Tori · Reading sample
Read a little Spanish. Or a little English.
This is how Tori works: a story is the lesson. Tap any word for its meaning without leaving the sentence, listen to the whole passage where the device has a voice for it, and keep the translation beside it for when you need it.
El tren de las siete
Spanish · A2 · about 86 words · tap any word for its meaning
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Every morning, Lucía takes the seven o'clock train. She likes looking out of the window: the fields, the river and the small houses that pass very quickly.
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One day, the train stops between two stations. Nobody knows what is happening. Lucía opens her book, but she cannot read: the silence is more interesting than the story.
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When the train starts moving again, Lucía carries on reading. But now she listens to every sound: the wheels, the wind, the conductor's voice. The journey is no longer empty time.
About this sample
The three samples were written for this page, at A1 and A2, in both directions — they are not taken from Tori's library. Tori's own stories are longer, come with narration that follows the passage as you scroll, and keep saved words for review.
What to try
Read the story first and only glance at the translation when a sentence does not resolve. Tap a glossed word twice to close it. Then press read aloud — the paragraph being spoken is highlighted, and a device without a voice for that language says so instead of offering a button that would read it in the wrong one.