A2 · Getting started
Longer stories about daily life, past and future.
- Krokotiilit suolavedessä There are hundreds of crocodiles in the salty lake, and the lake once grew and covered farms and roads. Audio
- Järvi meren alla Polly finds a big salty lake in a dry valley, with old coral in the rocks around it. Audio
- Kivi tuli jokea pitkin Polly learns that the blue stone came down from the mountains, and that it has a name. Audio
- Sininen kivi rannalla Polly flies along a coast between mountains and the sea, and finds a strange blue stone. Audio
- Ranta, jossa ei ole mitään Polly finds a long empty beach in a national park, and then she flies home. Audio
- Punainen majakka Polly lands on a red lighthouse in Nazaré, and an old albatross says giant waves are coming. Audio
- Ritari ja peura Polly hears the old story of a rider and a deer at the cliff edge. Audio
- Ratsastajat saapuvat The riders arrive with jet skis and long boards, ready for the giant waves. Audio
B1 · Finding your flow
Polly's weekly adventures and real-world stories.
- Kilpailu, jonka juusto voittaa aina Once a year in England, people chase a wheel of cheese down a dangerously steep hill, and the cheese almost... Audio
- Kaksi aivan uutta eläintä, kumpikin kynnen kokoinen Scientists in Montenegro just described two snail species new to science, found on limestone cliffs in a... Audio
- Päivä, jolloin oikea ötökkä rikkoi tietokoneen In nineteen forty-seven, engineers found an actual moth stuck inside a giant computer, taped it into their... Audio
- Katkarapu, jolla on aurinko saksissaan A small ocean shrimp snaps its claw so fast that it creates a flash of heat nearly as hot as the surface of... Audio
- Talo, joka on jaettu kahden maan välillä In a small town on the Belgian-Dutch border, some houses sit in two countries at once, and the front door... Audio
- Armeija, joka hävisi linnuille In nineteen thirty-two the Australian military was sent against emus eating the wheat crop in Western... Audio
- Simpansseilla on murteita A new study of more than eleven thousand recorded calls found that young chimpanzees in different parts of... Audio
- Internet on veden alla 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.
- Seitsemän hametta ja hopeakalaa Polly rides the old funicular down to town, where gull ladies in seven layered skirts dry silver fish in... Audio
- Kaksi nimeämätöntä lajia löytyi kalliojyrkänteeltä Scientists in Montenegro have described two snail species new to science, found on limestone cliffs in a... Audio
- Katkarapu, jonka saksissa on aurinko A small ocean shrimp snaps its claw so violently that it produces a flash of heat nearly as hot as the... Audio
- Sota, jonka Australia hävisi emuille In nineteen thirty-two the Australian military was deployed against emus devastating the wheat crop in... Audio
- Simpansseilla on, kuten käy ilmi, aksentteja A new study of more than eleven thousand recorded calls finds that young chimpanzees in different parts of... Audio
- Pankki, joka myöntää lainoja juustoa vastaan An Italian bank stores and ages more than half a million wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano, accepted as... Audio
- Miksi karttasi olisi väärässä jo lounaaseen mennessä Satellites tick at a different rate than clocks on the ground, and without a deliberate correction your... Audio
- Hehku, jota ihosi ei koskaan lakkaa säteilemästä Human skin gives off a faint light around the clock, invisible to the eye, as a Japanese team confirmed by... Audio