A2 · Getting started
Longer stories about daily life, past and future.
- Djuret som gör kuber Wombats make cube shaped poop, and now we know why. Audio
- Den här fågeln sover medan den flyger Frigatebirds fly for many days and sleep only a little. Audio
- Lunchen ett helt land äter In the Dominican Republic, everyone eats the same lunch at the same time. Audio
- Middag lagad av en vulkan In the Azores, people cook food inside a hot volcano. Audio
- Det sista tåget Tomas misses the last train in Tokyo and sleeps in a tiny room. Audio
- Den tomma koppen On his first day, Pedro drinks from a cup that is not his. Audio
- Nummer fyrtiosju Carla waits a long time at the clinic for a small cut. Audio
- Vilsen i Lissabon 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.
- Loppet där osten alltid vinner Once a year in England, people chase a wheel of cheese down a dangerously steep hill, and the cheese almost... Audio
- Två helt nya djurarter, båda stora som en nagel Scientists in Montenegro just described two snail species new to science, found on limestone cliffs in a... Audio
- Dagen en riktig insekt satte en dator ur spel In nineteen forty-seven, engineers found an actual moth stuck inside a giant computer, taped it into their... Audio
- Räkan med en sol inuti klon A small ocean shrimp snaps its claw so fast that it creates a flash of heat nearly as hot as the surface of... Audio
- Huset som är delat mellan två länder In a small town on the Belgian-Dutch border, some houses sit in two countries at once, and the front door... Audio
- Armén som förlorade mot fåglar In nineteen thirty-two the Australian military was sent against emus eating the wheat crop in Western... Audio
- Schimpanser har dialekter A new study of more than eleven thousand recorded calls found that young chimpanzees in different parts of... Audio
- Internet ligger under vattnet 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.
- Två arter ingen hade namngivit, hittade på en klippvägg Scientists in Montenegro have described two snail species new to science, found on limestone cliffs in a... Audio
- Kriget Australien förlorade mot emuer In nineteen thirty-two the Australian military was deployed against emus devastating the wheat crop in... Audio
- Schimpanser har, visar det sig, dialekter A new study of more than eleven thousand recorded calls finds that young chimpanzees in different parts of... Audio
- Banken som lånar ut mot ost An Italian bank stores and ages more than half a million wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano, accepted as... Audio
- Varför din karta skulle vara fel till lunch Satellites tick at a different rate than clocks on the ground, and without a deliberate correction your... Audio
- Skenet din hud aldrig slutar avge Human skin gives off a faint light around the clock, invisible to the eye, as a Japanese team confirmed by... Audio
- Vad som verkligen bär dina ord över ett hav Almost everything sent between continents travels not through satellites but through cables lying on the... Audio
- Hotellet som korsar gränser medan du sover On a European night train, a traveller falls asleep in one country and wakes in another, with the Alps... Audio