Difficulty: Intermediate
Canada
The Canadian singer-songwriter says of this work, “It's about individual responsibility for war and how the old feudal thinking kills us all.” Donovan and Glen Campbell are among the artists who have done covers of this song.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
The video for Taylor Swift's hit "Look What You Made Me Do" is chock full of references to her personal life, including ex-boyfriends and feuds with other celebrities.
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
We can use nouns, verbs, or adjectives to describe someone's personality. Sigrid shows us how to describe someone with a strong personality.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
James Corden and Ed Sheeran go for a drive in Los Angeles singing songs off Ed's new album. James challenges Ed to fit as many Maltesers as possible in his mouth after hearing that Ed once fit in 47. Maltesers are a UK brand of chocolate-covered malted milk balls.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Judging by the 26 billion views on over 2 million YouTube videos of them, one thing is certain: cats are very entertaining. But their strange feline behaviors, both amusing and baffling, leave many of us asking: Why do cats do that? Tony Buffington explains the evolutionary history behind some of your cat’s strangest behaviors.
Difficulty: Beginner
Canada
Canadian singer and songwriter Shawn Mendes treats us all to an effortlessly soulful live performance at the Wembley Arena, London.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
As a surprise special guest, Carly Simon joined Taylor Swift on stage to sing "You're So Vain" together. It was the second night of Swift's sold-out Red Tour at the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. This video features some excerpts from the performance, as well as backstage footage and interviews with Carly and Taylor.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
Jamaican dancehall recording artist and record producer Sean Paul teams up with English singer Dua Lipa for this hit single. Although in English, the lyrics feature a significant amount of Jamaican Patois slang and phrasing. See if you can follow it!
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Annette visits the Erickson Aircraft Collection in Madras, Oregon. A highlight of the collection is a plane that appeared in a very famous movie.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Rachael and Maggie have some doubts about telling Julia what they saw on one of their walks. In terms of language, this segment nicely captures how often the word “really” is used in conversation.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Meghan and Harry talk about meeting each other's families, and the design of the engagement ring, which includes diamonds that belonged to Princess Diana.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
The band The Specials was formed in Coventry, UK in the late 70's. They stood apart from the prevailing punk scene due to their ska influence and more upbeat way of conveying political messages.
Difficulty: Newbie
USA
Here's how to pronounce a very important noun with an unusual plural!
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
"Side to Side" is a song from Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj. In this live version on The Tonight Show, Ariana performs it solo with some help from The Roots.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Sigrid gets to work in the kitchen and talks her way through preparing and cooking dinner, almost as if you were there with her. You'll notice she uses either the "will" future ("I will" or "I'll") or the phrase "going to" (often reduced to "gonna") to talk about each next step.
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