Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
A shock awaits Victor and Mrs. Hardy when they visit the school headmaster in search of news about Miss Thompson.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
Mrs. Hardy and Victor journey home, saddened and puzzled by Miss Thompson’s abrupt departure. Later, Victor plays with his friend Andy by the railway line, and they talk about their mothers and teachers.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
While the family listens to a popular radio comedy, the mood is anything but fun in the Hardy household, with tensions running high between father and son, and husband and wife. Then a letter arrives, and Mrs. Hardy sets out by bus.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Mrs. Hardy finally sees Miss Thompson again, and a release of pent-up emotion reveals the true depth of their feelings for each other.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
While Mrs. Hardy and Miss Thompson confirm their newfound relationship, Mr. Hardy seems to have something weighing on his mind.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Mr. Hardy is home earlier than expected with a revelation that changes everything.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Mrs. Hardy and Victor are catching a train, but this is not the simple trip to his grandparents that the boy is expecting. From the look of joy on Mrs. Hardy's face, it's clear that they are off to visit Miss Thompson.
Difficulty: Advanced
USA
A Funny or Die video: Zach sits down with Tila Tequila who may become his new best friend and also welcomes another guest on the show who some people may recognize.
Difficulty: Intermediate
New Zealand, USA
"Supalonely" ("Supa" is how some people pronounce the adjective "super") is a song by New Zealand singer Benee featuring American singer Gus Dapperton. Rolling Stone writes: "Benee may have written “Supalonely” about a toxic relationship, but it’s evolved into a perfect alt-pop quarantine anthem."
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
This is the music video for “I Know Your Name” from the album “What’s Mine is Yours” by the New York/Berlin band Bee and Flower, featuring singer Dana Schechter and directed by Josh Graham.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
‘Waiting Room’ is both stark, haunting visual experience and scathing critique of modern medicine’s reckless practice of over-prescribing modern prescription drugs. From BEE AND FLOWER’S album (2012) SUSPENSION.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
The Berlin/New York based band Bee and Flower, led by singer and bassist Dana Schechter, plays their haunting song "Swallow Your Stars" in a dilapidated church outside of Prague.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Bee and Flower is a band founded in New York City by singer-songwriter, bassist, animator, illustrator, composer and producer Dana Schechter. Here's a live performance of their song "Twin Stars."
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
New York/Berlin based band Bee and Flower perform live near Prague, in the Czech Republic.
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
New York-Berlin musician, songwriter, visual and multimedia artist Dana Schechter talks about what inspired her to become a musician.
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
Jimmy Carter says: “I had the song in my head as I started looking around the famous Bonzai Pipeline in Hawaii March 16, 2008. The surfing that day was good. The girls on the beach, though few in number, seemed to fit this song, especially the girl with the board! I apologize for the last shot but I couldnt help myself….”
Music by the Beach Boys
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
The BBC looks at a new and innovative renewable energy invention, Kite Power Solutions. It is estimated that 30 kites could provide electricity for 75,000 homes.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Justin Bieber shows BBC Radio 1 how he spends his free time at home.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Grimmy rigged up Harry Styles to a heart monitor to see what images would cause an increased heart rate. Will it be Ryan Gosling, a briefcase full of money, Zayn Malik, or purple shoes?
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
People are increasingly interested in seeing animals in natural settings, so traditional jail-like zoos are giving way to open-plan zoos, and to eco-tourism.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Barbary macaques are among the most popular tourist attractions in Gibraltar. The apes have a taste for junk food, which enables tourists to see them up close and allows scientists to easily capture them for research.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
We leave the macaques in Gibraltar to travel to the Galapagos Islands to learn about marine and land iguanas.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
The segment focuses on the alien striped iguanas of the Galapagos Islands, albinism in a variety of animals, and the peppered moth.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Australia, United Kingdom
The last segment focuses on Australia. We visit the Warrawong Earth Sanctuary, where there are breeding programs to reintroduce such indigenous animals as bandicoots and quolls, creatures that came close to extinction.
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