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Green Book: Lo que la película nos enseña

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Two men, one car, and a journey across a divided America. Green Book begins as a job, but it becomes something much bigger: a story of friendship that transcends prejudice and pride. As Tony drives Dr. Don Shirley through the segregated South, they both learn the true meaning of strength, dignity, and respect. Their humor softens the pain, their differences fuel growth, and music becomes their shared language. Beneath the laughter and conflict lies a deeper truth: that real change doesn't come from speeches or laws, but from the courage to fully see and listen to another person.

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la película / la peˈlikula /noun

film

Green Book es más que una película de carretera sobre dos hombres que viajan por el sur de Estados Unidos en los años 60.

Green Book is more than a road film about two men traveling through the southern United States in the 1960s.

la bondad / la bonˈdad /noun

kindness

pequeños actos de bondad

small acts of kindness

benevolenciagentilezanobleza

la carretera / la kareˈteɾa /noun

road

película de carretera

road movie

road movie

prejuicios / pɾeˈxwisjos /noun

prejudices

desafiar los prejuicios

challenge prejudices

sesgoestereotipointolerancia

viajan / bjaˈxan /verb

travel

Green Book es más que una película de carretera sobre dos hombres que viajan por el sur de Estados Unidos.

Green Book is more than a road movie about two men who travel through the American South.

viajeviajerorecorrer

desafiar / desaˈfjaɾ /verb

to challenge

actos de bondad pueden desafiar los prejuicios

acts of kindness can challenge prejudices

cuestionaroponerse adesafío

la superficie / la supeɾˈfisje /noun

surface

En la superficie, parece una historia...

On the surface, it seems like a story...

a primera vistaen apariencia

proviene / pɾoˈβjene /verb

comes from

El título proviene de “The Green Book”.

The title comes from “The Green Book”.

sur / suɾ /noun

the direction or region located to the south

Viajan por el sur de Estados Unidos.

They are traveling through the south of the United States.

meridional

cuidadoso / kwiðaˈðoso /adjective

careful

Don es tranquilo, cuidadoso y vive según las reglas.

Don is calm, careful and lives by the rules.

prudentemeticulosoprecavido

enfrentan / eɱfɾentan /verb

to face

Afuera enfrentan el racismo y la injusticia.

Outside they face racism and injustice.

hacer frente aplantar cara a

niega / njeɣa /verb

denies

Cuando un restaurante le niega la entrada o un hotel le da una habitación sucia, él se mantiene firme.

When a restaurant denies him entry or a hotel gives him a dirty room, he stands firm.

rechazarehúsa

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