Difficulty:
Intermediate
Canada, Jamaica, USA
Brothers Dudley and Chris had the honor of being part of the first ever Jamaican bobsled team, competing at the nineteen eighty-eight Winter Olympics. We hear the true story of how this unlikely team came into existence, and how Chris went from being a spectator to an Olympic competitor with less than a week’s training.
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:
Intermediate
United Kingdom
Wild dolphins playing with a plastic bag and a camerawoman. A video by the Wild Dolphin Foundation.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Music video: Somaya Reece performs "Would You Still Love Me".
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Enjoy this rhythmic song by Somaya Reece.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA New York
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo weighs in on a video showing police brutality in Buffalo, New York. It was an incident that occurred during the protests over the police killing of George Floyd.
Please be advised that this news report contains violent content.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
No Doubt is an American rock band from Anaheim, California that formed in 1986. Since 1994, the group has consisted of vocalist Gwen Stefani, bassist and keyboardist Tony Kanal, guitarist and keyboardist Tom Dumont, and drummer Adrian Young. Stefani is known for her vocal talent and also for her signature look, which includes light face powder, bright red lipstick, and arched eyebrows. She wrote about the subject in this song, asking "If the magic's in the makeup, then who am I?"
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Tough guy Chuck Norris apparently couldn't resist trying to top Jean-Claude Van Damme's epic split for Volvo, though Chuck appears to have gotten some CGI help.
The action star appears in a holiday video from Hungarian animation firm Delov Digital, in which he recreates Van Damme's feat between two jets and with 11 soldiers on his shoulders.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Cameron takes Mitchell to the American megastore Costco to pick up a few things. At first, Mitchell is skeptical and snobby, but soon he finds himself utterly addicted to the place.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Claire has trouble with the systems that her husband Phil installs in their house, and her impatience and frustration is only made worse by Phil's patronizing way of explaining them.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Timothy Russell Strayer and Michael Barsinsky, two members of the "Occupy" movement, talk about the main points of the occupation with respect to the Guantánamo Bay problem and the ways in which society can be changed in a progressive way.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Barry Knight points to the banking sector as responsible for the current decline of American society with respect to social and political developments in the US.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Canada, United Kingdom
"Same Team” comes from singer Alice Merton’s second album, S.I.D.E.S. Alice sings of a relationship that is in deep trouble and has passed the point of no return...
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Canada, United Kingdom
In the song “Why So Serious" from Alice Merton’s debut album Mint, the singer wishes she was living in a simpler, more carefree time.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Subscribers love playing Scribe, Yabla's patented dictation game. Once you've watched this brief video, you'll be playing in no time.
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