Trump really losing it , writes things in really funny way

Makes fun of senators he doesn’t like - especially Republican senators who don’t support him any more. One is from West Virginia and he writes the state’s name in a very funny way. Colbert criticizes one senator for only criticizing Trump when they are about to leave the senate. Colbert is great. Click here. Subtitles

Strife = tension fighting

Tearing apart at the seams = clothes breaking from where they are


, rompiendoe por las costuras in Spanish

Very moderate Palestinian activist addresses Sinn Fein

I think this man is both humble and fair minded. He could be the Palestinian Mandela the world has been waiting for perhaps. You have to press onto  OPEN APP at the top center for the subtitles to appear. CLICK HERE

Really nice interview with Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama talks about meeting and dating Barack Obama, who she meets interviewing him for a job at a law firm where she already worked, how they started dating, how at first he argued against getting married but finally proposed to her, how she handled advice to her husband and tried to keep her family life normal — and what she thinks of Donald Trump!

Vocabulary 

An Upstart  = an ambitious new guy ( about her husband)

A hotshot = a charismatic and sexy guy

Bar can have 2 meanings besides a place to drink

1. El listón ( the level you have to achieve to succeed)
2. The exam you need to pass to practice law. They celebrated when Barack passed the bar.

On what I saw, there are subtitles. I hope they appear on the link.  Yes, they do.

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A Ted talk about infidelity

Another non political videoclip. Humorous, sophisticated, wise and enjoyable.

Vocabulary

Betrayal= traición ( treason is more political, used in the context of against one’s country)

Perpetrator = infractor, the person who commits a bad act

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Motivational speech by Denzel Washington

Here’s a videoclip of a speech by the Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington to class graduating from the university. Quite strong. Has good subtitles.

New vocabulary:

U-haul= a truck or van for transporting furniture, clothes etc. especially when you move.

Hearse = funeral car

(there are no U-hauls behind hearses = you can’t take anything with you when you die)

Think outside the box= think in  an unconventional way

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Bill Maher monologue with excellent subtitles

Fantastic. Funny and serious at the same time- and true.

Coup= putsche, golpe de estado, illegal takeover by the government..

Joint= a marijuana cigarette

 CLICK HERE if you don’t see subtitles, click onto little box with cc at bottom right

A few times he says “Shit” but not in subtitles! Otherwise they are fine.

Another Trevor Noah with good subtitles

About Trump firing his Attorney General and replacing him with a man named Whitaker, who doesn’t sound very legal. Jeff Sessions has been very hard on integration and arguably a racist, like Trump. But he was a person of interest in and could be indicted by the Mueller investigation, since he met with Russians during Trump’s campaign and he knew the law well enough to understand the conflict of interest, so he recused him. Since then, Trump has hated and insulted hm and has taken advantage of his win in the senate to fire Sessions now. Noah thinks Sessions looks like Mr. Clean or one of Santa’s elves. For older Spaniards- also think he looks like Arias Navarro!
Excellent subtitles..Click onto cc box on bottom right to see them.

Vocabulary
Attorney General= official who leads the department of justice
Scam= an illegal plan to get money, similar to hoax
To Shit-talk, or trash= to speak very badly about someone
To get away with something = to do something wrong without getting caught

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