Difficulty: Newbie
USA
This famous fairy tale is far removed from modern life, but lessons can be learned from it nonetheless. Stories like these are great for practicing regular and irregular verbs.
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
What does the queen do when she leaves the room? Is the girl a real princess or not? Let's find out.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Jamaica, United Kingdom
British pop star Sting and Jamaican-American rapper Shaggy join forces on this song with a relaxed reggae vibe, and lyrics inspired by Lewis Carroll’s poem “The Walrus and the Carpenter” from his book Alice Through the Looking-Glass.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Legendary Apple co-founder Steve Jobs gives the graduation speech at Stanford University. Jobs himself never graduated from college, but does recall how what he learned in certain college classes played a role in the design of the first Apple computer.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Steve Jobs continues his commencement address to the students of Stanford University. He explains how he once lost his job with Apple, the company he co-founded, and his own principles for living a fulfilling life.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
The commencement address concludes with Steve’s thoughts about death following his recent experience with a serious illness. From the perspective of a person who has already walked the road these graduating students are about to travel, he offers words of advice and encouragement.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
Stephen King is the most famous thriller/horror author from the U.S., and many of his novels have been made into feature films. In The Stand, a weaponized strain of influenza known as "Project Blue" is accidentally released inside a secret underground laboratory. Charles Campion, who has been charged with security, manages to escape the base due to a fault in its lockdown/containment protocols and flees by car with his wife and child.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
When Charles Campion's car nearly crashes into a gas station, the men hanging out outside don't know what to do to save him. Campion's wife and baby have already succumbed to the illness, and he is also not long for this world.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
By the time the army tracks Campion down to the town of Arnette, Texas, he and his wife and daughter have already died of the Project Blue virus. Did they spread it to others or can it still be contained?
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
The United States Army attempts to isolate the city and area around Arnette, Texas, going as far as to take civilians into custody. Meanwhile, Hap, Vic, and Joe Bob have all begun coughing...
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA South
The army rounds up everyone who came into contact with Campion after he and his family escaped from the facility where the virus was being developed. This includes Stuart Redman, who was working at the gas station where Campion met his demise, and Stuart's wife.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
Larry Underwood is a young, narcissistic pop singer who has just released his debut single "Baby, Can You Dig Your Man?" He runs up a lot of debt while living in Los Angeles and travels to New York to hide out, on the pretense of visiting his loving, but deeply disapproving mother.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
Stuart Redman is forcibly held in a specialized center in Vermont, but proves immune to the virus. Harold is in love with Francis and tries to impress her with a self-written and published poem.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
While Frannie and her father have a heart-to-heart talk, Stu Redman is getting tired of being kept in quarantine without any information and demands to talk to someone who can explain what's going on.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
Shortly after the start of the epidemic, deaf-mute Nick Andros is beaten by some local thugs while walking on the street at night. He is mildly injured in the assault, and has dreams of Mother Abigail telling him to come see her in Nebraska.
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