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:
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:
Beginner
USA
In the United States, summer means it's time for corn. Let's get acquainted with this popular vegetable.
Difficulty:
Beginner
USA
Sigrid shows us how to prepare the corn for cooking. She also tells us how it is eaten in the United States.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Sigrid goes on a hike, sees some edible greens, and decides to go back with the right equipment. As you will see, foraging is her idea of fun.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Back home, Sigrid works out on her terrace preparing the greens she has picked. She will cook the lambsquarters, but she'll eat the purslane raw, as a salad. She also has some regrets about one missed opportunity.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Sigrid finishes preparing her simple lunch using the wild greens she had gathered that morning.
Difficulty:
Beginner
United Kingdom
This 60 second profile sums up England's long history at the world cup and points out the strong points for this year's team in Brazil.
Difficulty:
Beginner
United Kingdom
This video is about how football originated in England and the state of the game heading into the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
On stage at Cannes Lions, game designer and author Jane McGonigal showcased research demonstrating the power that gaming can have in the real world.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
A greeting by Michael Reynolds, Earthship Biotecture and THE Garbage Warrior. See more at garbagewarrior.com – and order the DVD.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Chad
The conflict in the Sudanese province of Darfur has displaced more than two million people and cost nearly 400,000 lives. To raise international awareness, George Clooney and his father, Nick Clooney, visit the region and report their findings in this videos.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Chad
In this second part of George Clooney’s video diary from Sudan and Chad, he interviews Jillian, a woman who helped to start a refugee camp in Chad.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Chad
This is George Clooney’s third and final installment. One man expresses his opinion that UN action is necessary to resolve this humanitarian crisis. Finally, we hear another segment of his interview with Jillian, who recounts the humiliation that women, in particular, are suffering at the hands of the Janjaweed militia.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
United Kingdom
George Clooney and his father Nick joined members of Congress and activists at the Sudanese Embassy in Washington, D.C., calling on the government of Sudan to end its indiscriminate bombing campaign against people in the Nuba Mountains and restore humanitarian access immediately. A video by The Enough Project
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