Upper-Intermediate (B2) English short stories
289 short stories read aloud, about 2 minutes each, from A1 to C1. Listen to one sentence at a time, type it and check every word.
Level
- Category
- Short Stories
- Level
- B2 Upper-Intermediate
- Lessons
- 82
- Segments
- 3,593
- Levels in category
- A1–C1
Browse 82 Lessons
82 lessons
- 61 The two cultures 36 segments Start 36 segments
- 62 North American death and burial 59 segments Start 59 segments
- 63 Casa Loma 54 segments Start 54 segments
- 64 Conquering Lake Ontario 48 segments Start 48 segments
- 65 Currier and Ives 51 segments Start 51 segments
- 66 Death Valley California 34 segments Start 34 segments
- 67 Dr Norman Bethune 55 segments Start 55 segments
- 68 Etiquette 46 segments Start 46 segments
- 69 Gilbert and Sullivan 54 segments Start 54 segments
- 70 Stephen Foster - American songwriter 54 segments Start 54 segments
- 71 Sunday morning at church 46 segments Start 46 segments
- 72 Thanksgiving day 52 segments Start 52 segments
- 73 The Calgary Stampede 43 segments Start 43 segments
- 74 The Florida Everglades 54 segments Start 54 segments
- 75 The Great Walls of China 42 segments Start 42 segments
- 76 The Planetarium 39 segments Start 39 segments
- 77 Alexander Graham Bell 47 segments Start 47 segments
- 78 The story of Anne Frank 53 segments Start 53 segments
- 79 Christmas holidays 55 segments Start 55 segments
- 80 Garage sales and yard sales 43 segments Start 43 segments
B2 Upper-Intermediate English Lessons
B2 lessons include lectures, talks and longer discussions at natural speed. The challenge moves from single words to following an argument while keeping up with the pace.
What You'll Learn
- Follow talks and discussions on concrete and abstract topics
- Keep up with natural speed and linked speech
- Catch the speaker's point of view and the reasons given
- Follow academic lectures like those in IELTS Part 4 and TOEFL
- Spell less common and topic-specific words
- Time Estimate
- About 500–600 hours of guided learning in total (Cambridge English estimate)
- Skills You'll Master
- Understand the main ideas of complex speech, including technical discussion in your field
- Next Level
- C1 lessons use longer, denser recordings such as TED-Ed and YouTube talks
What is B2 Level?
B2 is the upper-intermediate level of the CEFR. You can understand the main ideas of complex text, including technical discussion in your field, and talk with native speakers with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes conversation easy for both sides.