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  2. 2. Listen without the text
  3. 3. Answer five questions
Jeff overlooking airplanes from an airport observation deck in bright morning light

Featured · Jeff · 14 episodes

Jeff

A new life in Japan begins with everyday misunderstandings and unexpected encounters.

English, Spanish and French · Three levels

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Level 1 — Easy5 stories

Level estimated from the language of each story.

Level 2 — Basic15 stories

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  • A lone person seen from behind on a quiet residential street at dusk

    The Day I Couldn't Find Anyone

    718 words · About 4 minutes at 200 WPM

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  • A rain-washed hillside street and a small bookshop overlooking the coast at sunset

    After the Rain

    331 words · About 2 minutes at 200 WPM

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  • The Silver Thread

    895 words · About 4 minutes at 200 WPM

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  • The Coat on the Bench

    1161 words · About 6 minutes at 200 WPM

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  • MIAV-922228 representative artwork

    MIAV-922228

    Mia

    Series opening

    380 words · About 2 minutes at 200 WPM

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  • An empty classroom illuminated by the setting sun

    Fourth Period

    The Tortoise and the Hare

    Series opening

    710 words · About 4 minutes at 200 WPM

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  • A blue balloon rising alone through sunlit clouds — After ¥50 Million

    After ¥50 Million

    Quitting

    Series opening

    3046 words · About 15 minutes at 200 WPM

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  • A rain-dark Japanese railway platform at dusk with a red signal

    JAPAN 8000Hz

    Estimated Time of Resumption

    Series opening

    1153 words · About 6 minutes at 200 WPM

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  • A woodcutter resting with an axe and logs beside a tranquil forest river

    Fourth Period

    The Honest Woodcutter

    832 words · About 4 minutes at 200 WPM

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  • Ants gathering grain as a grasshopper rests above an autumn valley

    Fourth Period

    The Ant and the Grasshopper

    572 words · About 3 minutes at 200 WPM

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  • A dairy farmer seen from behind tending a small herd of cows in morning light

    Fourth Period

    Milk

    449 words · About 2 minutes at 200 WPM

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  • Rust

    66 words · About 1 minute at 200 WPM

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  • A person waiting beside glass automatic entrance doors as people pass within

    Entrance

    609 words · About 3 minutes at 200 WPM

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  • Stillness

    421 words · About 2 minutes at 200 WPM

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  • A teenager seen from behind amid an anonymous crowd in a neon-lit city square

    The Monster

    215 words · About 1 minute at 200 WPM

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