Difficulty: Beginner
Australia
This Australian report highlights the damage done to coral by rising water temperatures. Local authorities and residents of the Marine Park area and beyond have seen the devastating effects of bleaching and are involved in efforts to understand the issue.
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: Newbie
USA
A first for the United States: A jury found a former president guilty of a serious crime in New York. Here are some details and plenty of new words to learn!
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Audio and video sources can be factual, and can be used as evidence, but they can both be doctored, too. When we don't have the facts, we might have hearsay, but can we trust it?
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
What's the difference between disinformation and misinformation? And what about misleading information? Find out in this video.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
What's the difference between "clean" and "dirty" energy? Sigrid reports on different kinds of energy and discusses trends in heating our homes.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
It's been a stormy and fiery year in the United States, both weather-wise and in the government.
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
Both the Mississippi River and the Colorado River have a huge impact on the lives of millions of Americans. While there have been severe droughts leading to a lack of drinking water, there have also been floods because of quickly melting snow.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA New York
In the last part of Jeffries' speech, he goes through the letters of the alphabet with pairs of words (with rather opposing qualities) in order to describe some principles of the Democratic Party. The speech is affectionately known as the ABCs of Democracy.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA New York
Sigrid focuses on three topics that Hakeem Jeffries discussed in his speech, and how he had fun with words while getting his point across. She explains some of the terms you might not be familiar with and presents the first segment of the speech.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
When the U.S. Congress convened in January 2023, the gavel that had been held by the Democrats had to be handed over to the Republicans. This task fell to Hakeem Jeffries, who first gave a speech and had some fun with it, which is why we'd like to share it with you. But first a little background information.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
This is a special report about 2022's word of the year, which is "gaslighting." As with many new words, or old words with new usage, this word of the year has an interesting story. Sigrid fills us in.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
What happens when an important river like the Mississippi starts drying up because of lack of rain? We find out in this segment.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
The Mississippi River is one of the most important rivers in the world, but because of climate change, it is drying up at the moment, and that means trouble.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
This story made the news because it is rather unusual and horse lovers will especially appreciate how important the story was for the protagonists. At the same time, the background story illustrates a problem in the western states of the US that has no easy solution.
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