Difficulty: Newbie
USA
Here's how to pronounce a very important noun with an unusual plural!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Rachael and Maggie have some doubts about telling Julia what they saw on one of their walks. In terms of language, this segment nicely captures how often the word “really” is used in conversation.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
James Corden and Ed Sheeran go for a drive in Los Angeles singing songs off Ed's new album. James challenges Ed to fit as many Maltesers as possible in his mouth after hearing that Ed once fit in 47. Maltesers are a UK brand of chocolate-covered malted milk balls.
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
We can use nouns, verbs, or adjectives to describe someone's personality. Sigrid shows us how to describe someone with a strong personality.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Ed sings some tunes with James Corden in the car, and talks about a bender with Justin Bieber in Tokyo. It started at a dive bar and ended up on a golf course.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Ed Sheeran talks about preferring to have his guitar and not just a microphone when he's singing. They sing “Castle on the Hill” and James comes up with a little variation inspired by Los Angles traffic.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Hindi-English, Chinese-English, and Singaporean-English are discussed and we're introduced to some fun words, such as “badmash” (noun, a bad person in Hinglish) or “chope” (verb, to set aside a place in a fast food restaurant by setting down an object like a hankie or magazine in Singlish).
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
Catch up on winter vocabulary with Sigrid. It's also a great chance to practice words with "W," since there are plenty associated with winter.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Bohemian Rhapsody is a biographical film about the British rock band Queen, focusing on lead singer Freddie Mercury's life leading up to Queen's Live Aid performance at Wembley Stadium in 1985. Freddie defied stereotypes and shattered convention to become one of the most beloved entertainers on the planet.
Difficulty: Intermediate
India, Pakistan, United Kingdom
Who knows when we'll discover whether we are alone in the universe or not? Whatever the answer, the quest for more knowledge will never cease, nor grow dull.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Cherry realizes quite late what is actually going on. Beaufort levels some nasty criticism at Cherry for her acting abilities, and the producer of the film shows up.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
The recap of a hilarious season of Two and a Half Men, in which tech billionaire Walden moves in with the guys, and has heaps of trouble deciding between his new girlfriend Zoey and ex-wife Bridget.
Difficulty: Newbie
United Kingdom
An animated video of the festive British carol, “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.” The carol's origins are not known, but it was first written down in 1935 by Arthur Sydney Warrell, a Bristol choirmaster.
Difficulty: Intermediate
New Zealand, The Netherlands, USA
Here's the trailer for an inspiring film about the efforts of ordinary people to make the world a more sustainable place. Experts talk about the necessity of taking action.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Meet Sheldon, he’s been driving pizzas longer than anyone at Bob’s Pizza. He seems to be a little too comfortable in his role of senior pizza driver!
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