Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
For years, Jimmy has been encouraging parents to play a prank on their kids by telling them that they ate all their Halloween candy. Now that his daughter Jane is old enough, he felt it was time to try it out on her.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams began as a radio show before it became a series of best-selling novels, a TV show, and finally a Hollywood movie. Here is the opening scene from the movie, as dolphins abandon a doomed Earth.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Sheldon can no longer take the pressure of producing his show "Fun with Flags" alongside a full-time career and having a girlfriend. So, after only two hundred and thirty two episodes, it’s finally the last in the series. Sheldon is full of emotions, but mostly still mad at Amy for failing to press “record” and ruining his “Fourth of July Spectacular.”
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
"Eleonora "Lele" Pons Maronese is a Venezuelan-American Internet celebrity, YouTuber, actress, singer, dancer, model, and former host of the Mexican TV series La Voz. In this short comedic film, she is having a pretty rough first day of college.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Bedrock, home of the famous cartoon caveman Fred Flintstone, is a very modern Stone Age city. There are newspapers, cars, televisions and telephones, even a system of airmail!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
After some flag-related fun and games, the final episode of "Fun with Flags" draws to a close and Sheldon is overcome with emotion.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Lele and her classmates try all the tricks in the book to avoid taking a test, but their teacher is wise to their games, and, as it turns out, has a few tricks of her own up her sleeve.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Fred Flintstone and his best friend Barney Rubble like to go bowling and play golf, but before they can relax and enjoy themselves, there are household chores to be done. Fortunately for them and their wives, Wilma and Betty, there have already been some fantastic new inventions to make Stone Age living that much easier.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Even if you're not the biggest fan of school, you've got to admit it's better than the historical schools depicted in this series! They certainly had some questionable moral codes and weird punishments...
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Lele panics when one last crucial homework assignment is due. Might having a tutor help her? Or attending a student study group? Surely she can’t get away with not handing it in… but she is desperate enough to try!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Sheldon has completed the last episode of his web show "Fun with Flags" and now feels depressed — that is, until he decides to give it another go. Unfortunately, Amy is not willing to work with him anymore.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Not long ago, in Welsh schools, the pupils weren’t allowed to speak their native language, Welsh! There was no choice but to learn English. In the Victorian classroom, learning is dull and repetitive, but today’s lesson is not going exactly as the teacher has planned.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
The English language has changed in many ways over the centuries, but the internet has changed it in just a few decades. Why use a whole sentence when an abbreviation will do?
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Mike Myers, dressed in a proper kilt, introduces Sean Connery at the American Film Institute's 34th Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Sean Connery.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Sheldon isn’t getting over his breakup with Amy, and directs his hurt feelings at her in the latest episode of his show "Fun with Flags." Amy is understandably upset when she sees the episode and goes to confront him.
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