Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
As a surprise special guest, Carly Simon joined Taylor Swift on stage to sing "You're So Vain" together. It was the second night of Swift's sold-out Red Tour at the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. This video features some excerpts from the performance, as well as backstage footage and interviews with Carly and Taylor.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
Jamaican dancehall recording artist and record producer Sean Paul teams up with English singer Dua Lipa for this hit single. Although in English, the lyrics feature a significant amount of Jamaican Patois slang and phrasing. See if you can follow it!
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Annette visits the Erickson Aircraft Collection in Madras, Oregon. A highlight of the collection is a plane that appeared in a very famous movie.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Rachael and Maggie have some doubts about telling Julia what they saw on one of their walks. In terms of language, this segment nicely captures how often the word “really” is used in conversation.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Meghan and Harry talk about meeting each other's families, and the design of the engagement ring, which includes diamonds that belonged to Princess Diana.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
The band The Specials was formed in Coventry, UK in the late 70's. They stood apart from the prevailing punk scene due to their ska influence and more upbeat way of conveying political messages.
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
Here's how to pronounce a very important noun with an unusual plural!
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
"Side to Side" is a song from Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj. In this live version on The Tonight Show, Ariana performs it solo with some help from The Roots.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Sigrid gets to work in the kitchen and talks her way through preparing and cooking dinner, almost as if you were there with her. You'll notice she uses either the "will" future ("I will" or "I'll") or the phrase "going to" (often reduced to "gonna") to talk about each next step.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
This segment of the BBC interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle focuses on how Meghan's life has changed as she leaves acting behind and gets ready to take on a role in the royal family.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Australia, United Kingdom
The last segment focuses on Australia. We visit the Warrawong Earth Sanctuary, where there are breeding programs to reintroduce such indigenous animals as bandicoots and quolls, creatures that came close to extinction.
Difficulty: Beginner
Ireland
The Cranberries, one of Ireland's best-known bands, had a career that spanned several decades until the tragic death of singer Dolores O'Riordan in early 2018. This song is from their fourth studio album "Bury the Hatchet."
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
R.E.M. talk about the creative process involved in the making of their albums. Collapse Into Now, their final album, was produced by Jacknife Lee, who has also worked with artists such as U2 and The Killers.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Written by John as an expression of his love for Yoko Ono, the song is heartfelt and passionate. As John told Rolling Stone magazine in 1970, “When it gets down to it, when you’re drowning, you don’t say, ‘I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,’ you just scream.”
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Selena Gomez collaborated with Norwegian DJ Kygo on the hit single "It ain't me." The song features an eclectic mix of acoustic instruments and electro-house effects.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Thomas invites Julia to a cafe. She's nervous beforehand and almost calls it off, but Rachael and Maggie help her maintain her confidence and pick out a nice outfit.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Meghan and Harry talk about their relationship in and out of the public eye. Harry places a lot of emphasis on the royal family being a team and how Meghan is perfectly suited for it.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Made in Dagenham tells the story of women and their fight for equal pay at a Ford plant in Dagenham, England in the 1960s. The film centers around Rita O'Grady, a shop steward, who leads the women machinists to strike.
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
True possessive pronouns can stand alone. They replace both the noun and its possessive adjective or determiner. These pronouns are very handy in introductions and conversations about favorites.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Sigrid talks to us while preparing some simple vegetables for dinner on her terrace in Italy. Fresh green beans, also known as "string beans," are the centerpiece of the meal.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle talk about how they met, their magical camping trip to Botswana, and how he popped the question.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Listen to the debut solo single “Sign of the Times” by Harry Styles, formerly of the boy band One Direction.
Difficulty: Beginner
Sweden
Swedish singer Zara Larsson teams up with British electronic music band Clean Bandit, who appear in this music video as members of the orchestra.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Annette talks about the Wild West, and takes us to a famous gold mining town in South Dakota that was an important part of United States history.
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