A2 · Getting started
Longer stories about daily life, past and future.
- वह जानवर जो घन बनाता है Wombats make cube shaped poop, and now we know why. Audio
- यह चिड़िया उड़ते हुए सोती है Frigatebirds fly for many days and sleep only a little. Audio
- वह लंच जो पूरा देश खाता है In the Dominican Republic, everyone eats the same lunch at the same time. Audio
- ज्वालामुखी में पका खाना In the Azores, people cook food inside a hot volcano. Audio
- आख़िरी ट्रेन Tomas misses the last train in Tokyo and sleeps in a tiny room. Audio
- खाली कप On his first day, Pedro drinks from a cup that is not his. Audio
- नंबर सैंतालीस Carla waits a long time at the clinic for a small cut. Audio
- लिस्बन में खो गई Sofía gets lost in Lisbon and a woman helps her with a map. Audio
B1 · Finding your flow
Polly's weekly adventures and real-world stories.
- वह पुल जिसने कीमत वसूली Polly walks the Brooklyn Bridge and learns how building it underwater left more than a hundred workers... Audio
- वह दौड़ जिसमें चीज़ हमेशा जीतता है Once a year in England, people chase a wheel of cheese down a dangerously steep hill, and the cheese almost... Audio
- दो बिलकुल नए जीव, हर एक नाखून जितना बड़ा Scientists in Montenegro just described two snail species new to science, found on limestone cliffs in a... Audio
- जिस दिन एक असली कीड़े ने कंप्यूटर बिगाड़ दिया In nineteen forty-seven, engineers found an actual moth stuck inside a giant computer, taped it into their... Audio
- वह झींगा जिसके पंजे के अंदर सूरज है A small ocean shrimp snaps its claw so fast that it creates a flash of heat nearly as hot as the surface of... Audio
- वह घर जो दो देशों में बँटा है In a small town on the Belgian-Dutch border, some houses sit in two countries at once, and the front door... Audio
- वह सेना जो पक्षियों से हार गई In nineteen thirty-two the Australian military was sent against emus eating the wheat crop in Western... Audio
- चिम्पैंज़ी की भी अपनी बोली होती है A new study of more than eleven thousand recorded calls found that young chimpanzees in different parts of... Audio
C1 · Stretch yourself
Rich, natural texts about places, history and ideas.
- दो प्रजातियाँ जिन्हें किसी ने नाम नहीं दिया था, एक चट्टान पर मिलीं Scientists in Montenegro have described two snail species new to science, found on limestone cliffs in a... Audio
- वह जंग जो ऑस्ट्रेलिया एमू से हार गया In nineteen thirty-two the Australian military was deployed against emus devastating the wheat crop in... Audio
- पता चला है, चिंपैंज़ी की भी अपनी बोली होती है A new study of more than eleven thousand recorded calls finds that young chimpanzees in different parts of... Audio
- वह बैंक जो चीज़ के बदले क़र्ज़ देता है An Italian bank stores and ages more than half a million wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano, accepted as... Audio
- दोपहर तक तुम्हारा नक़्शा ग़लत क्यों हो जाता Satellites tick at a different rate than clocks on the ground, and without a deliberate correction your... Audio
- वह चमक जो तुम्हारी त्वचा कभी छोड़ना बंद नहीं करती Human skin gives off a faint light around the clock, invisible to the eye, as a Japanese team confirmed by... Audio
- समुद्र के आर-पार तुम्हारे शब्दों को असल में कौन ले जाता है Almost everything sent between continents travels not through satellites but through cables lying on the... Audio
- वह होटल जो तुम्हारे सोते हुए सीमाएँ पार करता है On a European night train, a traveller falls asleep in one country and wakes in another, with the Alps... Audio