Video/listening exercise - Comedy of Julia Sweeny - 5 minutes - Level B2+ Most TED talks are on serious academic issues. However, this one is some light-hearted comedy on the challenges of parenting. The video has English subtitles available for lower level students. http://www.ted.com/talks/julia_sweeney_has_the_talk.html Vocabulary: to mate - When animals mate, they have sex in order to produce babies. to fertilize - to cause an egg to start to develop into a young animal or baby by combining it with a male cell: tadpole - a small, animal that lives in water and will become a frog (= green jumping animal) amusement park - a large park where you can ride on exciting machines, like roller coasters sewage treatment plant - a place where waste water (like from toilets) is processed so it can be used safely for some other purpose to do the splits - the action of sitting on the floor with your legs straight out and flat along the floor in opposite directions