Like CNET (we recommended before), Wired is another magazine and web media that focuses on the impact of technology to our life, culture and society.
The Wired’s website has a Video section that offers a lot of short video reports. Among them, the Gadget Lab series is very informative, such as the latest iPhone, the chair that’s good for your body, and the camcorder.
You can also watch Wired’s videos at its YouTube channel.
FORA.tv is the YouTube for smart people. It offers videos of the lectures, debates, and discussions from universities, think tanks, and conferences.
Under the categories of economic, environment, politics, science, and culture, FORA.tv focuses on the big issues and serious topics, like The Internet Enables Democracy, or Making Alternative Energies Affordable.
FORA.tv’s motto is “The World is Thinking”. For English-learners, the world is talking.
The Daily Telegraph is the leading quality newspaper of U.K. It’s the first daily in Europe that offers an online version, which has grown to be the most visited news website in Britain.
For the language learners, the best feature in the Telegraph’s website is its video. The coverage is categorized under the four sections: News, Culture, Lifestyle, and Sport, each with the fresh and original video reports along with the articles.
Its formal British English style is charming, too.
Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly, late-night comedy show by NBC. Broadcast live, the show rolls a series of short comedy scenes in each 90-minute long episode, making fun of politician and celebrity.
What it does best is impersonation. Here are a few most popular ones: Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton joint press conference, High school musical, Wall Street CEO. Its Commercial Parodies are hilarious. Check out Cluckin Chicken, The Love Toilet.
Besides getting good laughs, the exaggerated pronunciation of the comedian actors make the show a great learning resource for learning English.
Sometimes watching movie trailers are more fun than watching movies. And almost all movie trailers are terrific materials for language learning.
We recommended Apple’s iTune Movie Trailers before. It’s the best website to watch the trailers. Now YouTube came along, adding a new channel dedicated to the trailers. They don’t have a lot to show yet, but it’s easy to browse them under Popular, Latest, In Theaters, Open Soon, Studio.
Have a laugh here and start to learn.
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