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How Nations Make Up National Identities (B2-C1/v32356)
Nationality feels powerful, especially today. But the idea of identifying with millions of strangers just based ...
Carnival: Origins of the World’s Biggest Party (B1-B2/v32332)
Carnival has grown to become one of the largest celebrations in the world. Today more than ...
Cyberbullying – How to Talk with Teens (B1-B2/v32137)
According to a recent Pew Research Center study, nearly half of teens in the U.S. have ...
The “Truth” About Thanksgiving? (B1-B2/v32122)
Thanksgiving is a great holiday, but the whole story Americans are taught in school about Pilgrims ...
China’s Sponge Cities (B2-C1/v32111)
Although one city design certainly won’t save us from the effects of climate change, “sponge cities” ...
How Caffeine Influenced the Rise of Capitalism (B1-B2/v32082)
Michael Pollan, author of “This is Your Mind on Plants”, goes into the history of coffee ...
Paris 2024: Can the City be Accessible in Time? (A2-B1/v31932)
The Summer 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games are accelerating plans to improve disabled access in and around the French capital. But plans for ...
Why You Have an Accent in a Foreign Language (A2-B1/v31926)
Ever wondered why it's so hard to sound like a local when you go on holiday? ...
Paris’s Rapidly Expanding Bike Lane Network (B1-B2/v31848)
We all know Amsterdam is a cycling city, but more and more cities across the globe ...
Change Your Diet, Extend Your Life (B1-B2/v31825)
Former Yale professor Morgan Levine shares 3 ways to change your diet to extend your life ...
Asteroid City – A Look Behind the Scenes (B1-B2/v31805)
Asteroid City takes place in a fictional American desert town circa 1955 wherein the itinerary of ...
Brief but SPECTACULAR: Memories of My Mother (A2-B2 /v31569)
Michelle Zauner is a Korean-American author and musician, best known as the lead vocalist of alternative ...
