Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Ava Max is an American singer-songwriter born of Albanian parents. She has crafted pop songs that express her advocacy for female empowerment.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Sigrid shows us how to prepare the corn for cooking. She also tells us how it is eaten in the United States.
Difficulty: Beginner
Barbados, USA
Colombian pop singer Shakira had her first success in the US market with hits like "Whenever, Wherever" and "Underneath your Clothes." For this recent song, she teamed up with Barbadian singer Rihanna.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Chris Pratt and Aubrey Plaza talk about their roles from the hit TV series Parks and Recreation. Their characters Andy and April became a couple in the second season of the show, but early on it was unclear if they would have the necessary chemistry.
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
Let's find out more about an American activity aimed at school kids: the spelling bee. What is it and how does it work?
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
Sigrid talks about "The Elementary Spelling Book" by Noah Webster, which was the basis for the American English dictionary and a big part of the development of spelling bees in the United States.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
James Corden and Jennifer Lopez talk about marriage, romance, and the beauty of the Spanish language.
Difficulty: Beginner
Australia
The Kid Laroi is an Australian singer and songwriter born in Waterloo, New South Wales. He has been making music most of his life, and just recently released his second EP.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Jonathan gets back to filming so that Neal can show off his skills as a shark handler. He controls the big sharks through various maneuvers, including his ultimate demonstration: holding a shark vertically using only one arm—almost like a shark headstand!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
As the series draws to an end, the young actors reflect on their onscreen relationship, and how their characters have matured. Chris Pratt makes it clear that this time in their lives has been tremendous fun, but also a deeply formative and moving experience.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Canada, USA
At this most special time of the year, singers Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello open their hearts and their home to wish us all a Merry Christmas with their own version of a Christmas song made famous by the great Nat King Cole. The couple vowed to donate proceeds to charity, and joked that the video had been directed by their dog, Tarzan.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Learn how to say what you and others are doing at this exact moment using the present continuous tense, and meet Dennis, who is having a tough day. Everybody he calls is too busy to speak to him!
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Ever year, the winter solstice comes on December 21 in the Northern Hemisphere. Not only is it the first day of winter, it's a turning point, as the days will then get longer.
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
Sigrid explains how a spelling bee normally proceeds. There are fixed rules and there are options.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
James Corden and Jennifer Lopez carpool to CBS singing some of her most popular tracks before James takes Jennifer's phone and sends a text to Leonardo DiCaprio.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
On the TV talent show, The Voice, Jennifer Hudson performs “Memory,” the show-stopping ballad from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s acclaimed musical, Cats. Jennifer also sang this part in a movie adaptation of the musical.
Difficulty: Beginner
United Kingdom
English pop singer Robbie Williams has his own unique take on Christmas in these difficult times. Apparently, it was his wife who gave him the idea for the song and the title in particular.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Ireland, United Kingdom
In the 1980s, leading musical artists from across the British Isles came together to record a song to raise money for famine ravaged parts of Africa. The result was a huge success, becoming the fastest selling single in UK chart history.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
In this trailer for the movie Don’t Look Up, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence play astronomers who have made an alarming discovery: A huge comet is approaching and will in all probability destroy the Earth, and all of humanity! Somehow, they must get the news of their discovery out and send the urgent warning to a distracted and dismissive world!
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Ed and Elton come together to wish us all a Merry Christmas at the end of another challenging year.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
The trolley problem is a classic thought experiment in moral philosophy. Is sacrificing one life to save the lives of many others the best possible outcome?
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
The "Side by Side" series always makes learning fun! In this lesson we use photos to learn the names given to close family members and some handy ways to say where these people are. And finally we hear a nostalgic country song from a family man whose photos bring his happy memories to life!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
The Former President comments on the seating arrangement on Jimmy's show, reading Mean Tweets, and his relationship with social media.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
This song is about being in love “from head to toe," and its lyrics draw inspiration from the children’s song with the same title. The track, from French DJ’s Ofenbach & Quarterhead, features lively vocals from American Singer Norma Jean Martine.
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