Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
Previously the lead singer of The Libertines, Pete Doherty launched his solo career with this single on his album Grace/Wasteland. In his unique, rambling, and poetic style, he plays with words and meaning to take us back to his adolescence, and what it meant to grow up in England. The "English rose" in question is rumored to be a schoolboy crush, but everything is left open to interpretation.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
This Yabla news broadcast features stories about two different kinds of animals, one enormous and one tiny. Sometimes we can predict how animals will behave, and sometimes not.
Difficulty: Beginner
Canada
Merve lives in British Columbia, Canada's westernmost province, where it gets extremely cold in the winter. He and his friend still go fishing, however, by drilling a hole through 10 inches of ice!
Difficulty: Beginner
Ireland
Inhaler is a band from Dublin, Ireland. This single is from their debut album It Won't Always Be Like This, which reached the top of the Irish charts and also entered the top 10 and top 20 album charts in the Netherlands and Germany.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Robby Naish dominated men’s windsurfing for two decades, becoming the biggest name in the sport. Now, his competition days behind him, with age and injury finally starting to catch up and turbulence in his family life, Robby is forced to take stock. He sets his sights on a new objective: riding the longest wave! This trailer was made for the movie that documents his challenge.
Difficulty: Beginner
Jamaica
Love Is My Religion garnered a Grammy for Best Reggae Album at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, giving a total of four Grammys to Jamaican musician Ziggy Marley, the eldest son of famous Bob Marley.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Ireland, Tanzania
Today is Joseph’s first day at his new school in his new country, Ireland. Things are very different to what he’s known before, and straight away, some of his fellow pupils start to make life difficult for him.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Ireland, Tanzania
Joseph’s bullies try to goad him into a playground fight, but Joseph has been through worse in his life, and stands his ground. Things look bleak, and their teacher has lost control of her class. Will Joseph find a way to fit in?
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
This "catchy, toe-tapping" song is a sort of love song, while the music video recreates a few movie scenes from the late seventies and eighties, such as Risky Business and Grease. The video also features Priyanka Chopra Jonas.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Do you know what that little pocket inside the big pocket of your jeans was designed for, or why pen lids and spaghetti spoons have holes in them? Here are ten everyday things you may never have questioned the use of, but might be interested to know more about!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
American media star, model, socialite and businesswoman Kylie Jenner takes us through her typical daily diet.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
What would happen to you if a black hole the size of a coin suddenly appeared in your pocket? Let's find out!
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
This up-tempo song from Schoolhouse Rock helps us to understand what a noun is. Generally, it's any person, place, or thing, which the song shows with helpful examples!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
In this funny scene from season 4 of The Office, Ryan, now Michael's boss, has asked Michael to give a presentation to his employees. Due to having a second job, Michael hasn't had time to prepare, and the meeting quickly goes off course.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
Ed Sheeran’s “Bad Habits” is an upbeat electronic dance track and a surprising break from his usual acoustic sound. The outlandish music video portrays Sheeran as a vampire in a hot pink suit, but the song itself can be interpreted various ways.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
This classic Schoolhouse Rock song about adjectives first aired on American TV in the mid-1970s. It’s a particularly groovy way to learn about these important words, which are useful for describing people, places, and things. Unpack your adjectives!
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
This video will help you learn how to say where you are—and where other people are—in various rooms around the house, such as the attic, dining room, basement, and kitchen.
Difficulty: Beginner
Australia
This power ballad is a reworking of the main title theme from the film "A Small Circle of Friends," for which Jim Steinman wrote the score. It was first recorded by Australian soft rock band Air Supply and has been covered by many other artists, the most successful being that of Bonnie Tyler.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Aimed at learners, Sigrid's slow news covers the United States national spelling bee and some climate change concerns in the Chicago area.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
"Passengers" stars Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt do the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the Internet's most searched questions about themselves.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Let's learn the names of various kitchen utensils with Luana! We'll start with the utensils used to prepare and cook food, such as tongs, sifters, graters, knives, cutting boards, pots and pans...
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
When One Direction went on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, she got them to play a game called “Never have I ever," in which they have to admit or deny having done certain things. The questions are prying and intrusive, and Ellen is quite happy to see the bandmates squirm in discomfort!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
This Schoolhouse Rock video is about interjections, which are used to express emotions. Fun fact: the singer of this song, Essra, also sang on Sesame Street and wrote a number of pop hits by artists such as Cyndi Lauper and Tina Turner.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
In part two of their “Autocomplete Interview," the movie stars field more of the internet’s most searched for, and sometimes most ridiculous, questions about them. Is Chris Pratt related to Brad Pitt? Can Jennifer Lawrence cry on cue?
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