A2 · Getting started
Longer stories about daily life, past and future.
- Крокодилы в солёной воде There are hundreds of crocodiles in the salty lake, and the lake once grew and covered farms and roads. Audio
- Озеро ниже моря Polly finds a big salty lake in a dry valley, with old coral in the rocks around it. Audio
- Холм, полный ям Men dig the blue stone out of the hill by hand, because machines would break it. Audio
- Вода, которая стала твёрдой Inside the grey rock there is blue stone, and it comes from only one place in the world. Audio
- Камень спустился по реке Polly learns that the blue stone came down from the mountains, and that it has a name. Audio
- Синий камень на пляже Polly flies along a coast between mountains and the sea, and finds a strange blue stone. Audio
- Пляж, на котором ничего нет Polly finds a long empty beach in a national park, and then she flies home. Audio
- Рыцарь и олень Polly hears the old story of a rider and a deer at the cliff edge. Audio
B1 · Finding your flow
Polly's weekly adventures and real-world stories.
- Озеро, которое лежит ниже моря Polly finds the largest lake in the Caribbean, saltier than the ocean, lying in a valley lower than the sea. Audio
- Иди вверх по течению, и ты найдёшь его The blue stone came down the river, not out of the sea. Polly follows it up into the mountains. Audio
- Восемь километров, на которых ничего нет Polly finds an empty protected bay at the far corner of the country, then flies home over the coffee... Audio
- Дорога, которой не хватает места Polly arrives in the southwest of the Dominican Republic, where the mountains meet the sea, and finds one... Audio
- Прибытие райдеров The riders arrive with jet skis and special boards, and everyone watches a sea that says tomorrow. Audio
- Семь юбок и серебряная рыба Polly rides the funicular down to town and meets gull ladies in seven skirts who dry fish in the sun. Audio
- Гонка, в которой всегда побеждает сыр Once a year in England, people chase a wheel of cheese down a dangerously steep hill, and the cheese almost... Audio
- Два совершенно новых животных размером с ноготь Scientists in Montenegro just described two snail species new to science, found on limestone cliffs in a... Audio
C1 · Stretch yourself
Rich, natural texts about places, history and ideas.
- Два неназванных вида, найденных на отвесной скале Scientists in Montenegro have described two snail species new to science, found on limestone cliffs in a... Audio
- Война, которую Австралия проиграла эму In nineteen thirty-two the Australian military was deployed against emus devastating the wheat crop in... Audio
- Оказывается, у шимпанзе есть акценты A new study of more than eleven thousand recorded calls finds that young chimpanzees in different parts of... Audio
- Банк, который выдаёт кредиты под залог сыра An Italian bank stores and ages more than half a million wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano, accepted as... Audio
- Почему твоя карта ошибалась бы уже к обеду Satellites tick at a different rate than clocks on the ground, and without a deliberate correction your... Audio
- Свечение, которое твоя кожа никогда не перестаёт излучать Human skin gives off a faint light around the clock, invisible to the eye, as a Japanese team confirmed by... Audio
- Что на самом деле несёт твои слова через океан Almost everything sent between continents travels not through satellites but through cables lying on the... Audio
- Отель, который пересекает границы, пока ты спишь On a European night train, a traveller falls asleep in one country and wakes in another, with the Alps... Audio