Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Bee and Flower is a band founded in New York City by singer-songwriter, bassist, animator, illustrator, composer and producer Dana Schechter. Here's a live performance of their song "Twin Stars."
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
New York/Berlin based band Bee and Flower perform live near Prague, in the Czech Republic.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
New York-Berlin musician, songwriter, visual and multimedia artist Dana Schechter talks about what inspired her to become a musician.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Australia
There's been some bad news for the Great Barrier Reef, with experts declaring another mass bleaching—the fifth in just eight years. We find out what coral bleaching is and how it's impacting Australia's World Heritage-listed wonder.
Difficulty: Intermediate
New Zealand, USA
"Supalonely" ("Supa" is how some people pronounce the adjective "super") is a song by New Zealand singer Benee featuring American singer Gus Dapperton. Rolling Stone writes: "Benee may have written “Supalonely” about a toxic relationship, but it’s evolved into a perfect alt-pop quarantine anthem."
Difficulty: Advanced
USA
A Funny or Die video: Zach sits down with Tila Tequila who may become his new best friend and also welcomes another guest on the show who some people may recognize.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
This film, set in the industrial North of England in the nineteen fifties, opens in a school classroom where Mrs. Hardy has gone to fetch her son after the school day. She generally stops in to chat with his teacher, Miss Thompson, much to her husband’s displeasure when he comes home from the factory expecting to find food on the table.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
Mrs. Hardy does her best to deflect her son’s questions about his schoolteacher, Miss Thompson. The boy enjoys school, but the idea that one day he’ll go to college to study art is not one his grandfather has any time for.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Having studied art herself, Miss Thompson sees great value in the talent for drawing shown by Mrs. Hardy’s young boy, and decides to give his work a chance at a local art exhibition.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
It’s the weekend, and young Victor’s parents aren’t getting along well at home. It’s a relief when his mother takes the boy over to a friend’s house to play.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
While Victor stays at his friend’s to play, his mother and aunty Alice walk in the sunshine. Alice, who will soon emigrate to Australia, accuses Mrs. Hardy of not being in touch with her true feelings, and is surprised by a revelation about her sister’s past.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Miss Thompson drops Mrs. Hardy and Victor off after an evening out, and Mr. Hardy is not happy with his wife. He has strong views about her spending time with an “educated” woman, and lets her know that.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Victor and his mother reluctantly accept a lift to an important meeting at the town hall, where some exciting news awaits the budding artist!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
Mr. Hardy is quite hurt by Victor’s success and reacts angrily, accusing his wife of paying more attention to Miss Thompson than to him.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Shaken by her sister’s departure for Australia, Mrs. Hardy finds solace in her trips out with Miss Thompson and Victor, who are both looking forward to the school holidays.
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