Difficulty: Beginner
Northern Ireland
Katie Melua's music video "If You Were a Sailboat" taken from the album Pictures.
Melua said of the song: “What I liked about the song is the fact that a lot of love songs tend to deal with the fluffy nice side of love, but this one deals with how you get very selfish when you fall in love with someone, and you don't want to share them with the world, you just want them all about yourself."
There are plenty of examples of the conditional tense in this song. It's common to say "if I was," but it's technically incorrect. It should be, "if I were." We have left it as is in this song.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
Here's another classic sketch from Monty Python and company. This time they're lampooning corporate bankers. Enjoy!
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
The band They Might Be Giants constructed a song with lyrics consisting just of the names of countries, so this is a great chance to brush up on the English forms of place names. But one hint: West Xylophone is, unfortunately not really the name of an actual country!
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
Soho is an area of the City of Westminster and part of the West End of London. Long established as an entertainment district, for much of the 20th century Soho had a reputation as a base for the sex industry in addition to its night life and as a location for the headquarters of leading film companies.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
From Monty Python's 1979 film Life of Brian, a religious satire that drew much controversy in its time.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
Writing a successful CV, also called resume, is no easy task. Find out the basics of what should be included and how to accomplish this task.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Unlimited hours. No breaks. The most important job is also the world's toughest job.
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From American Greetings and Cardstore.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
Wild Sharks, a film by Sigurd Tesche, follows Professor Samuel Gruber who has been researching sharks for more than fifty years. He founded the Bimini Biological Field Station, called the Sharklab, on Bimini Island in the Bahamas.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
In this second clip, you'll learn additional helpful hints, as well as common pitfalls to avoid when writing a resume.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
For that all important job search, discover from Gabrielle the impact that a well written cover letter can have. Her valuable advice may help you avoid some common pitfalls and improve your prospects!
Difficulty: Beginner
New Zealand
Here's another clip from the hilarious Kiwi comedy duo Flight of the Conchords off their self-titled debut album. Its serious subject is our current violent world.
Difficulty: Newbie
United Kingdom
During this lesson, English teacher Alexander presents and explains different greetings in English and the time of day when each is used.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
An evil fairy puts a curse on a young princess, making it her destiny to prick her hand on a spindle and die! Luckily, there are good fairies too...
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
This is the story of Sleeping Beauty. As with most fairy tales, this one too has a happy ending, unless you happen to be a wicked fairy!
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
In this beloved story, a princess learns that all actions have consequences and many things are not what they seem. Part 1 of 2.
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