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Sigrid - Pumpkin Season - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

USA

The pumpkin is ready to carve out. Sigrid explains that pumpkins are indeed an edible type of squash and not just for making into jack o' lanterns. In fact, one pumpkin can become both a pumpkin pie and a jack o' lantern.

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Sigrid explains - The Limerick - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

USA

Sigrid explains what a limerick is, and how to write one. If you are so inclined, you can submit your limericks in the "comments" section of the video tab.

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Words of the World - California

Difficulty: Beginner

United Kingdom

Though most might be unaware, the US state of California was named after a place that doesn't exist outside of literature, similar to Narnia. "California" comes from a novel written in the Spanish Golden Age.

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Traveling with Annette - Salt Lake City Public Library

Difficulty: Beginner

USA

Annette shows us Salt Lake City's very modern and light-filled public library and takes us up to the roof for a surprise.

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Caption 23 [en]: OK, it's time to go in.
Caption 23 [en]: OK, it's time to go in.

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Holidays and Seasons with Sigrid - Easter - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

USA

Sigrid explains the religious significance of Easter and the various days of Lent. Why do people observe Good Friday, or celebrate Mardi Gras? Find out in this video.

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Caption 25 [en]: So, we go back in time.
Caption 25 [en]: So, we go back in time.

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White House Poetry Jam - Michael Chabon & Ayelet Waldman

Difficulty: Beginner

USA

Writer Ayelet Waldman and her Pulitzer Prize-winning husband Michael Chabon share their White House Talk at the White House Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word.

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Caption 28 [en]: So, you're saying, we go to the White House, in front of the President,
Caption 28 [en]: So, you're saying, we go to the White House, in front of the President,

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Sigrid - The Met Cloisters Museum

Difficulty: Beginner

USA

Sigrid talks about The Cloisters, a unique museum of medieval European art in New York City.

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Caption 41 [en]: If you go to any monastery or convent in Europe,
Caption 41 [en]: If you go to any monastery or convent in Europe,

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London - Cinema and Theatre in London (A1-A2)

Difficulty: Beginner

United Kingdom

London's West End is the focal point for this video, and the narrator has some good tips on buying discounted movie and theater tickets.

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Caption 25 [en]: if you go to the matinee at three or four in the afternoon.
Caption 25 [en]: if you go to the matinee at three or four in the afternoon.

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Creative Space - What does an Interior Designer Do?

Difficulty: Beginner

USA Northeast

Retired interior designer Peg Harris explains a bit about what that profession is all about.

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Caption 4 [en]: and there are a number of things that have to fit in that space.
Caption 4 [en]: and there are a number of things that have to fit in that space.

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Creative Space - An Artist's Studio - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

USA

Peg Harris shows off her cozy New York City art studio and some of the tools she works with as a painter and printmaker.

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Caption 14 [en]: so that I could let whatever light I have from the other room in.
Caption 14 [en]: so that I could let whatever light I have from the other room in.

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Children's Books Read Aloud - The Story of the Three Wise Kings

Difficulty: Beginner

USA

A reading of Tomie dePaola's The Story of the Three Wise Kings, which makes use of his richly colored illustrations for the visuals. He is widely known as a writer and illustrator of children's books. He is the creator of the Barney & Friends TV series and the immensely popular Strega Nona storybook series.

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Caption 1 [en]: Long ago in the East, in lands far from one another,
Caption 1 [en]: Long ago in the East, in lands far from one another,

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Holidays and Seasons with Sigrid - Sights and Scents at Christmastime

Difficulty: Beginner

USA

Sigrid talks about some of the important aspects of the Christmas season: light, scents, food, and good company.

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Caption 3 [en]: Christmas is a major holiday in the US and in other places, too.
Caption 3 [en]: Christmas is a major holiday in the US and in other places, too.

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The Navvies - We're on the one road - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Ireland

A live performance, by The Navvies, of a traditional Irish song about North men and South men being on the same road, and carrying the same burdens.

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Caption 1 [en]: This one's for all the boys in Tennessee, is that right? -Yeah...
Caption 1 [en]: This one's for all the boys in Tennessee, is that right? -Yeah...

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Simon Jones - On Tea

Difficulty: Beginner

United Kingdom

Ever wondered why most Americans don't like tea? Have they ever even tasted a cup of tea properly prepared? Simon Jones is convinced that they haven't and gives a nice detailed description, taken from "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," of how to make a proper cup of tea. Enjoy!

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Caption 15 [en]: of making a thin, pale, watery cup of tea that nobody in their right mind
Caption 15 [en]: of making a thin, pale, watery cup of tea that nobody in their right mind

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