Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Spring has sprung and new life stirs on the Olympic Mountain ranges, the third great wilderness environment of this most diverse of national parks. The eponymous Olympic marmots awaken from their winter slumber to enjoy a feast, but must remain on the lookout for the bald eagle.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
In the summer, the denizens of Olympia National Park feed in the lush alpine meadows, while a mother bear and her cubs forage for food along the shore. Tasty and nutritious crabs make a perfect snack, even in their shells!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Dasha’s country lament brims with anger at the betrayal she’s suffered at the hands of a man who seemed ready to leave town with her in search of their shared dreams.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
In this film, which stars Julianne Moore and Nathan Lane, an English teacher's life is disrupted when a former student returns to her small town after failing as a playwright in New York.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Australia
Tones and I is the stage name of Australian singer Toni Watson, who had to battle her way to make it in the music business, writing music, busking, and building an online following for years before she finally achieved her dreams. This song is part of the soundtrack for the film "True Spirit," which is about a young woman who sails around the world alone.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
A 14-year-old Natalie Portman talks with David Letterman and Alec Baldwin about starring in R-rated movies and getting straight As in high school.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
While the male bear is distracted by harbor seals, the cubs make their escape. Out at sea, the seals are safe from bears, but not from killer whales. Just to the north of the park lies a deep underwater canyon that can only be explored by submarine. It’s a birthing place for sharks, and a world of rarely glimpsed marine life.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Formed in Los Angeles, California, folk rock band Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros made music in the style of the hippy culture of the 1960s and 70s. The song “Home" from the band’s first album Up From Below explores the connection between love and feeling at home.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Movie star and straight A student Natalie Portman has homework to do just like any other schoolgirl, and reveals that she sometimes finds herself in the same kind of trouble as a normal teenager.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
In springtime, the sheer cliffs along the wild coastline of the park have become home to the common murre, a bird that comes to land only to breed. The eagles, further along in their nesting process, have a rapidly growing eaglet in need of constant nourishment, and, unfortunately, the murre colony makes easy pickings for them.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
In this Saturday Night Live sketch, the victim of a robbery must identify his assailant from a group of actors who seem to think they are at an audition.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Shrewd, scruffy, and personable L.A. homicide detective Lieutenant Colombo questions a suspect and his girlfriend to find out what they were doing at particular times of the weekend. They don't know, however, that he’s withholding certain evidence that could prove whether or not they’re telling the truth.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
A fledgling bald eagle is the fastest-growing young bird in North America, yet it faces a challenging journey to maturity and acquiring its iconic adult plumage. As autumn storms arrive, king salmon migrate to river mouths and their freshwater spawning grounds, while resident orca pods expertly hunt them for a nutritious meal.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
The king salmon swim upstream to spawn and complete their lifecycle, also providing a meal for a dipper. On the hillside, it’s the elks’ breeding season, and a black bear fattens up on berries before winter closes in across this magnificently diverse landscape.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
"Where the Crawdads Sing" tells the story of Kya, an abandoned girl who raises herself to adulthood in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina. Drawn to two young men from town, Kya slowly becomes open to trusting people again. But when one of them is found dead, she is immediately cast by the community as the main suspect.
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