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annenberg media ♪quieren decir que carlos nos engañaba a su propia familia? cálmate, mercedes. no hemos dicho eso. pues, ¿qué están diciendo, entonces? narrador: bienvenidos a otro episodio de destinos: an introduction to spanish. primero, vamos a ver algunas escenas de este episodio. ( suspira ) carlos, ¿qué te pasa? ino, nada! te conozco bien. algo te pasa. no me pasa nada. ¿nada? dime. tal vez puedo ayudarte. te llamé a tu habitación pero no estabas. ¿qué haces a estas horas? estaba en la cafetería del hotel, platicando con arturo. ¿por qué está contigo? debe estar con su familia. mamá, por favor. ¿estoy hablando contigo o con la policía? también vamos a aprender más vocabulario relacionado con los asuntos económicos y financieros. pedro: en otra ocasión, sacó cinco mil dólares. señorita raquel rodríguez, tiene una llamada telefónica. ¿y ahora quién puede ser? captioning of this program is made possible by the annenberg/cpb project and the geraldine r. dodge foundation. en el episodio previo la fami

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funding for this program is provided by annenberg media. wilson: i have a lot of faith in the good sense of human beings and their desire not to destroy the world. a lot of moral ineptitude, it should be remembered, is due to poor planning rather than innate wickedness. i think people are innately good, but they tend to be terrible planners, so they get themselves into situations, then, when they do bad things. and i believe that's the situation we're in right now in the environment. people around the world are now generally aware of important environmental changes, led by climate change. they are aware that species are going extinct, and they understand that it's not a good thing if we destroy the rainforests and coral reefs. in fact, it's very bad and daerous thing. and this rising awareness, i think, can be read as a trend, which is a source of optimism. the question is -- will we wake up? will we reach a tipping point? and i hope there will be a tipping point where this becomes part of the global ethic in time to avoid real catastrophe

annenberg media ♪ ♪ ge to american drivs.t happened when political pressure forced import cutbacks? the american steel industry thought their foreign competitors were violating trade laws to make sales in the united states. how did the u.s. government try to make foreign governments and steel companies play fair? american companies manufacturing abroad and the north american free trade agreement. would americans hear a giant sucking sound of millions of jobs going to mexico? "international trade -- for whose benefit." with the help of economic analyst richard gill we'll find out on this edition of "economics usa." i'm david schoumacher. nobody worried too much about the first japase cars to reach the united states. it w the heyday of the gas guzzler. as the nation's largest consumer of steel, of glass, of rubber, the auto industry drove the economy. and since the days of henry ford, the american auto industry kept its hand on the wheel and its foot on the accelerator. detroit sold the big car. and american drivers bought it.

annenberg media ♪ by: narrador: bienvenidos al episodio 34.n este episodio llevan a roberto a un hospital en la ciudad de méxico. en camino a la ciudad de méxico raquel y angela hablan de sus relaciones con otras personas. sabes, raquel aunque le he tenido un poco de envidia a roberto la verdad es que lo admiro. sí, lo sé. creo que también admiras a jorge. ay, bueno, sí, pero es distinto. jorge es mi novio. pero lo admiras, como admiras a roberto. raquel, te debo pedir disculpas. actué muy mal contigo, allá en puerto rico la última vez que hablamos de jorge. como parte del episodio, uds. van a aprender algunas palabras y expresiones que tienen que ver con las relaciones entre dos personas. para empezar, dos personas pueden ser amigos. entre los amigos, puede haber cariño, un afecto especial. el cariño también puede existir entre los miembros de una familia. además de las relaciones entre amigos y familiares también existen las relaciones entre novios. los novios son dos personas que tienen una relación amorosa, romántica, algo muy especial. (

