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Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows
Nature & Environment

Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows

...Spanish coast, and almost all of Britain was buried beneath the ice. These periods are called the ice ages. A vast quantity of water was locked in these ice sheets, so sea level was as much as 120 m lower than today, and there was dry land between Britain and the rest of Europe. During times between these cold periods, the ice sheets melted and the water from land ice...
Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons
History & The Arts

Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons

...SPANISH] INTERPRETER: The prize we have been generously awarded enables us to unite as one, even though we are very far apart. It is perhaps a symbol that in spite of distance, we are together in a common enterprise. The defence of our most fundamental right, the right to live. Nowadays, we only have it as a conditional right. In a few minutes, the decision of a few men...
Global perspectives on primary education
Education & Development

Global perspectives on primary education

...Spanish Red Cross’ and ‘Telefonica Espanola’. They changed the entire structure, made everything from new because after the earthquake we were teaching in wooden huts. At that time we were also helped by a local businessman, to build temporary classrooms in the yard. Then the Civil Defence decided to take it all down and the necessary steps were taken to permanently...
Art and visual culture: medieval to modern
History & The Arts

Art and visual culture: medieval to modern

...Spanish crown (Figure 10); he drew a salary as court painter from 1789 until his death in 1828 (Tomlinson, 1994, pp. 147, 282). Figure 10 Francisco Goya, The Family of Carlos IV, 1800, oil on canvas, 280 × 336 cm. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. Photo: © Museo Nacional del Prado/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library...Art and visual culture: Medieval to modern:...
English: skills for learning Badge icon
Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...Spanish or Italian equivalents, so speaking these languages may help. Lethargic Lethargic is included in a list of other words so context again would be a useful strategy. Even if you don’t understand its meaning, from the context you will probably understand that lethargic describes one of the effects of malnutrition. This may be sufficient unless you want to read the...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains

...Spanish police interviews to introduce the characters. By doing that, you can give a real level of insight to people that just comes from a slightly different angle. A couple of other things I like to do. The show don’t tell adage is still worth its weight in gold. Just avoid the telling bit and do the showing bit. And the other thing to do or the other thing I like to...
Understanding musical scores
History & The Arts

Understanding musical scores

...Spanish dance and the Russian Trepak. The exotic Arabian dance represents coffee. The Arabian dance is written for a large orchestra, but only a few of the instruments are playing at any one time. Look at the score, and see if you can identify ‘landmarks’ that might help you follow it. First, check the instruments that will be playing by looking at the names at the...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The Enlightenment
History & The Arts

The Enlightenment

...Spanish valet Cacambo, about the colonial impact of the Jesuit Fathers in Paraguay (the Jesuits were a body of Catholic missionaries): I know how the reverend fathers govern as well as I know the streets of Cadiz. It's a wonderful thing, their system of government. The kingdom is more than three hundred leagues across; it is divided into thirty provinces. The reverend...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs