A2 · Getting started
Longer stories about daily life, past and future.
- Mnyama anayetengeneza mavi ya mchemraba Wombats make cube shaped poop, and now we know why. Audio
- Ndege huyu analala akiwa anaruka Frigatebirds fly for many days and sleep only a little. Audio
- Chakula cha mchana ambacho nchi nzima inakula In the Dominican Republic, everyone eats the same lunch at the same time. Audio
- Chakula cha jioni kilichopikwa na volkeno In the Azores, people cook food inside a hot volcano. Audio
- Treni ya mwisho Tomas misses the last train in Tokyo and sleeps in a tiny room. Audio
- Kikombe kitupu On his first day, Pedro drinks from a cup that is not his. Audio
- Nambari arobaini na saba Carla waits a long time at the clinic for a small cut. Audio
- Kupotea Lisbon 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.
- Mkono Unaoweza Kuonja Octopus suckers contain special receptors that let an arm taste whatever it touches, even in total darkness. ? Quiz included Audio
- Mbio ambazo jibini daima hushinda Once a year in England, people chase a wheel of cheese down a dangerously steep hill, and the cheese almost... Audio
- Wanyama wawili wapya, kila mmoja kwa ukubwa wa ukucha Scientists in Montenegro just described two snail species new to science, found on limestone cliffs in a... Audio
- Siku mdudu halisi alipoharibu kompyuta In nineteen forty-seven, engineers found an actual moth stuck inside a giant computer, taped it into their... Audio
- Kamba mwenye jua ndani ya kucha yake A small ocean shrimp snaps its claw so fast that it creates a flash of heat nearly as hot as the surface of... Audio
- Nyumba iliyogawanywa kati ya nchi mbili In a small town on the Belgian-Dutch border, some houses sit in two countries at once, and the front door... Audio
- Jeshi lililoshindwa na ndege In nineteen thirty-two the Australian military was sent against emus eating the wheat crop in Western... Audio
- Sokwe wana lafudhi za kikanda 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.
- Viumbe wawili ambao hakuna aliyewahi kuwapa jina, waliopatikana ukingoni mwa jabali Scientists in Montenegro have described two snail species new to science, found on limestone cliffs in a... Audio
- Kamba mwenye jua ndani ya gamba lake A small ocean shrimp snaps its claw so violently that it produces a flash of heat nearly as hot as the... Audio
- Vita ambavyo Australia alishindwa na emu In nineteen thirty-two the Australian military was deployed against emus devastating the wheat crop in... Audio
- Sokwe, inabainika, wana lafudhi A new study of more than eleven thousand recorded calls finds that young chimpanzees in different parts of... Audio
- Benki inayokopesha kwa dhamana ya jibini An Italian bank stores and ages more than half a million wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano, accepted as... Audio
- Kwa nini ramani yako ingekuwa na makosa kufikia muda wa chakula cha mchana Satellites tick at a different rate than clocks on the ground, and without a deliberate correction your... Audio
- Mwako ambao ngozi yako haiachi kutoa Human skin gives off a faint light around the clock, invisible to the eye, as a Japanese team confirmed by... Audio
- Ni nini hasa kinachobeba maneno yako kuvuka bahari Almost everything sent between continents travels not through satellites but through cables lying on the... Audio