Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
55 million Americans went Bowling in 2004, up 9% since 1998. However, "serious" league bowling is down, most people just visiting the alley a few times per year. This leaves a lot of time for employees to ponder "the big picture"!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Sure, Bernard’s a bit dorky, but can’t they go a little easier on the poor guy? And what’s a slick Bartender like Johnson doing working in a bowling alley?
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Man, Camille is a drag! If you don’t want to work at the bowling alley, for god’s sake, leave! There’s always work at the Post Office...
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
So what does it mean to be true to yourself? How do we know if we’re in the place that’s right for us, or if we should be seeking out a different destiny? If we can’t ask these questions in a bowling alley, then where?
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
What on earth is the significance of Lane Number 2? And what’s a “hat trick”? Is your mirror lying to you? Let’s find out.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Ironically, it’s much harder for a bowler to knock down a 7-10 split on the second shot, for a spare, than it is to knock down all of the pins at once on the first shot, for a strike.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Nick is afraid to be seen failing, so he doesn’t try new things, but he’s happy with his lot. Camille is also afraid of failure, but desperately wants to take the leap, if only she can find the courage.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
How do you know when it’s finally time to pack up and move on, to just go for it? Some will encourage you, but what if you’re not ready, and fall flat on your face?
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
In the movie The Knight’s Tale, Heath Ledger stars as William Thatcher, a 14th century squire who replaces his deceased employer as the competitor at a jousting competition. In this scene, he is in pursuit of a beautiful woman with a sharp tongue who won't tell him her name.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Overcome with a deep longing for his lady, and with the invaluable help of his closest confidants, William pours out his feelings for her in a heart-breaking love letter. Surely with such a gesture she will see him again, and he will remain the knight of her heart.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
On a cold British evening, Cherry Smith goes for an audition at first-time director Beaufort's Bladamir's house, who's passion for realism pushes the boundaries of cinema, and Cherry herself.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Beaufort and Cherry get on with the audition, but it's only when she sees the set that it becomes clear to Cherry that something is terribly wrong.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Cherry realizes quite late what is actually going on. Beaufort levels some nasty criticism at Cherry for her acting abilities, and the producer of the film shows up.
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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