Difficulty: Newbie
USA
"What Was I Made For?" is a song by American singer Billie Eilish from Barbie: The Album, the soundtrack of the film Barbie.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany
Scenes from the urban dance floor presented by RheinMain TV and featuring “Sky and Sand” by Berlin musician and producer Paul Kalkbrenner.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Beyoncé performs "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" live in Central Park as part of the Good Morning America 2011 Summer Concert Series.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
The song "If I Were a Boy" from Beyoncé’s album I am… Sacha Fierce highlights misunderstanding and mistrust between the sexes, and strongly questions male behavior. Written after the breakup of a romantic relationship, the singer imagines how things might be different if the gender roles were reversed.
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.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Victor wants to borrow some photographs, so he and his mother stop by at Miss Thompson’s flat on their way back from a day out together.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
As Victor chooses his photographs, Miss Thompson and Mrs. Hardy engage in a deep and wistful conversation about the choices they've made.
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