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Podcast: Coffee Break Spanish
Episode: Season 3 â Lesson 12 â Coffee Break Spanish
Description: In episode 12, Mark and Alba get all poetic as they celebrate the 250th anniversary of el poeta nacional de Escocia, Robert Burns. Alba learns some Scots and in return she teaches Mark a poem by Spanish poet Gustavo Adolfo BĂ©cquer. The intermedio includes a review of the film Secretos del CorazĂłn, and JosĂ© introduces some interesting ways to convey the concept of 'to fancy doing something'. Language points covered include how to translate âto realiseâ and the construction estar a punto de + infinitive, meaning âto be about to do somethingâ. Please note that lesson 12 of Season 3 was originally...