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.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Rudy is procrastinating on his New Year’s resolutions when a surprise guest arrives. It’s his hero, NBA basketball star Stephen Curry, and he’s here to help Rudy get back on track!
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
In recent years, we've seen an increase in the intensity of tropical storms and hurricanes due to global warming. But how and why do hurricanes form? Sigrid provides a basic explanation of this phenomenon.
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