Diving to save Indonesia's coral reefs from plastic

Click HERE for a BBC article and video on how to save coral reefs from plastic in Indonesia

England floods are worse now

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Climate change behind Venice floods?

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Where plastic outnumbers fish by seven to one

Click HERE for a BBC article about plastic in some areas of the ocean

The future (PLANS & INTENTIONS)

Watch the following Youtube video and listen to those people talking about their plans for the future both in the short and the long term.It is subtitled in English and you´ll notice that some use the colloquial conversational GONNA, which is the same as GOING TO.

Dakota Johnson honours stepdad Antonio Banderas at Hollywood Film Awards

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 to watch and listen to Dakota Johnson honouring Antonio Banderas at the Hollywood Film Awards.

There’s still hope for you to speak English well because I am quite sure your English now is not as “abstract” as the English Antonio Banderas had when he was starting his career in the US!!!! Anyway, he still makes unimportant mistakes : he says "how he is" and he should have said "what he is like"

Joking apart, here is a list of words and expressions they use  you may not be familiar with, and which will help you to understand most of their speeches:

From Dakota’s speech:

Stepfather = padrastro

Burst into our lives = irrumpió en nuestras vidas

So vibrant, so fun, so funny

Siblings = brothers and sisters

Flamingo = flamenco

Remarkable= notable, extraordinario

Enduring= duradero, imperecedero

Long-lasting = de larga duración

On behalf of = en nombre de

Be in awe of = ( have respect and admiration for someone )

Almodovar films she mentions:

Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown

Matador

Law of desire

Tie me up, time me down

The skin I live in
Pain and Glory

From Antonio’s speech:

Betray = traicionar

Off-the-box personality ( thinking outside the box= thinking creatively, freely and off the beaten path)

Dictatorship = dictadura

Forbidden ( forbid-forbade- forbidden = prohibir)

Thankful to = agradecido a

Lonely Planet's top ten cities to visit in 2020

Click HERE for a CNN article and video if you want to know which 10 cities Lonely Planet recommends visiting in 2020.

Japan's 36 most beautiful places

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