Notes In Spanish Gold

Ben’s sister finds love, despite it being more likely to find aliens in our galaxy, and online dating flourishes in Spain. Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

Marina is rightly proud of her nations high-speed train network. It’s so good that Obama wants to copy it! Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

A burned hand leads to a trip to ‘Urgencias’, plus private and public healthcare in Spain, the joys of Spanish hospital food, and if the Spanish are illness-obsessed! Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

We discuss the world’s Blue Zones, where a very high life expectancy is the norm, and the formula we might try to follow to live just as long ourselves in the west. Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

This week Ben and Marina talk about the animal kingdom – pet fashions in Spain, endangered (and dangerous!) species in the Iberian Peninsular, and more useful animal phrases. Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

As the Catalans debate banning bullfighting, we ask, will Spain still be Spain when the dust settles? Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

Adolescents sailing around the world, kids playing with fire, driving cars, and carrying pocket knives… can these things really be a good idea? Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

Ben and Marina look at some of the most important developments in the last 10 years. Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

Marina and Ben discuss bilingual children, code-switching, and the real Spanglish. Get the worksheets at www.notesinspanish.com

Ben and Marina discuss a recent study that suggests self-help doesn't work, the rise of the self-help industry, and how we too have benefited from forms of self-help in our own lives. Find the worksheet at www.notesinspanish.com

Ben and Marina discuss the terrible pickpocketing crime wave in Madrid and Barcelona, and how broken windows theory might be applied to reducing the  problem. Get the full transcript at www.notesinspanish.com

Ben and Marina discuss hot air-balloons, smart-phone applications, and how technology is changing our need to commit anything to memory. Get the transcript/worksheet for this episode at notesinspanish.com