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Places I Have Walked, Written for English Learners
Travel writing about real trails and mountains, at B1–B2 level. Every article has a narrated section, key vocabulary, a self-check quiz, and a printable worksheet you can use in class.
B1–B2
The Avenue of the Giants: Thirty-One Miles of Ancient Redwoods
An old highway that the new highway left behind, running through the largest stand of ancient redwoods left on earth - and why you have to get out of the car.
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B1–B2
High Tatry Slovakia
A mountain range you can cross in a day, with peaks that behave like the Alps and a hut system that changes how you walk in the mountains.
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B1–B2
Fern Canyon California
A one-mile walk in Northern California where the canyon walls are not rock, but ferns, and where you will almost certainly get your feet wet.
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B1–B2
The Pacific Crest Trail (Northern California)
A quiet, forested stretch of a 2,650-mile trail, where one snow-covered volcano stays on the horizon for weeks at a time.
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B1–B2
Trinity Alps Caribou Trail
A long, hot climb through a burned forest to one of the quietest places in Northern California, and the night a deer walked into camp.
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How to use these articles
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Read for pleasure first
Go through the whole article without stopping. Do not look up every word — you do not need them all to follow the story.
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Then listen
Play the narrated section with the text covered. Listen twice before you read along and check what you heard.
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Then practice
Do the quiz and the vocabulary cards at the end. Teachers: the printable worksheet works as a full lesson.
Looking for more reading practice?
The reading library has graded texts from A2 to C1, each with the same comprehension checks and vocabulary games.