Moon Tree Video

Here are 2 videos related to the Moon Tree story.  The first one is an interview with Dr. David Williams the NASA employee who is trying to find and record all of the known moon trees in existence.  The second video is a short bio of astronaut Stuart Roosa who took the seeds in to space  on board Apollo 14.

Listen to a Good Book

Listening to stories read out loud is a great way to improve your listening skills in English.   I recently discovered a website called storylineonline.net  that has many videos of  books being read by actors.  The books are really intended for young children but they are all well written stories with beautiful illustrations.  The videos are professionally done and under 10 minutes in length.  So, give them a try.  Here's a tip - if you want to see the words as they are being read, turn on the closed captioning that the CC button in the YouTube frame.

Culture Connection
These are all really popular Children's picture books in the US, so chance are many Americans have read them or had these books read to them.  Reading and listening to these stories as an English language learner helps you connect with American culture and thinking.  

Fast Food Commercials

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Today I have a bunch of funny fast food commercials for you to watch.  They are from different fast food restaurants that are in the United States.  There are 2 from McDonald's, 1 from Chick-fil-a and the last one is from Subway. 

English Central Video - The Top Ten Travel Attractions of Paris

Sorry English Central doesn't have a video about the The Top Ten Travel Attractions of Washington, DC so I'm giving you Paris and Kyoto instead.  Enjoy!

Cooking Movies

I seem to have moved from the breakfast theme to cooking in general.  So, let's keep going and move from the kitchen to the living room.  Here are 2 movies with cooking themes to watch on DVD this weekend. 

This first movie is Ratatouille.  This is an animated movie about a rat who wants to be a world class chef and the challenges he faces in reaching his goal.  Because most people don't have a good reaction to seeing a rat in their kitchen.



The second movie is Julie and Julia.  A woman in a boring job decides to cook all of the recipes in Julia Childs famous cook book, Mastering the Art of French Cooking and blog about it.  The movie is a wonderful biography of these 2 remarkable women.