wildest dreams

visit California

What’s it like to try an extreme sport, for the first time? This wild man isn’t afraid to show you. (Ok, maybe he’s a little afraid.) Jonny Moseley travels to Lone Pine, California in the Sierras to get a lesson from his buddy, Red Bull sponsored slacklining champ, Alex Mason.

Vocabulary Chunks to learn from video :

• A pro slack-liner
• This location that is so beautiful
• Tight rope
• Check this place out – it’s so gorgeous
• Check out these rock formations
• I think I’m in the spot
• That is so sick
• Just channel the energy
• It looks so damn easy but it’s not
• I’m pretty flexible
• Jut give it a try
• It’s dark, it’s raining, there’s lightning, there’s thunder
• I knew I was going to be really scared
• That is not what I expected

 

 

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dreaming big

visit California

Pro-skater Bob Burnquist has done turns on almost every surface imaginable, including a floating skate ramp on the crystal-blue waters of Lake Tahoe. Surrounded by majestic peaks, this High Sierra gem is definitely one for your bucket list. Winter and springtime snow lets you carve it up at world-class alpine resorts, while summer brings out the water toys—sailboats, stand-up paddleboards, kayaks, and more.

Vocabulary Chunks to learn from video :

• Dream as big as I can
• Make it happen
• I love wild ideas
• The freedom to manifest them
• It’s a floating ramp
• All this work will be for nothing
• All my dreams came true
• Wake up, dream it, make it happen
• A mega ramp
• It just doesn’t end
• I’m living it everyday

 

 

Meet South Africa

South African Tourism

Vocabulary chunks to learn from video

 

• What is Mbhaco you may ask
• A Xhosa Bride
• He needed to find inspiration elsewhere
• Where was this elsewhere
• If any inspiration needed finding it would be here
• Cows with horns that stab the rain
• Perhaps rubbing shoulders with kings and queens
• Consult the elders
• It was further than a short walk away
• He wasn’t one to give up
• He looked to the mountains
• The valley of a thousand hills
• Ballroom dancing
• So inspired

Real Magic

Great Big Story

Tim Linhart was sculpting ice in Colorado when he decided to try something new  : creating a giant, frozen violin. When a friend jokingly asked how Tim thought his violin would sound, it sparked an idea. Why not make an entire, functional orchestra out of ice? That was 21 years ago. These days, Tim is based in Sweden and gathers his icy ensembles to play in cosmic igloos. Grab a seat, and best don’t forget your coat.

Vocabulary chunks to learn from video

• An ice instrument
• The purity and the clarity
• A wooden instrument
• An acoustic material
• The founder of ice music
• The idea first came to me about 21 yeas ago
• An ice sculptor
• To build a giant violin
• The instruments are made of white ice
• A mixture of snow and water
• The ice part takes about  5-6 days
• Classical music
• A wide variety of different things
• We’ll put on about 45 concerts
• The concert hall
• A giant ice cave
• They cannot wrap their brain around a piece of ice making a sound
• Very pleasantly surprised

Welcome to the jungle #2

WWF international

• Incredible animals
• To focus on the big things
• Just about anywhere
• Now this insect has blown my mind
• Most diverse creatures
• A master of disguise
• Fiercely protective of their nests
• They are oblivious to the danger they’re in
• Staple diet
• They have the power to change landscapes
• To feed their colony
• The nutrients disperse into the soil
• Nutrient rich hotspots
• Open grasslands
• Thick dense forests
• The part they play is irreplaceable
• Countless species
• To be transferred up the food chain
• Break them down
• Start the cycle all over again
• The impact they have on our environment is monumental

• Deep dark jungles
• Swampy clearings
• Vital meeting place
• Numerous species
• You never know what is going to show up
• It is the middle of the day
• Seek shelter in the forest
• Mineral pass into the soil
• The more dung gets left here the richer these bais become
• Large mammals
• A different chain of events
• These fish launch themselves out of the water
• An entire food chain
• Reclaimed by the forest
• Where poaching is heavy
• Closing up entirely
• Everything here works in perfect harmony
• The balance of this entire ecosystem would shift
• Things we take for granted

Explore other rainforests around the world HERE

Welcome to the jungle

WWF international

• A wild life cameraman
• The second largest rainforest
• Explore this incredible place
• How everything is connected
• Don’t miss out
• I can’t wait for you to join me

