Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
The harbor seals gather in a sheltered cove to give birth. But even hidden from predators, there is no guarantee of survival, and we witness the tragic death of one newborn that gets trapped in its amniotic sac. Within a few hours, the pups that survive the birth are already into the waves, getting to know their new watery world.
Difficulty: Newbie
United Kingdom
This lucky girl has her birthday next week and is planning a trip with friends. She plans a train trip through France and Belgium, and books the perfect hotel in Amsterdam. She has lots of ideas for things to see and do in the city, and some new food she wants to try.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Here's Part 2 of the grammar lesson about using the present continuous tense to say what you and anyone else is doing right now at the moment. TV news reporter Gary Carter meets the Jones family in Central Park and finds out exactly what they’re doing today.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Life can be hard in the Californian desert, but many plants and animals are adapted to survive the hot, dry conditions. Jackrabbits, owls, hummingbirds, and the green stick tree all thrive in this harsh climate as they wait for the rare blessing of rain.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Blippi plays the Sink or Float game, a fun experiment for kids that explores density and buoyancy. This is the moment of truth when Blippi tries out his objects in the water tank. Do dandelions and glue float or sink? We’re about to find out!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
YouTube star Lele Pons and her friends make New Year's resolutions that they have to keep for 30 days. Whoever wins their contest gets to have Lele's house. However, Lele has a few tricks up her sleeve...
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Here's a grammar lesson about how to use the present continuous tense to say what you and anyone else is doing right now at the moment
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
Santa has been to the house, and Peppa and George are enormously excited on Christmas morning. The other Pigs are less thrilled to be woken up at three o'clock in the morning, but soon they’re all tucking in to a delicious Christmas lunch, complete with crackers, Christmas pudding, and then presents!
Difficulty: Newbie
United Kingdom
American singer Gwen Stefani recorded You Make It Feel Like Christmas for her holiday album of the same name. It features guest vocals from Blake Shelton and has been used in Starbucks' "Togetherness" commercial to promote its Christmas campaign.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Here is a new take on a classic Christmas song by British electronic music band Clean Bandit. The smooth beats and vocals of the song are mixed with some levity and silliness in the music video.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
“Lover” is the title track from Taylor Swift's album of the same name. Taylor revealed that she considers this song a kind of love letter to all the heartbreak she ever wrote about in the past, which she now knows to have been worth it.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Alive since ancient times, the giant sequoia trees stand colossal and majestic. Deep in the valley, a pair of coyote hunt in the winter snow, while in the Mojave Desert, Joshua trees and cactus plants have adapted to survive the searing heat.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Jamaica, USA
Decades later, the events of the nineteen eighty-eight Winter Olympics seem harder and harder to believe, even to the men at the heart of the original Jamaican Bobsled team. But it really did happen, and the proof is in the strong sporting and commercial legacy they leave for the next generations.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom London
In this scene from the classic British sitcom Only Fools and Horses, Del Boy and Rodney are left stranded when their van breaks down on the way to a party, and they really don’t want to be seen in their costumes!
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
Grandpa Pig is the best at mending things! But when Mummy Pig gives Grandpa Pig her old computer, it takes a little while for him to get the hang of it.
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