A2 · Getting started
Longer stories about daily life, past and future.
- Jezero ispod mora Polly finds a big salty lake in a dry valley, with old coral in the rocks around it. Audio
- Brdo puno rupa Men dig the blue stone out of the hill by hand, because machines would break it. Audio
- Plaža bez ničega Polly finds a long empty beach in a national park, and then she flies home. Audio
- Izgubljena u Lisabonu Sofía gets lost in Lisbon and a woman helps her with a map. Audio
- Soba s balkonom Marcos gets a hotel room with a nice balcony. Audio
- Stol za jednu osobu Mia eats alone in a small restaurant, and the waiter helps her choose. Audio
- Začin koji je nekad vrijedio kao zlato Saffron comes from tiny flower threads picked by hand, and for most of history a pound of it cost about the... Audio
- Jezero koje nestaje svakog ljeta In Slovenia, a huge lake fills a valley in winter and then vanishes underground every summer, leaving... Audio
B1 · Finding your flow
Polly's weekly adventures and real-world stories.
- Utrka u kojoj sir uvijek pobjeđuje Once a year in England, people chase a wheel of cheese down a dangerously steep hill, and the cheese almost... Audio
- Dvije potpuno nove životinje, svaka veličine nokta Scientists in Montenegro just described two snail species new to science, found on limestone cliffs in a... Audio
- Dan kad je pravi kukac pokvario računalo In nineteen forty-seven, engineers found an actual moth stuck inside a giant computer, taped it into their... Audio
- Škamp sa suncem u kliještima A small ocean shrimp snaps its claw so fast that it creates a flash of heat nearly as hot as the surface of... Audio
- Kuća podijeljena između dviju zemalja In a small town on the Belgian-Dutch border, some houses sit in two countries at once, and the front door... Audio
- Vojska koja je izgubila od ptica In nineteen thirty-two the Australian military was sent against emus eating the wheat crop in Western... Audio
- Čimpanze imaju naglaske A new study of more than eleven thousand recorded calls found that young chimpanzees in different parts of... Audio
- Internet je pod vodom Almost all international internet traffic travels along cables lying on the sea floor, which break... Audio
C1 · Stretch yourself
Rich, natural texts about places, history and ideas.
- Dvije neimenovane vrste pronađene na liticama Scientists in Montenegro have described two snail species new to science, found on limestone cliffs in a... Audio
- Škamp koji u kliještima nosi sunce A small ocean shrimp snaps its claw so violently that it produces a flash of heat nearly as hot as the... Audio
- Rat koji je Australija izgubila od emua In nineteen thirty-two the Australian military was deployed against emus devastating the wheat crop in... Audio
- Ispada da čimpanze imaju naglaske A new study of more than eleven thousand recorded calls finds that young chimpanzees in different parts of... Audio
- Banka koja daje kredite pod zalog sira An Italian bank stores and ages more than half a million wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano, accepted as... Audio
- Zašto bi tvoja karta do ručka bila pogrešna Satellites tick at a different rate than clocks on the ground, and without a deliberate correction your... Audio
- Sjaj koji tvoja koža nikada ne prestaje zračiti Human skin gives off a faint light around the clock, invisible to the eye, as a Japanese team confirmed by... Audio
- Ono što zapravo nosi tvoje riječi preko oceana Almost everything sent between continents travels not through satellites but through cables lying on the... Audio