Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Watch some coverage of the People's Climate March that was timed to coincide with the UN Climate Summit in New York City. The march was attended by 400,000 people.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Host Kaley Cuoco of The Big Bang Theory opens the 38th annual People's Choice Awards, which seems to be going smoothly until her monologue is crashed by Neil Patrick Harris of the TV series How I Met Your Mother.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Australia
Penny is a 12-minute short film about a young man who wants nothing more than to dance with the girl of his dreams. The only problem is ... he can't dance.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
The Biden administration announced a plan to provide a legal pathway into the country for more than 20,000 Venezuelan migrants. At the same time, thousands of others who enter the U.S. illegally will be sent back to Mexico.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
There has been a mixed response to the new legal pathway that allows some Venezuelan migrants to enter the United States, while expediting the expulsion of others. Along with some praise and some criticism, there are calls for the new program to be extended to help migrants from other nearby nations.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Australia, United Kingdom, USA
Paul introduces us to his adorable pets: Sia, the nervous kitten, and Treasure, the elderly tortoise.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Australia, USA
Paul, who has an Australian accent, shares what he's noticed about the differences between the English spoken in England and in the USA.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
A duet between Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson, which became a number one hit in the US.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
After Paul McCartney realized that all the great Scottish ballads he knew were composed many years ago, he decided to write his own. The resulting ballad, accompanied by authentic Scottish bagpipes and drums, became an instant classic for Paul and his band Wings. The Mull of Kintyre is on the remote southwest coast of Scotland, and is where Paul sought tranquillity after his Beatles’ fame, and where he and his wife Linda had a farm.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
First released back in 1979, this single from ex-Beatle Paul McCartney continues to be widely played at Christmastime. In fact, it was once estimated that he makes $400,000 per year from the royalties!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Meet Ron Swanson, director of the Parks and Recreation Department in the fictional, mid-sized city of Pawnee, Indiana, USA, and April, his new assistant. April was not hired for her good record, enthusiasm, or potential as an employee, but rather because she promises to help Ron avoid people.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
After April quits her job at the Parks and Recreation department, Ron comes to her family's house to encourage her to return. Ron hints that he knows about April's crush on Andy, and it is revealed that she knows some things about him as well.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
April is back in the office and helping Ron avoid the citizens of Pawnee. He’s less happy, however, when she explains how he’s being tracked by online cookies, and that his privacy has been invaded on Google Earth.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Ron and April find everything they need on a shopping trip to “Food and Stuff." Back in the office, April is less than impressed when Ron uses fishing as a metaphor in order to impart relationship advice.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
April senses that something is not right and returns to the office to find Ron alone and unable to leave his office.
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