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Learn English by reading along: The Girl Who Listened to the Forest by Bibooks.org, a free bilingual audiobook in English and Swedish with synchronized text. Level A2.
Elin växte upp vid skogsbrynet i Värmland.
Elin grew up at the edge of the forest in Värmland.
Hon lärde sig känna igen varje fågel på ljudet.
She learned to recognize each bird by its sound.
Hennes far var skogsarbetare och lärde henne namnen.
Her father was a lumberjack and taught her the names.
Vid tolv års ålder kunde hon åttio arter.
At the age of twelve, she knew eighty species.
En forskargrupp kom till trakten för att räkna fåglar.
A research group came to the area to count birds.
De hade dyr utrustning och många mikrofoner.
They had expensive equipment and many microphones.
Elin gick med dem en morgon i maj.
Elin walked with them one morning in May.
Hon hörde tre arter som utrustningen missade.
She heard three species that the equipment missed.