annenberg media ♪ by: era la agente de bienes raíces. empresario de los estados unidos está interesado en comprar la gavia. pero... todavía no está en venta, ¿verdad? narrador: bienvenidos a destinos: an introduction to spanish. primero vamos a ver algunas escenas de este episodio. aquí jaime. tengo muy buenas noticias. angela ha llamado desde el hospital. dice que roberto se despertó y que está muy bien. ibueno, qué alegría! se te ve muy bien. por lo menos estás despierto. sí. la verdad es que sí me siento muy bien. y yo lo puedo comprobar. se comió dos desayunos. ay, a propósito ¿no queda algo por allí? veo que la recuperación ha sido completa y rápida. también vamos a hablar un poco sobre el ballet folclórico de méxico. fundado por amelia hernández el ballet folclórico incluye música y danzas de diferentes regiones del país. ( se toca el jarabe tapatío ) ¿y carlos se fue así? ¿no te dio ninguna explicación? no, ninguna. ¿no lo has visto esta mañana? no, no he visto ni a carlos ni a gloria. captioning of this program is made possible b

annenberg media ♪ and: with additional funding from these foundations and individuals: and by: and the: hello, i'm john lithgow. welcome to "american cinema." some people say the star is the greatest invention of american cinema. american films have to have big names in bright lights. in the old days of the studio system there was a structure for developing stars. they were owned, body and soul signed to long-term contracts. a powerful publicity machine run by the studio, they could reach an audience of millions. but that alone did not guarantee success. the problem for the studio was to find the one personna out of many possible characters to boost an actor to stardom. humphrey bogart, for instance, played as a cheap hood before he was recast and ultimately immortalized as rick in "casablanca." stars today are still a unique match of individual flair and audience aspiration. with the studio collapse stars catapulted to power and became the most bankable commodities in hollywood who can often determine whether or not a film is made. in this program, narrated by kathleen turner, we look

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annenberg media ♪ r of the late 20th century seems far removed, today 21st-century europe strains toccommodate the outcome. the fall of the berlin wall marked the end of the soviet empire's iron curtain and reshaped germany's borders. a new unified berlin is emerging: the capital of a reunited germany near the center of a european region whose borders expanded with the demise of the iron curtain. narrator: during the cold war that followed world war ii germany existed as two antagonistic countries, east germany and west germany. berlin, the historic capital of the nation, located deep inside communist east germany was also divided into east and west sectors. for nearly 30 years, this division was marked by a wall built right through the city. the wall went up in 1961. then in 1989 germany was reunified and the wall was torn down. man: the wall comes down, there is great euphoria. finally the two cities can be connected again and made one. it is a new symbol of the unification of germany, the syol of unification of germany. people are euphoric-- they go to the wall when the wall opens

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annenberg media ♪ iudad juarez, mexico is a squatters' settlement called anapra.n 1980, this was empty desert. by the 1990s tens of thousands of residents have staked out small plots and constructed makeshift homes. most tie into the power lines illegally and run lamp wires over the sand to light their homes. 1994-- we visit concha martinez for the first time living in this tarpaper shack. like thousands of her neighbors, she has no running water or sewers, no title to her land. a single mother, concha built this one-room home for herself and her four children: abel, 12, adrian, ten, wendy five, and the youngest, alexi. their incredible struggle, and a ten-ar story of this place will illuminate some key geography themes, including: scale has several meanings in geography. one is very specific having to do with ratios of distance on a map to actual distance on the ground. but it also has a more intuitive meaning related to the size of the area in question. let's call this view of anapra a "neighborhood scale." at this scale, you see a one- sided picture of ciudad j

annenberg media ♪ ♪ mississippi and tennessee valleys.ing a great depression, congress created the tva-- a federal project to control the ravages of the great tennessee river. why would anyone object? medical advances have added years to americans' lives. but not everyone can afford medical care's high cost. why shouldn't the government guarantee a minimum level of health care? in 1978, californians voted for propositio13 even though it was likely to result in cutbacks of government services. had the gornment gone too far? not everyone agrees on government's proper role. some feel government has gotten out of hand. others feel we're not doing enough. public goods and responsibility-- how far should we go? we'll examine that question with the help of economic analyst richard gill on this edition of economics usa. i'm david schoumacher. we can all enjoy the benefitsof public services such as museums, schools, and highways, but they have to be paid for. they are, usually in the form of taxes. why must the government provide these services? w

