Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Watch the famous speech delivered by Charlie Chaplin's character in the film The Great Dictator from 1940. "We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness."
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Every fall, the monarch butterflies migrate back to their breeding grounds in California. These fascinating and stunningly beautiful creatures weigh only a gram, yet travel extraordinary distances to complete their lifecycle. In the early spring, deep in the Yosemite valley, the sun warms the wet ground, forming clouds of misty fog.
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
United Kingdom
James Blunt sings “Cold,” the first single from his album Once Upon A Mind. James seems to be lacking warmth in his life as he sings about his loneliness and his faraway love a thousand miles across the cold ocean.
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.
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: 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
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
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
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: 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: 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: 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: 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
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!
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