every change has a natural direction in which it occurs, whether in the wilderness or in the bustling world we've created. rivers flow to the sea, never the reverse. in a complex series of chemical reactions, a flower blooms, then shrivels

annenberg media ♪ captioning sponsored by annenberg/cpb narrator: following the attacks of september1, china drew at least temporarily closer to the u.s. the reason: beijing fears separatist forces in their islamic western provinces. china has a delicate relationship with its ethnic and religious minorities. to understand the interactions between two asian cultures, we travel to the frontiers of han and muslim china in the city of lanzhou. but lanzhou's location-- and its future-- on this frontier have much to do with the region's physical geography and natural resources. ( blowing heavily ) narrator: for centuries in this part of china, rafts like this were an important means of transportation. made of sheepskin, inflated and tied together, these rafts, called yangpi fazi, navigated the huang he, or yellow river. by looking only at the huang he, you might think lanzhou is a wet place. in fact it only receives about 12 inches of rain a year. geographer chai yangwei, in the green, follows these farmers to see how they cope with such low rainfall. peculiar to agriculture in this area,

annenberg media ♪ captioning sponsored by annenberg/cpb narrator: the geographic region of east asiancompasses three subregions: japan; north and south korea; and china, mongolia and taiwan. the late 1900s saw the reemergence of east asia as a world political, economic and cultural force. nearly 1.3 billion people reside in the region's largest country, china. the province of guangdong is on china's southern coast. this area has sustained extraordinary growth in recendecas, thriving as a base of manufacture for a global economy. advancements in communication and transportation facilitate globalization. containerized shipping is a cost-effective means of transporting a variety of goods. guangdong's relative location to hong kong's ports and financial infrastructure is key to determining its position at the epicenter of chinese economic development. through guangdong, we see the forces of globalization at work in the pearl river delta and beyond. many observers argue the costs and benefits, but few dispute that globalization is the most profound reorganization of the world since the in

additional funding is provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: let me give you an idea about how good a week this was for mitt romney. last week at this table we were talking about whether he might even survive the week, like his home state of michigan, whether he would lose that. republican leaders were debating whether their nominating convention was ghog going to be utter chaos. now republicans are debating whether romney's challengers should step aside to allow him to unify the party. don't think this thing is over yet. we'll get to why in a moment. first we start with mitt romney's very good week with victories in michigan and arizona under his belt. he tried again to turn his attention back to president obama. >> this campaign is a choice for america as to what kind of a country we want. barack obama is turning us into a european welfare-type society, where people feel they're entitled to what their neighbor h

additional funding is also provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. it took three days of legal debate, street protest and a hours of arguments and now the supreme court gets to explain why it will uphold, gut, or completely overturn the nation's landmark health care law. the justices and the lawyers took turns comparing the health insurance market to everything from broccoli to automobiles, but chief justice john roberts wasn't necessarily buying. >> the key to the government's argument to the contrary is that everybody is in this market. everybody is in this market, so that makes it very different than the market for cars or the other hypotheticals that you came up with, and all they're regulating is how you pay for it. gwen: justice anthony kennedy, once again a potential swing vote, apparently had the same problem. >> the government tells us that's because the insurance market is unique. and in the

annenberg media ♪ narrator: in the region of east asia, more than one-fifth of the world's populationives in china alone, and 45% of chinese live in the chang jiang, or yangtze, river basin. the snaking river is sometimes compared to a great dragon, in the chang jiang, the powerfulional symbol.. at its head is china's largest cityshanghai. here, we ere its historical geography as a strategic natural port sometimes occupied by colonial rulers. more recently, market reforms and foreign investment helped create a global business center here. now, rapid economic growth has re-shaped the city's urban geography. shanghai-- world mega-city... home to 17illion people, and by some counts, e most denselyopulated place on ear. it's now the economic capitala and point of contact for much foreign trade. shanghai is a center of research, development and higher education. most new chinese cars are now made here. migrants from the interior flock to make new lives here. but the surge in growth is relatively recent. until 1991, shanghai was stymied. why was it held back, and how did it boom? some of th

design in the permanent collections of museums throughout the world captioning made possible by the annenbergpb project this is siena, a wonderfully preserved medieval city in central italy. at its heyday around 1300, it was one of the most civilized and prosperous places in europe. siena and other italian city-states can stand as a new beginning in our story of western art. hitherto, the old medieval world view had, put simply, divided the classes of society into the aristocracy at the top, the church, and the laboring peasantry at the bottom. in places like this, we see for the first time a new class, conscious of its own identity-- the merchants. these cities were no longer controlled by feudal lords. they were republics. here in siena, several thousand citizens were eligible for election to the governing bodies which met down there in the palazzo publica. and in the palazzo, there is a fresco painted in the 1340s which encapsulates their faith in the secular arts of government, in the moderating power of reason in human society. it's called the effects of good government. this marvous fre

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. >> professor stephen o'leary at the university of southern california's annenberg school for communication says the grassroots character of social media does pose challenges to traditional religious authority structures. >> in many cases, members of the congregation are acting as media producers and are functioning independently of their own local church. so the authorities from the church, pastor up the line to the denominational heads, no longer have the kind of control that they once did. >> o'leary likens social media to the invention of the printing press, which made the bible and theological debate more accessible to everyone. this, he says, paved the way for the protestant reformation. >> it was the innovation which had changed everything and challenged the authority of the church in a way which was never possible before. i think that today's media technologies from the internet to twitter and all these things are having a similar effect on the church. >> o'leary and other experts agree it's still too soon to know what the ultimate impact of social media will be on religion. still,

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