annenberg media ♪ ♪ tsurncy. why would the united states break from the gold standard in 1933?1944, world leaders designed a blueprint for a new international monetary order a an dependent upon the strength of the american dollar. what led to the collapse of the heralded bretton woods agreements? 2002 -- a new cuencywent into circulation in 12 countries of the european union. would the w eu challenge the dollar as the world's reigng currency? in a global marketplace, our economy depends on the international value of the dollar. it affects how much weay for foreign goods and w we our exports sell overseas. xcnge ras:what ithe wo isolr wo"withhe helofcomics analyst richard gill we'lexamine that questio onhis edition of "economics u$a." i'm davischoumacher. it is only in recent years at excnge scould ry from y toay. generaons, exchangeates were fixedancuencies freelycoertie ol to cast aside the edictability of the fixed exchange rate systemwas coidered moren unusua-- it was nearly unthinkae. why enin 1933, woule uniteds ntnkable? why woulitbandonthe stability of the gold stanrd? b

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annenberg media ♪y: narrador: bienvenidos al episodio 41 de destinos: an introduction to spanish. primero vamos a ver algunas escenas de este episodio. raquel, es mejor que entres sola primero y hables con él. de acuerdo. se va a poner muy feliz. sí, claro. carlos: la verdad es que... gloria juega. ¿quieres decir, por dinero? pero, ¿qué necesidad hay de vender el apartamento? nos criamos en ese apartamento. en este episodio vamos a aprender un poco sobre otra gran ciudad de méxico guadalajara: la plaza de los laureles la plaza de la liberación y la plaza tapatía. un empresario de los estados unidos quiere comprar la gavia. nos ha hecho una oferta. ¿dígame? ¿me podría decir cuál es el número de la habitación de la licenciada raquel rodríguez? ¿cómo no? arturo, no está. ¿cómo? don fernando no está. ila habitación está vacía! captioning of this program is made possible by the annenberg/cpb project and the geraldine r. dodge foundation. en el episodio previo le dejaron a roberto salir del hospital. no ha s

annenberg media ♪ by: narrador: bienvenidos al episodio 36 de destinos: an introduction to spanish laayor 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! iart

annenberg media ♪ by: narrador: bienvenidos al episodio 35 de destinos: an introduction to spanish.n este episodio pati se va a nueva york. claro, juan no está muy contento. también carlos recibe noticias de lo que pasa en la oficina en miami. tengo una copia de los reportes de los auditores. no son muy buenos. ¿qué dicen? recomiendan cerrar la oficina. y en este episodio vamos a saber más del estado de roberto. ¿no ha sufrido lesiones graves? no. ninguna. está un poco tenso y débil por todo lo que pasó pero lo hemos dado un calmante. ( bocinazos ) captioning of this program is made possible by the annenberg/cpb project and the geraldine r. dodge foundation. en el episodio previo, llevaron a roberto castillo al hospital. raquel y angela también salieron y la familia castillo espera tener noticias de ellas. pero todo no va bien con los diferentes miembros de la familia. como ya sabemos, juan y pati están pasando por dificultades en su relación. y arturo, que no ha vuelto a tener más noticias de raquel trataba de averiguar algo más sobre el accidente. hasta luego, pedro. tú eres una b

annenberg media ♪ by: narrador: bienvenidos a destinos: an introduction to spanish.rimero vamos a ver algunas escenas de este episodio. no ha sufrido más que unas pocas magulladuras. ¿entonces? entonces, ya puede dejar esta cama para alguien que la necesita de veras. con permiso. hola manuel. sí, regresé hace poco. me alegro, porque quiero hablar contigo sobre algunas cosas. cuando quieran nos vamos. yo necesito cambiar dinero. yo también. bueno, sobrino ¿qué te pareces si nos tomamos un café? vamos. las esperamos en la cafetería. bien. también vamos a aprender vocabulario y expresiones relacionados con el turismo. ¿a cuánto está el dólar? a dos mil novecientos pesos. angela: ¿cuánto cuesta cada timbre? es de unas ruinas indígenas. a mí me gustan las postales que tienen vista panorámica. mira, como ésta. sí, es muy linda. necesito enviar unas postales a puerto rico. ¿cuánto cuesta cada timbre? mil quinientos pesos. este es un teatro de y para adultos y no pienso cambiar nada de la obra y voy a seguir ensayando con los actores. lo esperan en la clínica de guadalajara

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