Humans have populated every environment on earth. We live on the frozen tundra and in the searing deserts. We live in thriving cities of millions and in isolated camps of a few dozen. Some societies seem simple because they are small and their members are selfsufficient and use simple tools. Others seem complex because they have large populations and people depend on each other for food and goods and use sophisticated technology. In between, there is a range that fills the spectrum. All of these differences are cultural, learned behavior, the result of a complex interaction between our inventiveness and our natural environments. As we search for new horizons, our inventiveness thrusts us across the boundaries of space, into new worlds. This new view of earth dispels an ancient myopia the artificial boundaries of our states and the politics that often divide us. Here is a vision of one planet and one family of humankind. But the view from earth reminds us of a common human dilemma, the
Narrador bienvenidos a otro episodio de destinos an introduction to spanish. Primero, algunas escenas de Este Episodio. Ino me grites asi, juan ya trate de explicarte los problemas de la produccion en nueva york. No entiendo por que actuas como un nino mimado. Solo roberto podria escoger una profesion tan peligrosa. ¿por que no estudia para ser un medico, ingeniero o abogado como tu . En Este Episodio vamos a aprender vocabulario relacionado con Las Profesiones y las carreras. Consuelo ¿y sabes que profesion tiene esta senora . Maricarmen esta es dentista. Y esta es enfermera. Mira, y este es un maestro. Y este ¿sabes que es . Es un veterinario. ¿y este, que es . Este es un periodista. Trabaja en los periodicos, ¿no . Si. Y esta es actriz. Y este es actor. ¿y sabes que profesion tiene este senor . No, mama. Es un hombre de negocios, como tu tio carlos. Tio carlos es profesor. No, es un hombre de negocios. Es un hombre de negocios. Tambien vamos a aprender algo sobre otra civiliza
With the force of their own personalities. They build temples and huge stone billboards to prop up royal dynasties that have little actual power. They perform gruesome rituals that require the skins of other people. They go to war and capture players for their ball games games where the losers never play again. Today, inside ancient pyramids, archaeologists face real danger to bring the story of these kings and their politics out of the past. Before the arrival of europeans, two extraordinary civilizations flourished in mesoamerica. Both the aztecs and the maya had cultures of startling sophistication, and political systems that were enormously complex. Archaeologists are intrigued by ancient political systems. They want to know how these systems were organized and how they evolved. Archaeologist Arthur Demarest. Throughout the course of human history, societies have bece ever more complex. Political systems have developed some successfully, expanding and growing, while othersecline an
Eh, muy bien. ¿adonde . A la ciudad de mexico. At other times, you will hear narration in spanish that is spoken just for you. Narrador miguel va al colegio De San Francisco de paula. Miguel es un buen estudiante. Estudia mucho. As you enjoy the story, you will also learn the names of Certain School subjects in spanish. Tu mama dice que tienes siete asignaturas. ¿que materia te gusta mas . Bueno, realmente me gustan todas pero la verdad es que mis favoritas son las ciencias naturales. Tengo unos minutos, y voy a apuntar. At the end of the episode raquel will review some of the story with you. Primero. ¿como se llama el esposo de elena . Hola. Yo me llamo miguel. Se llama miguel. Sit back now, and relax, as we join raquel on her journey through spain. Ijaime ijaime ijaime iosito captioning of this program is made possible by the Annenberg Cpb project and the geraldine r. Dodge foundation. This is sevilla, a city in southern spain. This is Raquel Rodriguez a lawyer from Southern Calif
music narrator the thousand yearsgo in souern mexico, an unprecedent culture flourished in the jungle nearhe gulf coast. Rivers meandering through the hot, tropical lowlands were the regions lifeblood. Theswaterwayfor transporon and trade enuraged agriculture. Annual floods left deposits of fertile soil, ideal for growing maize, squash and beans. More than two thousand years later, the aztecs called this region olman, or rubber country, the name of the peoples. Who dwelled there in antiquity is lost, but they have become known as olmec. To express their political and religious beliefs, the ancient olmec invented imagery of spellbinding power. They carved monumental sculptures from volcanic rock without mel tools, using hammers and chisels ma ostone. They transported massive blocks of basalt, weighi up to 20 ns, across miles of teory thout benefit of the wel. They built the First Pyramid in the americas, rising 100 feet an of ren the half millionubic ft ofpa e they fasoned delicate, and