Video B2.2

Videos related to the book units

Unit 6A: Music and emotions

Paul McCartney Carpool Karaoke

Leonard Cohen's Prince of Asturias Speech

General Comprehension Questions

Listen for detali

Unit 6B: Sleep

Sleep disorders

Narcolepsy

Insomnia

Unit 8A: Crime and punishment

How offenders are sentenced in the UK

Unit 8B: Celebrities and the media

My Mother Diana

Tom Felton meets the superfans

arry Potter star reflects on the fan obsession. Really good fun.

BBC Tom Felton Meets the Superfans - Video Dailymotion

Photojournalism 1: Chris Hondros

Chris Hondros was tragically killed in Lybia on 20th April 2011. Here you can watch a video about one of his most iconic images.

Photojournalism 2: Tim Hetherington. In his own words: the conflict in Liberia

Tim Hetherington was killed in in the same attack as Chris Hondros. Two amazing artists and a witnesses of our times. Watch the video and answer these questions.

Images: His work in Afghanistan

Reading: Photographers are near the action. Sometimes too near.

Reading: Interview with Restrepo co-directors: Sebastian Jung and Tim Hetherington

Tim Hetherington's website

Emma Thomson visits Liberia with ActionAid

Reading: Emma Thomson harrowing tale of Liberia

Photojournalism 3: Jurgen Shadeberg: South Africa under the Apartheid

Jurgen Schadeberg arrived in South Africa as a teenager in 1950. Shocked by the effects of apartheid, he began to photograph the country's diverse but divided culture.

Unit 9A: Advertising

Videos and culture

COVID-19

Cabin fever remedies

Watch the video and share in this Padlet wall your suggestions about how to face lockdown:

https://padlet.com/englishb21/remedies

Art

Antony Penrose: Surrealist Lee Miller

Global issues

Climate change

Refugees

Disability

Alcohol

Prejudices

Exercises

About Benjamin Zephaniah

Challenges

Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn't the only thing separating the successful students from those who struggled. Here, she explains her theory of "grit" as a predictor of success.

In 1914, Ernest Shackleton made his third trip to the Antarctic with the ship 'Endurance', planning to cross Antarctica via the South Pole. Early in 1915, 'Endurance' became trapped in the ice, and ten months later sank. Shackleton's crew had already abandoned the ship to live on the floating ice. In April 1916, they set off in three small boats, eventually reaching Elephant Island. Taking five crew members, Shackleton went to find help. In a small boat, the six men spent 16 days crossing 1,300 km of ocean to reach South Georgia and then trekked across the island to a whaling station. The remaining men from the 'Endurance' were rescued in August 1916. Not one member of the expedition died.

Krista and Tatiana Hogan are craniopagus conjoined twins — joined at the head, they share a neural bridge.

To read about the everyday life of 4-year-old Krista and Tatiana and the mystery that lies behind conjoined twins. Click here

Television and Series

Television, the Drug of the Nation

The Real Downto Abbey Servants

The Real Downton Abbey Servants: The True Story Of Life Below Stairs 1/3 - Dailymotion Video

Books

Technology

Ben Hammersley: How to face digital future

Listen to how Wire's editor explains the future.

Look Up

Pronunciacion practice: watch the video with subtitles. Listen and repeat.Click here

First interview with Gary Turk, the author of Look Up

Language Learning

September 11

Documentary: The falling man

Interview with Richard Drew, Photographer.

United 93

Road safety

From One Second To The Next A Film By Werner Herzog

National stereotypes

WikiSecrets

Useful vocabulary

Questions about the documentary

Complementary reading:

Article in the Guardian on Manning's pre-trial hearing

The New York Times Dealings With Julian Assange

BBC: Questions and answers: Assange seeks for asylum at the Ecuador embassy in London

Photography

Discovering Vivian Maier

Vivan Maier's negatives were found at an antiques furniture auction by John Maloof. Here is the story of probably one of the greatest photographers of the last century.

If you want to know more, visit John Maloof's blog

Vivian Maier | Chicago TonightThe story of a Chicago nanny who took more than 100,000 photos she never shared

Vivian Maier_Questions.pdf

One of the great masters: Helmut Newton

Helmut Newton_Questions.pdf

Exhibitions

Private view: Benjamin Zephaniah on Turner

Discover Turner through the eyes of writer, dub poet and Rastafarian Benjamin Zephaniah

Natural disasters

Japan's Tsunami

The earthquake which rocked Japan in March 2011 triggered tsunami alerts across the entire Pacific basin, including Russia, Mexico, Hawaii and the entire western US coast.

The area is so volatile, it is often referred to as the "ring of fire". To watch the news report, click on the image.

Tsunamis

Discovering how and why tsunamis occur, the hazard they pose to our coasts, understanding what to do in order to mitigate the effects of tsunamis. These are the topics covered in this video with the use of computer graphics animation.

Education

The problem with the UK's education system

Travelling

Bruce Pask on Packing

Bruce Pask, a world traveler and the men’s fashion director for T Magazine, checks in to the Ace Hotel in New York to talk through eight travel tips.

Bruce Pask on PackingBruce Pask, a world traveler and the men’s fashion director for T Magazine, checks in to the Ace Hotel in New York to talk through eight travel tips.

Christmas special

Grumpy Old Women

Tell me about Christmas Part 1

Exercises

Tell me about Christmas Part 2

Exercises

History

The Bayeux Tapestry

The Animated Bayeux Tapestry was created as a student project while at Goldsmiths College. Just as the historic original embroidary does, the animation depicts the lead up to to the Norman Invasion of Britain in 1066. Starts about halfway through the original work at the appearence of Halley's Comet and concludes at the Battle of Hastings. Marc Sylvan redid the soundtrack to include orignal music and sound effects.

Animation by David Newton

Music and sound design by Marc Sylvan

Magic

The masked magician performs the magic rope trick and then reveals the secret behind the trick.

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