Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
The British band Madness had a major UK hit with this song, and with good reason: heartfelt and nutty in equal measure, it would bring the house down at every Madness show. The video — filmed above and below water — is one of their classics, with cameo appearances by Big Bird, a killer whale, and Labi Siffre, who wrote the song.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
The three friends have breakfast together, do some catching up, and muse about the future. Who knows, will they all end up living together in Berlin one day?
Difficulty: Beginner
Australia
Australians Kylie Minogue and Nick Cave of the band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds sing a beautiful but macabre duet about a man who brought his sweetheart to a river and killed her. A 19th century Irish song entitled “Down in the Willow Garden” inspired Cave to write the song.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
The three girls are happy to be reunited, and Maggie gets settled into the apartment. She feels lucky to have such good friends.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Julia and Rachael are young American women living in Berlin. Maggie, a friend of theirs from the United States, is coming for a visit. They are pretty excited about Maggie's arrival.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Annette sharpens her skydiving skills in a vertical wind tunnel in Slovakia. The wind reaches a speed of 180 kilometers per hour (112 mph).
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Charlie Brown and Linus have been instructed by Lucy to find a Christmas tree for a play they are going to put on, so they go searching for one.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom, USA
This is a public service announcement of the Obama administration on ending sexual assault. President Obama is joined by Vice President Biden, Daniel Craig, Benicio Del Toro, Dulé Hill, Seth Meyers and Steve Carell.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
"Frosty the Snowman" is a popular seasonal song, written by Walter "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson, about a snowman who comes to life and plays with the kids who built him. He knows very well he won't stay alive for long.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Annette explains three more colloquial contractions people use in everyday conversation: gotta [got to], gotcha [got you], and dunno [don't know]. She also gives us examples in context.
Difficulty: Beginner
France, USA
This song from Schoolhouse Rock is to help kids understand about bones. Without bones, we're just blobs. It was written by George Newall and sung by Jack Sheldon.
Difficulty: Beginner
Australia
Penny is dancing with another guy to Great Balls of Fire while Timmy shyly looks on. But then something happens... The music for the final scene is the hit song from both 1963 and 1977 Da doo ron ron. These nonsense syllables were originally intended as placeholders until lyrics for those lines could be written, but they caught on, and were kept as actual (though nonsensical) lyrics.
Difficulty: Beginner
Australia
Donna teaches Timmy to dance, and in the background we hear two hits from the period: Rip it Up from 1956 and Great Balls of Fire from 1957.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Negotiating a salary is one the trickiest phases of a job interview. Here are some tips.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
From the emperor's council to the townspeople, everyone is pretending that the garments exist. Hopefully, someone will eventually have the courage to speak up!
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