«Город в твоем вкусе» — новое шоу, в котором герои современной культуры показывают свои любимые городские места и выполняют забавные задания. В первом выпуске шоу актриса и модель Маша Миногарова: — пристает к прохожим ради автографа, — тестирует нервы официантов на прочность, — а также наводит шорох на всея Патриаршие пруды....

Do you value what you have in life? In this short tale, we are told the story of a boy who longs to find the house with golden windows that he sees every day by sunset from his humble home. On the day his father allows him to rest, he takes off in search of the fabled house. In this Video Lesson, you will learn a lot of household...

Have you ever heard of the philosophy of art? It is a complex discipline, but worth studying. It is, of course, related to philosophy and to art, but also to history. In this video, Matthew Milliner explains what the discipline is about, but he also tells us that, in order to fully understand a period, we must be able to completely ...

Have you ever given away a precious possession for someone else? The Gift of the Magi is a classic story that talks about what people are willing to do for love. The vocabulary and sentence structure are complex and literary, and it uses plenty of resources to convey the tragedy of poverty and of bad luck. In this lesson, you wil...

What could be the problem between these two teenagers? From the classic Ernest Hemingway short story “Hills Like White Elephants”, “Let The Air In” is a short drama that tells the story of two teenagers faced with a life-changing decision and the deconstruction of their relationship over the course of a conversation. See how nati...

Have you got trouble spotting when gerunds and participles act as adjectives in a sentence? It's a lot easier than quantum computing! In this lesson, you will have the opportunity to learn the most basic principles about quantum computing, whilst also coming across a gerund and a participle and deciding what they are acting as in ea...

Can you tell how someone feels from their facial expression? Most of us would answer yes, but it is not as straightforward as it seems. In this video, a scientist explains that there are many factors at play in how we interpret emotion. It is a very complicated subject but, in order to explain it more easily, the speaker tries to...

What do most YouTube videos have in common? They are voiced over by people that have something to say about a topic. As such, they often speak naturally, without a script, which means that they often use contractions. In English, verbs such as "is", "would", or "had" are commonly contracted. We know what is behind the contraction fr...

How can technology help our health? This very short advert gives us some clues. Its tone is positive and hopeful, and it ends with a prompt for us to work together for a better future. That last line uses the formula "let's", a very common structure to persuade people to do something you want them to do, but also include yourself i...