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It was for Venezuelan professionals like her. One weekend, in the late 80s, Mercedes went to a talk hosted by the U.S. She got married, had two kids, then later divorced and remarried. She was able to buy an apartment and a car, go on vacations. It afforded her a solidly middle-class lifestyle. Martina: Mercedes got a job at Venezuela's state-run oil company, PDVSA.

Los fines de semana, yo iba a la playa o iba a caminar al Ávila. El mar del Caribe está a una hora en carro. Mercedes: En Caracas hay una montaña muy bella y verde que se llama El Ávila. And she came of age in the 1970s, at the height of the Venezuelan oil boom. She'd grown up in Caracas, a city with sunny, 70-degree weather year-round. Martina: Mercedes hadn't always felt this way about her home. Cuando estás en el carro esperando en el semáforo, te atacan con pistola para robarte tu cartera o tu celular. A la luz del día, secuestran a la gente en la calle para pedirles dinero a sus familiares. Mercedes: El problema de la inseguridad en Caracas es brutal. And random kidnappings, secuestros, are common.

Her city, Caracas, has one of the highest murder rates in the world. Martina: After the assault, Mercedes didn't feel as safe in her own neighborhood as she used to. El hombre no pudo quitarme el reloj y los dos se fueron corriendo. Sentí el peligro, pero igual continué resistiéndome. Y el que me estaba atacando respondió: '¡Es que no es tan fácil!'. Mercedes: El segundo hombre le decía: '¡Rápido!'. Suddenly, another man appeared at the door. Mercedes struggled with him, thrashing and kicking. Martina: The young man grabbed Mercedes from behind and pinned her arms down. De un momento a otro, me atrapó por detrás. Él parecía ser buena persona, así que lo dejé entrar. Mercedes: Él me dijo: '¡Deja la puerta abierta, por favor! ¡Yo también tengo que entrar!'. As she opened the front gate to her apartment building, a young man walked up to her, with a grin. It was a balmy evening in 1990, and she was coming home from a party. Martina: Mercedes remembers the moment she made up her mind to leave Venezuela. If you miss something, you can always skip back and listen again. The storyteller will be using intermediate Spanish and I’ll be chiming in for context in English. Every episode, we bring you fascinating true stories, to help you improve your Spanish listening, and gain new perspectives on the world. Martina: Bienvenidos and welcome to the Duolingo Spanish Podcast. Yo voy a salir de esto y después, voy a ayudar a otros en esta situación'. Mercedes: Yo pensé: 'Esta no puede ser mi vida. But coming to Georgia had long been her dream, and she was willing to sacrifice for it.

Not so long ago, back in Venezuela, she would have been pulling off a pair of sleek high-heeled pumps and nylon stockings at the end of her workday. Martina: When she finished her shift, Mercedes's lips were chapped from the cold, her fingers frozen stiff. Ese fue el trabajo más difícil de toda mi vida. Estaba de pie frente a la correa durante muchas horas y, al final del día, tenía un fuerte dolor en la espalda. Mercedes: Mi cuchillo era muy afilado y la correa transportadora iba muy rápido. Her job was to clean up the breasts, pulling out any remnants of feathers and bone with a sharp knife, un cuchillo afilado. She was led to a conveyor belt with chunks of raw chicken breast speeding past. Martina: Mercedes's new job was in una planta de pollo - a chicken plant. Mercedes: Cuando entré, pensé que me iba a morir del frío. She slipped them on then opened the door to a gray, windowless warehouse.

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ONLINE LEARNING - to adapt this for online learning you could either use a pdf editor like (pdf escape) OR you could take screen shots of the pages and paste them into Google Slides where you can create text boxes over the writing area for students to fill in.Martina: On the first day of her new job in Dalton, Georgia, 45-year-old Mercedes Visval was handed a hairnet, gloves, and a pair of rubber boots. *Must have access to internet for audio of Duolingo Spanish Podcast *A good activity for a substitute teacher. This could be adapted for beginner/intermediate/advanced learners.

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***(Answer sheets and full transcript included). Video links for extended learning opportunities Vocabulary fill in the blank and matching worksheet But can a country like El Salvador hold its own against prevailing champions like Australia and the United States? Federico is convinced they can - and inspires Alejandro to believe the same. This episode takes the listener to El Salvador! Alejandro Méndez's new boss, café-owner Federico Bolanos, is obsessed with one thing: training Alejandro to compete in the world's toughest barista competition. Listening to the Duolingo Spanish podcast with your class is a fun and entertaining way for students to learn new vocabulary while engaging in story and learning about new cultures.

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