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: Newbie
United Kingdom
Anna explains when we use the present continuous, or present progressive tense and gives us some examples.
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: Intermediate
Australia
Penny is a 12-minute short film about a young man who wants nothing more than to dance with the girl of his dreams. The only problem is ... he can't dance.
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!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
Kaley Cuoco talks about the terrifying trip to New Zealand with her boyfriend's family that ended in her swinging through a canyon.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
This very entertaining animated version of the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale "The Emperor's New Clothes" has a moral that is applicable in society and politics to this very day. And though looking good is important, that is most definitely not the moral of this story!
Difficulty: Newbie
United Kingdom
Watch this video featuring Alexander Pointer to learn the many ways of greeting people in English.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Here is the trailer for the first season of the TV series “Merlin,” an action drama inspired by the legend of King Arthur. The late great John Hurt provides the voice for the Dragon.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
This song teaches about the digit 0, portrayed as a superhero, as well as multiplication by powers of 10. This song was voted the 11th best song on the 30th anniversary edition. Sung and written by Bob Dorough.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Middle school students at the Young Actors' Theatre Camp in San Francisco created this short film.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Australia, USA
Members of Team Naish talk about how much fun they have hanging out together, but once they get on their boards, their attention turns to the next wave, and doing their best on an individual basis.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Annette takes us on a tour of her conversion van named Hermes, a van that has been, in her case, converted into a living space. In addition to the basics, she has equipped the van with many of the comforts of home.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Adele and Graham Norton of the BBC have some fun with Adele impersonators. Adele arrives at the Adele contest disguised as Jenny, a dowdy nanny, with her face rearranged by a skillful makeup artist and with a funny walk. She's just one of many impersonators until she takes the stage and begins singing in her inimitable voice.
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