A2 · Getting started
Longer stories about daily life, past and future.
- De paarden van de bedding Polly hears thunder, but the sky is blue. It is horses running on the sand. Audio
- Spider Rock Polly finds a tall tower of red rock at the end of the canyon. She looks at it, but she does not land on it. Audio
- De enige weg naar beneden A guide brings visitors into the canyon on horses. Polly learns that people live here. Audio
- Regen op de rand A big storm makes waterfalls on the canyon walls, and the dry sand fills with water. Audio
- De huizen in de wand Polly finds old stone rooms high in the cliff. A squirrel says people lived here for thousands of years. Audio
- Waar de wanden overeind komen The canyon walls get very tall. Polly sees dark lines made by water and rides the warm air. Audio
- De lage muur Polly lands at a canyon in Arizona. The walls are small, but a raven says the canyon grows. Audio
- Het dier dat blokjes maakt Wombats make cube shaped poop, and now we know why. Audio
B1 · Finding your flow
Polly's weekly adventures and real-world stories.
- De race waar de kaas altijd wint Once a year in England, people chase a wheel of cheese down a dangerously steep hill, and the cheese almost... Audio
- Twee gloednieuwe diersoorten, elk zo groot als een vingernagel Scientists in Montenegro just described two snail species new to science, found on limestone cliffs in a... Audio
- De dag dat een echt beestje een computer stukmaakte In nineteen forty-seven, engineers found an actual moth stuck inside a giant computer, taped it into their... Audio
- De garnaal met een zon in zijn schaar A small ocean shrimp snaps its claw so fast that it creates a flash of heat nearly as hot as the surface of... Audio
- Het huis verdeeld tussen twee landen In a small town on the Belgian-Dutch border, some houses sit in two countries at once, and the front door... Audio
- Het leger dat verloor van vogels In nineteen thirty-two the Australian military was sent against emus eating the wheat crop in Western... Audio
- Chimpansees hebben accenten A new study of more than eleven thousand recorded calls found that young chimpanzees in different parts of... Audio
- Het internet ligt onder water Almost all international internet traffic travels along cables lying on the sea floor, which break... Audio
B2 · Building confidence
Real places, real news, richer language.
C1 · Stretch yourself
Rich, natural texts about places, history and ideas.
- Twee ongenoemde soorten gevonden op een rotswand Scientists in Montenegro have described two snail species new to science, found on limestone cliffs in a... Audio
- De oorlog die Australië verloor van emoes In nineteen thirty-two the Australian military was deployed against emus devastating the wheat crop in... Audio
- Chimpansees blijken accenten te hebben A new study of more than eleven thousand recorded calls finds that young chimpanzees in different parts of... Audio
- De bank die leent tegen onderpand van kaas An Italian bank stores and ages more than half a million wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano, accepted as... Audio
- Waarom je kaart tegen de middag verkeerd zou zijn Satellites tick at a different rate than clocks on the ground, and without a deliberate correction your... Audio
- De gloed die je huid nooit ophoudt uit te stralen Human skin gives off a faint light around the clock, invisible to the eye, as a Japanese team confirmed by... Audio
- Wat je woorden echt over een oceaan draagt Almost everything sent between continents travels not through satellites but through cables lying on the... Audio
- Het hotel dat grenzen oversteekt terwijl je slaapt On a European night train, a traveller falls asleep in one country and wakes in another, with the Alps... Audio