Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Ireland, USA
Miles Teller claims that Tom Cruise never warned him about the rigors of making a new Top Gun movie, and Jennifer Connelly admits to a secret fear she felt unable to reveal before filming began.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Although we use the passive tense in the present tense, it's used in other tenses, too, and that's what we look at in this lesson.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA Northeast Texas
Pressure from celebrities in combination with organized peaceful protests and marches can sometimes work to effectuate change. It's always worth a try when the cause is just.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Ireland, USA
Actor Tom Cruise joins talk show host Graham Norton on the couch and co-stars Miles Teller and Jennifer Connelly by video to discuss the release of Top gun: Maverick thirty years after the original movie Top Gun.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
English reggae and pop band UB40 were at the peak of their fame in the nineteen eighties, and they continue to make music and tour. They collaborated with new reggae band KIOKO for this single, which was featured on their album Bigga Baggariddim.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Following the mass shootings in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas, people spoke out. One of these people was a famous actor who went to Washington to give a speech.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
"Enjoy another walk through the fields with brothers Piggeldy and Frederick. This time Piggeldy wants to learn about the concept of cleaning up."
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Top Gun returns to the big screen as Tom Cruise returns to his role as high flying fighter ace Captain Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell more than thirty-five years after the original movie!
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
In cities like New York, bike sharing has become more and more popular, and indeed, NYC has the largest bike share network in the country. What are the advantages of bike sharing?
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
While the family listens to a popular radio comedy, the mood is anything but fun in the Hardy household, with tensions running high between father and son, and husband and wife. Then a letter arrives, and Mrs. Hardy sets out by bus.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
This record from the band Culture Club made them an instant pop sensation and brought international fame, especially for their singer, Boy George, who had written this simple, catchy love song.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Ireland
Even our best friends aren’t always how we’d like them to be, but what’s important is that they’re there for us when we need them. This is certainly the case in Patrick Kelley and Rea Garvey’s wonderfully catchy ode to a “Best Bad Friend."
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
There has been a lot of attention on the second amendment and on gun safety. This is because there have been so many mass shootings in the United States, and in fact, two very big ones happened just a week apart. As Sigrid states, this is a very upsetting topic.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
In English, the future tense can be formed with "going to" + infinitive, though "going to" is often shortened to "gonna" in conversation. In this video, meet some people and find out about their plans.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Strict water restrictions come into force for millions of people in California as the US west coast continues to experience a crippling drought.
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