Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
@TheEllenShow: How do you throw a party for Bruno Mars? You planet.
;-) Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson were on "The Ellen Show" for an incredible reenactment of the video for their unstoppable song! Everyone got in on the fun. Listen closely to captions 60 and 61: Does Bruno say "Ellie" or "L.A."? Please tell us your opinion.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Rachel's English: For some people, "s" and "sh" sound the same. As Rachel explains, the positions for these two sounds are quite different. Learn the difference in tongue and lip position, and practice with minimal pairs.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Jimmy Carter interviews Chevy Chase, American comedian, actor and writer, revealing that he would love to be a successful jazz pianist.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
Yabla's Lauren takes us on tour of Oxford Street, the busiest street in central London!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
The other girls on the team are not happy when Robin gets selected to go to the regional meet. Luckily, her friends are on her side.
Difficulty: Beginner
Ireland
Irish singer-songwriter Hozier performs "Someone New" at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Norwich in 2015.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany
Our journey begins in Alaska's Katmai National Park, both inhospitable and beautiful. We observe brown bears as they hunt salmon, we track the rare glacier bear, and then we continue south to British Columbia on our hunt for the rare Kermode bear, also called ghost bear or spirit bear.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
One of the two official promo videos for the Rolling Stones' 1973 single "Angie". It reached number 5 in the UK singles chart, and number 1 in the US Billboard chart.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
This rarely seen early televised version of George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four seems no less relevant today. It was made by the BBC in 1954 and features noted actors Peter Cushing and Donald Pleasence. It was hugely controversial when it came out, and though it may seem tame today, it may have you thinking twice the next time you sit down at your "workstation"...
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
A montage of the tumultuous and often hilarious romantic entanglements in the hit American series Two and a Half Men.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
English synthpop duo Hurts released their debut single "Wonderful Life" on YouTube in April of 2009 and it quickly went viral and was very well received. It comes from their debut album Happiness.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Up-and-coming actress Jennifer Lawrence makes a humorous speech after the Oscars and shows that she is still quite down-to-earth, despite her recent success.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
President Barack Obama made fun of Donald Trump during his comedy routine at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in 2011 after Trump arrogantly had taken credit for the release of the President's long-form birth certificate earlier in the week.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Bahamas, USA
Jamila Lyiscott is a “tri-tongued orator;” in her powerful spoken-word essay “Broken English,” she celebrates — and challenges — the three distinct flavors of English she speaks with her friends, in the classroom and with her parents. As she explores the complicated history and present-day identity that each language represents, she unpacks what it means to be “articulate.”
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?"
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