A2 · Getting started
Longer stories about daily life, past and future.
- Den eneste veien ned A guide brings visitors into the canyon on horses. Polly learns that people live here. Audio
- Hestene i elvesengen Polly hears thunder, but the sky is blue. It is horses running on the sand. Audio
- Husene i veggen Polly finds old stone rooms high in the cliff. A squirrel says people lived here for thousands of years. Audio
- Dyret som lager terninger Wombats make cube shaped poop, and now we know why. Audio
- Denne fuglen sover mens den flyr Frigatebirds fly for many days and sleep only a little. Audio
- Lunsjen et helt land spiser In the Dominican Republic, everyone eats the same lunch at the same time. Audio
- Middag laget av en vulkan In the Azores, people cook food inside a hot volcano. Audio
- Det siste toget Tomas misses the last train in Tokyo and sleeps in a tiny room. Audio
B1 · Finding your flow
Polly's weekly adventures and real-world stories.
- Løpet der osten alltid vinner Once a year in England, people chase a wheel of cheese down a dangerously steep hill, and the cheese almost... ? Quiz included Audio
- Regn på kanten A summer storm makes waterfalls on the canyon walls for one hour, fills the dry sand with water, and waters... Audio
- Hestene i elvesletta Polly wakes to thunder from a clear sky. It is horses, running on the sand, and the walls make twenty sound... Audio
- Der veggene reiser seg The canyon walls grow much taller, Polly finds dark stripes made by water, and swallows show her how to... Audio
- Den lave muren Polly lands at a famous canyon in Arizona, but the walls are small. A raven tells her the canyon grows as... Audio
- To helt nye dyr, hver på størrelse med en fingernegl Scientists in Montenegro just described two snail species new to science, found on limestone cliffs in a... Audio
- Dagen en ekte bille ødela en datamaskin In nineteen forty-seven, engineers found an actual moth stuck inside a giant computer, taped it into their... Audio
- Reken med en sol inne i kloen A small ocean shrimp snaps its claw so fast that it creates a flash of heat nearly as hot as the surface of... Audio
C1 · Stretch yourself
Rich, natural texts about places, history and ideas.
- To arter ingen hadde navngitt, funnet på en klippevegg Scientists in Montenegro have described two snail species new to science, found on limestone cliffs in a... Audio
- Reken med en sol inni kloen A small ocean shrimp snaps its claw so violently that it produces a flash of heat nearly as hot as the... Audio
- Krigen Australia tapte mot emuer In nineteen thirty-two the Australian military was deployed against emus devastating the wheat crop in... Audio
- Sjimpanser har, viser det seg, aksenter A new study of more than eleven thousand recorded calls finds that young chimpanzees in different parts of... Audio
- Banken som gir lån mot ost An Italian bank stores and ages more than half a million wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano, accepted as... Audio
- Hvorfor kartet ditt ville vært feil innen lunsj Satellites tick at a different rate than clocks on the ground, and without a deliberate correction your... Audio
- Gløden huden din aldri slutter å avgi Human skin gives off a faint light around the clock, invisible to the eye, as a Japanese team confirmed by... Audio
- Det som egentlig frakter ordene dine over et hav Almost everything sent between continents travels not through satellites but through cables lying on the... Audio