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Adv Beginner
USA
This is a commercial for the Internet domain registrar and web hosting company GoDaddy.
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Adv Beginner
USA
The adventures of young Ramona Quimby (Joey King) and her big sister Beezus (Selena Gomez) come to life in this all new film based on the best-selling books (over 30 million and counting) by Beverly Cleary. It will be in theaters on July 23rd.
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Adv Beginner
USA
Katy Perry talks about a new tool on YouTube that fans can use to ask her direct questions. Ask Katy!
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Adv Beginner
USA
The trailer for this documentation shows the mistreatment of sharks by humans. We are reminded that sharks also form a part of nature and as such play an important role and need to be protected.
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Adv Beginner
USA
R.E.M. lead singer Michael Stipe promotes the show Indie Rocks on the Independent Film Channel.
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Adv Beginner
United Kingdom
Peter Gabriel talks about his working together with Kate Bush in his song “Games Without Frontiers”.
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Adv Beginner
USA
The trailer for the James Gray movie Two Lovers starring Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow.
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Adv Beginner
USA
High school students in Connecticut describe their experiences using YABLA to learn Spanish. Includes as background music the Argentinian band Los Enanitos Verdes singing their song “Cuanto Poder.”
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Genevieve works long hours fishing for lobsters aboard her small boat. It’s a hard job, but she enjoys the freedom and peace that it brings her. She’d like to carry on this way, but the future of the industry is uncertain, with rising lobster stocks and falling prices.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Marshall has several old Ford cars, so he’s got options if one decides not to start up for him on any given day. He’s happy to be living an old fashioned lifestyle, one that suits this isolated island. Next, we join Genevieve Kurilec McDonald at work aboard her own lobster fishing boat. She explains which lobsters she can keep, and which must be thrown back.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Tomás’s responsibilities go far beyond the basic flying of the plane. He must weigh the risks to himself and his passengers before setting out on every route. On Isle au Haut, a small island where Tomás’s plane cannot land, Professor Marshall Chapman is waiting for some important mail to arrive by boat.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Tomás is sometimes greeted with incredulity by new passengers who can't believe he's so young. But the pilot has already racked up hundreds of flights between the remote island communities of Penobscot Bay, often navigating rough, unpaved forest landing strips.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Over decades, Moody’s Diner has become a social hub for its long-standing customers, and any change to its décor and menu can only happen with their agreement! Maine’s Penobscot Bay, with its many islands, is famous for lobsters and sailing, and it’s here we meet Tomás Sowles, a young commercial pilot loading his plane for an early morning flight.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Machines and the sawmill are not Alan’s only interests. He’s also an enthusiastic musician, with dreams of getting his own song played on the radio. Along the Maine coast, oysters are farmed where the rivers and creeks meet the sea, and we meet Judy, who’s been a waitress at her family’s restaurant for over forty years.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Deep in the Maine woods, sawmill owner Alan Higgins shows us how he gets along just fine by repairing and reusing what he has. When he’s not hard at work at the mill, he can be found tinkering with trucks and old sports cars in his yard.
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