A2 · Getting started
Longer stories about daily life, past and future.
- Die rote Laterne Polly lands on a red lighthouse in Nazaré, and an old albatross says giant waves are coming. ? Quiz included Audio
- Das Meer wird still The sea grows calm, and Polly says goodbye to Nazaré. ? Quiz included Audio
- Die Reiter kommen an The riders arrive with jet skis and long boards, ready for the giant waves. ? Quiz included Audio
- Der Riese The giant waves arrive, and a tiny rider flies down a wave as tall as a building. ? Quiz included Audio
- Das schiefe Haus A stone marten shows Polly a famous crooked house. ? Quiz included Audio
- Die Pferde der Schlucht Polly hears thunder, but the sky is blue. It is horses running on the sand. ? Quiz included Audio
- Der rosarote Morgen On the last morning, Polly watched the sun climb over the canyon. ? Quiz included Audio
- Die letzte Biegung Polly woke early. ? Quiz included Audio
B1 · Finding your flow
Polly's weekly adventures and real-world stories.
- Die Aufräumtruppe Polly flies with the vultures and meets a beetle that uses the stars as a map. ? Quiz included Audio
- Der See, der unter dem Meer liegt Polly finds the largest lake in the Caribbean, saltier than the ocean, lying in a valley lower than the sea. Audio
- Geh flussaufwärts, und du findest ihn The blue stone came down the river, not out of the sea. Polly follows it up into the mountains. Audio
- Acht Kilometer Leere Polly finds an empty protected bay at the far corner of the country, then flies home over the coffee... Audio
- Die Straße ohne Platz Polly arrives in the southwest of the Dominican Republic, where the mountains meet the sea, and finds one... Audio
- Die Station, durch die niemand fährt Polly follows the first subway line to a curved, tiled station built to impress in nineteen oh four and... Audio
- Das Rennen, das der Käse immer gewinnt Once a year in England, people chase a wheel of cheese down a dangerously steep hill, and the cheese almost... Audio
- Zwei brandneue Tierarten, jede so groß wie ein Fingernagel Scientists in Montenegro just described two snail species new to science, found on limestone cliffs in a... Audio
B2 · Building confidence
Real places, real news, richer language.
C1 · Stretch yourself
Rich, natural texts about places, history and ideas.
- Die Schlucht unter dem Meer Flying over glassy water, Polly discovers the secret engine of Nazaré: the largest underwater canyon in... Audio
- Zwei Arten, die niemand benannt hatte, entdeckt an einer Felswand Scientists in Montenegro have described two snail species new to science, found on limestone cliffs in a... Audio
- Die Garnele mit einer Sonne in ihrer Schere A small ocean shrimp snaps its claw so violently that it produces a flash of heat nearly as hot as the... Audio
- Der Krieg, den Australien gegen Emus verlor In nineteen thirty-two the Australian military was deployed against emus devastating the wheat crop in... Audio
- Schimpansen haben, wie sich zeigt, einen Akzent A new study of more than eleven thousand recorded calls finds that young chimpanzees in different parts of... Audio
- Die Bank, die gegen Käse Kredite vergibt An Italian bank stores and ages more than half a million wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano, accepted as... Audio
- Warum deine Karte bis zum Mittagessen falsch läge Satellites tick at a different rate than clocks on the ground, and without a deliberate correction your... Audio
- Das Leuchten, das deine Haut unablässig aussendet Human skin gives off a faint light around the clock, invisible to the eye, as a Japanese team confirmed by... Audio