With the impact of the Wuhan pneumonia epidemic, many foreign schools have closed classes and switched to online teaching. As a result, more and more services have begun to provide some free online course resources. Audible, a well-known audiobook application owned by Amazon, is one of them. In order to allow children and students to learn uninterruptedly at home, it was announced a while ago that hundreds of audio storybooks are free to listen to, including suitable for children, teenagers, or classic literature types. Most are in English, but there are also Japanese and Italian in 6 languages.
Everyone in the world can listen to it, and there is no need to apply for an account or download an application. You can start playing by opening the specified URL.For those who are practicing English or want to improve their children’s English and foreign language skillsNot to be missed.
Listen to hundreds of audio storybooks for free on Amazon Audible
Enter now Amazon Audible dedicated URLAfter that, click Start Listening below to start listening. It’s unclear how long these audio storybooks will be available for free, but the description mentions that as long as schools are closed, the service will be available:
There are four major categories of English audio storybooks, the first is suitable for children (Littlest Listeners):
Tween, Teen:
Classics (Literary Classics) and Folk & Fairy Tales (Folk & Fairy Tales), these two are suitable for everyone, but for beginners of English listening, it is recommended to start with children:
I roughly scanned it and found that there are several well-known audio storybooks, such as: Frankenstein, Moby Dick, Winnie the Pooh, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 2 and so on.
There are also electronic storybooks in Japanese, Italian, German, French, and Spanish:
Basically, there are about 40 audio storybooks in each category, which is definitely enough for you to listen to:
Each book will also have an introduction and reviews from netizens. Click Start Listening and it will play immediately:
The control center is located below. Unfortunately, it does not support slowing down the speaking speed, but can only speed it up, up to 3 times:
This playback interface is also provided:
A normal Amazon Audible subscription costs US$14.95 per month, which is not cheap. Although not all of them are free this time, there are more than two to three hundred books, many of which are classic audio storybooks, so you should seize this rare opportunity.
Supplementary information
Amazon Audible has hundreds of audio storybooks available for free listening at:Click here to go
Source: KOCPC Chinese