Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Kate lives in Grand Lake, Colorado, a small town that is considered the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park. Kate’s friend Tom is inspired by the cold and recent snow to go out and take a plunge in the icy lake!
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
In Grand Lake, not far from the Rocky Mountains National Park, it has become a tradition for people to get together and play ice hockey on the frozen lake in the middle of winter. Kate introduces us to some of her friends there and also to a very American snack, the s’more!
Difficulty:
Intermediate
United Kingdom
Adele and Graham Norton of the BBC have some fun with Adele impersonators. Adele arrives at the Adele contest disguised as Jenny, a dowdy nanny, with her face rearranged by a skillful makeup artist and with a funny walk. She's just one of many impersonators until she takes the stage and begins singing in her inimitable voice.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
United Kingdom
British singer Adele won two prizes at the 2009 Grammy Awards, Best Female Pop Performance and Best New Artist and made a triumphant return at the 2012 Grammy Awards with a perfect six-for-six performance. In this clip, she reveals the inspiration, a very personal one, behind her second single, "Chasing Pavements".
Difficulty:
Intermediate
United Kingdom
British singer-songwriter Adele made her commercial breakthrough with this song “Rolling in the Deep,” released on her second studio album. It climbed to the very top of the charts, reaching number one in eleven countries and the top five in many more.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
United Kingdom
From her latest album 30, the single “Oh My God” reveals Adele’s fragile state as she emerged from her divorce and had to overcome a lot of anxiety in order to start dating and living her life again.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Adam Sandler, Michelle Monaghan, Peter Dinklage, Kevin James, and Josh Gaad discuss their strangest video game experiences while promoting their new film 'Pixels'!
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Australia, United Kingdom, USA
There’s a lot of variation in the way native English speakers pronounce words, and some variety in vocabulary too! In this video, speakers from England, the US, and Australia compare and contrast their accents and vocabulary.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Australia
Australian rockers AC/DC perform their classic heavy metal anthem "Highway to Hell" in Argentina to a crowd of sixty thousand fans.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Abi decides that a picnic in the park will be a great way to spend time with her friends, but first she needs to prepare the sandwiches. Follow Abi through the process and learn a lot of English food vocabulary along the way!
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Abi takes us through possible creative uses of different types of paper, which she has learned about through her experience as a filmmaker.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Abi reflects on the year that has passed and looks forward to the new one. She gives some great advice on how to make those New Year’s resolutions stick, at least for a little longer than usual!
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Abi has a new favorite hobby! And she’s keen to share with us what she’s learned, so grab a sheet of paper and be ready to fold a classic origami design!
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Abi tells us a little about the history of the origami paper crane, from its significance in Japanese culture to her own personal contact with this powerful modern symbol of hope and goodwill.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Abi reads extracts from a version of Clement Clarke Moore’s famous Christmas poem, popularly known by its first line “’Twas the Night Before Christmas,” about a father who witnesses the visit of Santa Claus on one magical Christmas Eve.
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