Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Booking a room by phone in a new language can be a challenge. This video will show you some typical questions you'll be asked, and how you can answer them.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
President Donald Trump has tested positive for Covid-19. At little over a month until the general elections, this news has prompted a lot of uncertainty and raised a great many questions.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
A scene from Peter Griffin’s past life as Griffin Peterson: He and his friends win over the audience at the local talent show with a song that rips off 1984’s wildly successful comedy “Revenge of the Nerds.”
Difficulty: Beginner
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Just how powerful is a dog's sense of smell? Today, search dog Fern is going to test out her abilities to see if she can find a canister filled with pork meat in the middle of a lake, under 7 meters of water and mud.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
While Frannie tries to take care of her ailing father, they listen to people call into a local radio show to talk about the virus. However, exposing the truth has terrible consequences for the host of the show, Rae Flowers.
Difficulty: Beginner
Ireland
Michael Patrick Kelly was born in Dublin and was a member of the pop and folk band The Kelly Family before starting his solo music career.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
In English, we use a lot of phrasal verbs. Let's see how they work using some examples from the story of the Ugly Duckling.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
As another unfortunate special guest falls short of director Amy’s exacting standards, neighbor and "flag virgin" Penny takes a turn, but her attempts to guide Sheldon towards a more relaxed and open style of presenting backfire.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
In order not to forget anything, Luana and Austin have made a list of the clothes and other items they need to pack. Austin reads the list while Luana gathers the items, and then they discuss their strategy for getting to the airport on time.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
Stu has an encounter with Mother Abagail in which she tells him that he is in danger and needs to escape the CDC in Vermont. Meanwhile, it seems that the Dark Man is not just an imagined threat.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
"Cardigan" is the second track on Taylor Swift's eighth studio album, Folklore. It's a melancholy soft rock ballad that features minimal orchestration and examines the topic of young love. In the music video, directed by Taylor Swift herself, her piano acts as portal to different settings.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
For years, Jimmy has been encouraging parents to play a prank on their kids by telling them that they ate all their Halloween candy. Now that his daughter Jane is old enough, he felt it was time to try it out on her.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams began as a radio show before it became a series of best-selling novels, a TV show, and finally a Hollywood movie. Here is the opening scene from the movie, as dolphins abandon a doomed Earth.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
From 250 miles above the Earth, Expedition 63 is very much aware of the hard times which exist in the neighborhoods of the world rotating below. Even amid the uncertainty and difficulties of battling through these challenging times, we encourage everyone to be the best “crewmates” & take care of each other. Cherish the people you love.
-Commander Chris Cassidy
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Sometimes it's hard to know how to pronounce the "-ed" ending of a regular verb in the past tense. Here are plenty of examples, taken from the story of the Ugly Duckling.
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