• The green heart of Africa
• Across six different countries
• Tens of thousands of species call this home
• I’m going to try as hard as I can
• This huge variety of different species and the places they live is what we call biodiversity
• One piece of a huge puzzle
• The world’s biodiversity is declining rapidly
• Fresh water and clean air
• I find this quite worrying
• Tracking gorillas through the forest
• Checking out cool insects
• Getting my feet wet
• Trying to catch a glimpse of the elusive forest elephant
• Stick around

• I am super excited
• It is critically endangered
• Unfamiliar sights and sounds
• Being destroyed at such a rapid rate
• We wear masks
• Wild gorilla
• Their population is declining
• Finding fruit
• High up in the forest canopy
• They live in families
• Catch a glimpse of him
• A silver-back gorilla
• The head of the family
• The forest thrives
• Disperse the seeds throughout the forest
• The ecosystem

Explore other rainforests around the world HERE

Open your eyes back to nature

[The Great Big Story]

Culinary Artist, James Gop, has dedicated his life to embracing local foods, open fires and the vast beauty of the Berkshire Mountains. Mother Nature, to Gop, is a giant grocery store full of endless possibility. To celebrate the chef’s refreshing take on what it means to be an artist/explorer/chef in today’s world, Coors Light is enabling James’ next masterpiece: a sumptuous feast that showcases his top dishes, using hand-picked ingredients from the surrounding flora and fauna.

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Vocabulary chunks to learn after watching the video

• Walk around in the woods
• Curious nature
• Culinary artist
• More often than not
• Later this week
• Building a menu
• Native species
• The growing seasons are short
• He never stops
• It’s very inspiring
• Continue to be better
• My artistic expression
• A seventeen-hour day
• Sauté them in a lot of butter and a lot of salt
• Little red berries
• To forever change your lives today
• Being here, present
• Weeds and grasses
• An edible grocery store
• Exposing them to something they’ve never seen
• Foraged pine bark
• Whole-wheat flour
• Making time
• Be part of this experience
• Open your eyes back to nature
• Giving us the opportunity to tell our story

Cook with your soul and spirit

great big story

Mexico’s Zapotecs are an indigenous community living in Oaxaca, Mexico. Before Spanish colonization, Zapotecan civilization was a thriving epicenter of food, culture and tradition. Today, chef Abigail Mendoza is on a mission to keep those traditions alive by cooking the food of her ancestors. All the dishes she cooks—including pre-hispanic mole, stuffed chiles with Oaxaca cheese and atole—are made using ancient techniques. Recognized by the world’s best chefs for her dishes, she hopes to keep the food of her ancestors alive and thriving.

Vocabulary chunks to learn from video

• An indigenous group
• Pre-colonial era
• Keep their traditions alive
• She has become world-famous
• Keeping the traditional ways of cooking alive
• A Corn-based sauce
• She cooks chilies directly on coals
• Foods that were eaten thousands of years ago

Map of Oaxaca :

3 000 Villages to discover

 

visit Greece

Bustling cities, small traditional villages, breathtaking nature, rich culture, archaeological sites, mesmerizing islands, culinary treats and recipes form a fascinating destination. Enjoy Greece all year round, as each season has something special to offer. Uncover Greece’s hidden treasures   HERE

Dive into the oven

Great Big Story

Shotis puri is a traditional Georgian bread, usually served with every meal. Baking the bread, however, can get a little extreme. For a new baker interested in venturing into the world of shotis puri, be prepared to dive headfirst … literally. The bread is baked in a tonir—a deep, clay oven onto which the unleavened dough is stuck. After the bread has been baked, bakers must dive headfirst into the hot, hot oven to retrieve their goods. No one knows the process better than Skhirtladze Davit. For the past 16 years, he’s been enduring the heat, all for the love of bread.

Vocabulary Chunks to learn from video :

• A bread maker
• In the making of this video
• As you can probably gather
• Armenia
• Not your average bread maker
• Bread oven
• It translates to bread
• It is essential
• Turned up to the highest level
• A salt based liquid
• As close to the fire
• As if diving into
• Is just a part of the job
• Intense enough
• The end result
• With a salty twist
• That is eaten on special occasions