If you can’t imagine life without chocolate, you’re lucky you weren’t born before the 16th century. Until then, chocolate only existed as a bitter, foamy drink in Mesoamerica. So how did we get from a bitter beverage to the chocolate bars of today? This video traces the fascinating and often cruel history of chocolate. Here are some yes-no questions related to the video: 1. Thousands of years ago, people created a recipe for processing cacao into chocolate like the current recip

Every day we use a lot of different cosmetics without paying attention to what the ingredients are, what effects they have on our health, animals or the environment. However, there is a scary fact that cosmetics are not merely body care products but also harmful substances that we have accidentally put into the body every day. The video below will give you a more in-depth look at cosmetics. Here are some yes-no questions related to the video: 1. Do cosmestics contain chemicals that lin

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Watch the brand-new trailer for "Loki" from Marvel Studios. Try to listen to what Loki and Mobius have talked about and fill in the blank. - LOKI: I know what this place is.             The timekeepers have built quite the (1)____ and I see the (2)____ are playing their parts to perfection. - MOBIUS: Big (3)____ guy. I love it! Makes you sound super smart. - LOKI: I am smart. - MOBIUS: I know! - LOKI: Okay. - MOBIUS: Okay. - Another big guy with glasses: Plea

Have you ever noticed that it’s much easier to remember the lyrics of a song than lessons at school? The melody, the rhythm, the tune, etc., all of them just naturally absorb into your head. And as you remember the lyrics, you will remember the English phrases, grammar, vocabulary. When you learn a new language, there are lots of unusual sounds your mouth isn’t used to making. Singing helps our mouths to form the right shapes and make these sounds loudly and clearly. Singing also helps us le