A2 · Getting started
Longer stories about daily life, past and future.
- Båden kommer ind Polly lands at Stromness off the morning boat and works out, one question at a time, how a place with no... ? Quiz included Audio
- Dyret, der laver terninger Wombats make cube shaped poop, and now we know why. Audio
- Denne fugl sover, mens den flyver Frigatebirds fly for many days and sleep only a little. Audio
- Frokosten hele et land spiser In the Dominican Republic, everyone eats the same lunch at the same time. Audio
- Middag lavet af en vulkan In the Azores, people cook food inside a hot volcano. Audio
- Det sidste tog Tomas misses the last train in Tokyo and sleeps in a tiny room. Audio
- Den tomme kop On his first day, Pedro drinks from a cup that is not his. Audio
- Nummer syvogfyrre Carla waits a long time at the clinic for a small cut. Audio
B1 · Finding your flow
Polly's weekly adventures and real-world stories.
- Løbet hvor osten altid vinder Once a year in England, people chase a wheel of cheese down a dangerously steep hill, and the cheese almost... Audio
- To splinternye dyr, hver på størrelse med en negl Scientists in Montenegro just described two snail species new to science, found on limestone cliffs in a... Audio
- Dagen en rigtig bille ødelagde en computer In nineteen forty-seven, engineers found an actual moth stuck inside a giant computer, taped it into their... Audio
- Rejen med en sol inde i kløen A small ocean shrimp snaps its claw so fast that it creates a flash of heat nearly as hot as the surface of... Audio
- Huset delt mellem to lande In a small town on the Belgian-Dutch border, some houses sit in two countries at once, and the front door... Audio
- Hæren der tabte til fugle In nineteen thirty-two the Australian military was sent against emus eating the wheat crop in Western... Audio
- Chimpanser har accenter A new study of more than eleven thousand recorded calls found that young chimpanzees in different parts of... Audio
- Internettet er under vandet 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.
- To arter, ingen havde navngivet, fundet på en klippevæg Scientists in Montenegro have described two snail species new to science, found on limestone cliffs in a... Audio
- Rejen med en sol inde i sin klo A small ocean shrimp snaps its claw so violently that it produces a flash of heat nearly as hot as the... Audio
- Krigen, Australien tabte til emuer In nineteen thirty-two the Australian military was deployed against emus devastating the wheat crop in... Audio
- Chimpanser har, viser det sig, accenter A new study of more than eleven thousand recorded calls finds that young chimpanzees in different parts of... Audio
- Banken, der låner ud mod ost An Italian bank stores and ages more than half a million wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano, accepted as... Audio
- Hvorfor dit kort ville være forkert ved frokosttid Satellites tick at a different rate than clocks on the ground, and without a deliberate correction your... Audio
- Skæret, din hud aldrig holder op med at udsende Human skin gives off a faint light around the clock, invisible to the eye, as a Japanese team confirmed by... Audio
- Hvad der egentlig bærer dine ord over et hav Almost everything sent between continents travels not through satellites but through cables lying on the... Audio