Advanced (C1) 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
- C1 Advanced
- Lessons
- 19
- Segments
- 842
- Levels in category
- A1–C1
Browse 19 Lessons
19 lessons
- 1 The rights of the accused 44 segments Start 44 segments
- 2 Canadian Rocky Mountains 35 segments Start 35 segments
- 3 The Olympic Games 31 segments Start 31 segments
- 4 Tiger Woods 40 segments Start 40 segments
- 5 Nike 38 segments Start 38 segments
- 6 Babe Didrikson 31 segments Start 31 segments
- 7 Michael Jordan 41 segments Start 41 segments
- 8 Remember the Alamo 49 segments Start 49 segments
- 9 The Ford Pinto case 37 segments Start 37 segments
- 10 The golden man El Dorado 60 segments Start 60 segments
- 11 Hernias repaired here! 40 segments Start 40 segments
- 12 The war that both sides won 48 segments Start 48 segments
- 13 Anastasia and the Russian Revolution 58 segments Start 58 segments
- 14 Australian origins 54 segments Start 54 segments
- 15 Gambling 38 segments Start 38 segments
- 16 The Internet 49 segments Start 49 segments
- 17 Trial by jury 54 segments Start 54 segments
- 18 Business ethics 45 segments Start 45 segments
- 19 Colonial Williamsburg 50 segments Start 50 segments
C1 Advanced English Lessons
C1 lessons are longer talks and videos with dense vocabulary, such as TED-Ed animations and YouTube explainers. Expect subject words from science, history and economics.
What You'll Learn
- Follow long talks even when their structure isn't stated
- Understand implied meaning and the speaker's attitude
- Catch subject vocabulary from science, history and economics
- Follow fast, natural speech with weak forms and dropped sounds
- Write down long segments accurately in one or two listens
- Time Estimate
- About 700–800 hours of guided learning in total (Cambridge English estimate)
- Skills You'll Master
- Understand long, demanding speech and recognise what is implied
- Next Level
- C2 lessons are the longest and most varied recordings on the site
What is C1 Level?
C1 is the advanced level of the CEFR. You can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts and recognise implicit meaning, express yourself fluently without obvious searching for words, and use English flexibly for social, academic and professional purposes.