Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
It dawns on Jennifer that her dad’s injury isn’t as bad as had been made out, and her mom has some serious explaining to do. Will and Jennifer bid each other goodbye as Jennifer’s childminding duties come to an abrupt end.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Mandy has to admire the wonderful job that Jennifer has done with the kids, and admits she’d underestimated her capabilities. Jennifer returns to the office and then goes to see Will, whom she hadn’t stopped thinking about.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Jennifer comes up with a plan to help her see more of the kids and give Brian and Mandy some time to themselves. The family looks at travel photos together, and a special surprise from Flo helps them relive the eventful past few weeks.
Difficulty:
Beginner
USA
Here’s another fun clip from the American alternative band They Might Be Giants’ Grammy award winning children’s album Here Come the 123s!
Difficulty:
Newbie
United Kingdom
Learn and practice the days of the week in English with this fun kids’ video from the American alternative band They Might Be Giants’ album Here Come the 123s!
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
USA
Learn about the elements and the wonders of chemistry in this fun kids’ video from the American alternative band They Might Be Giants!
Difficulty:
Intermediate
United Kingdom
One of the great rock bands of all time, the Who, perform the song "Pinball Wizard" from their rock opera Tommy.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Jimmy Fallon can't believe he's at the White House on the Fourth of July. Watch part of his stand-up performance from that evening in which he does impressions of ten other comedians!
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
This whaling ballad was written long before the song became a surprise internet sensation. In the Nineteenth Century, the original Weller Brothers (Wellermen) brought supplies to remote whaling communities off the New Zealand coast. The lyrics speak of the voyage of one whaling vessel, the Billy of Tea, whose voyage did not go according to plan. Locked in an endless battle with a whale, they longed for a supply ship to bring them sugar, tea, and rum.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Canada
This smash hit from Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer The Weeknd comes from his album After Hours. The song reached number one in more than thirty countries, and in the United States it was the first song ever to remain in the top ten of the Billboard charts for over a year!
Difficulty:
Intermediate
United Kingdom
With Britpop at its peak, bands such as Oasis and Blur vied to have the biggest hits, but it was The Verve who struck a chord with perhaps the most memorable song of the era, “Bitter Sweet Symphony." But even their success was bittersweet, as they were promptly sued by the Rolling Stones, who claimed the band had stolen one of their melodies without permission.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
The East Coast of the United States of America stretches from the tropical blue seas and white sand of Florida’s Sunshine State to the Canadian border in the North. We begin our journey in the warm and relaxed islands of the Florida Keys, where modern-day treasure hunters are still at work, hunting for sunken Spanish gold.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
When the Fisher family of treasure seekers finally struck it rich, the local authorities tried to claim the bounty for themselves, and the case went to the Supreme Court. We learn how the “Florida Keys” got their name, and how these small outlying islands are linked to the mainland.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
The town of Marathon in the Florida Keys is home to a unique hospital dedicated solely to caring for sea turtles. Marine biologist Bette Zirkelbach tells us about the dangers that sea turtles face in the wild. A lifesaving operation takes place, and a turtle is treated for a mysterious viral infection.
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