A2 · Getting started
Longer stories about daily life, past and future.
- 七条裙子和银鱼 Polly goes down to town and sees gull ladies in seven skirts drying fish in the sun. ? Quiz included Audio
- 骑士和鹿 Polly hears the old story of a rider and a deer at the cliff edge. Audio
- 海底的大峡谷 Polly finds a giant canyon hidden under the sea near the beach. Audio
- 特意种出的草 Polly learns that Central Park was built by hand on blasted rock, and that real sheep once ate the grass... Audio
- 没有人经过的车站 Polly finds an old subway station built to look nice, closed long ago because new trains were too long for... Audio
- 带阳台的房间 Marcos gets a hotel room with a nice balcony. Audio
- 一个人的桌子 Mia eats alone in a small restaurant, and the waiter helps her choose. Audio
- 曾经和黄金一样贵的香料 Saffron comes from tiny flower threads picked by hand, and for most of history a pound of it cost about the... Audio
B1 · Finding your flow
Polly's weekly adventures and real-world stories.
- 螯里藏着太阳的虾 A small ocean shrimp snaps its claw so fast that it creates a flash of heat nearly as hot as the surface of... ? Quiz included Audio
- 永远是奶酪赢的比赛 Once a year in England, people chase a wheel of cheese down a dangerously steep hill, and the cheese almost... Audio
- 两种指甲大小的全新动物 Scientists in Montenegro just described two snail species new to science, found on limestone cliffs in a... Audio
- 一只真虫子弄坏电脑的那天 In nineteen forty-seven, engineers found an actual moth stuck inside a giant computer, taped it into their... Audio
- 被分成两个国家的房子 In a small town on the Belgian-Dutch border, some houses sit in two countries at once, and the front door... Audio
- 败给鸟类的军队 In nineteen thirty-two the Australian military was sent against emus eating the wheat crop in Western... Audio
- 黑猩猩也有口音 A new study of more than eleven thousand recorded calls found that young chimpanzees in different parts of... Audio
- 互联网其实在海底 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.
- 那头游了一万五千公里的鲸鱼 Polly learns about two humpback whales who swam 14,000+ km from Australia to Brazil, breaking the world... Audio
- 悬崖上发现的两个无名新物种 Scientists in Montenegro have described two snail species new to science, found on limestone cliffs in a... Audio
- 澳大利亚败给鸸鹋的战争 In nineteen thirty-two the Australian military was deployed against emus devastating the wheat crop in... Audio
- 原来黑猩猩也有口音 A new study of more than eleven thousand recorded calls finds that young chimpanzees in different parts of... Audio
- 用奶酪做抵押放贷的银行 An Italian bank stores and ages more than half a million wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano, accepted as... Audio
- 为什么到了午饭时间你的地图就会错 Satellites tick at a different rate than clocks on the ground, and without a deliberate correction your... Audio
- 你的皮肤从未停止发出的光 Human skin gives off a faint light around the clock, invisible to the eye, as a Japanese team confirmed by... Audio
- 到底是什么把你的话带过大洋 Almost everything sent between continents travels not through satellites but through cables lying on the... Audio