# Story Read Aloud: The Lighthouse Keeper

> Example: a short graded story read aloud with a narrator and two character voices. Shows how to turn a class reader into listening audio.

Canonical: https://zenmic.com/convert/reading-passage-to-listening-audio/story-read-aloud/
Last updated: 2026-11-14

🌊 A2–B1 · Story

A class reader comes alive when the characters have their own voices. Paste the story with a narrator and character names.

## Script

3 speakers · 6 lines

Narrator

Every night for forty years, old Martin climbed the stairs of the lighthouse and lit the lamp. One stormy evening, there was a knock at the door.

Ana

Hello? Please, can I come in? My boat hit the rocks.

Martin

Come in, come in. You're wet through. Sit by the fire.

Narrator

The young woman was shaking. Martin gave her a blanket and a cup of hot tea.

Ana

Thank you. I saw your light. Without it, I don't know where I'd be.

Martin

That's what it's for. Forty years, and you're the first person who ever said thank you.

Want your own version? The AI writes a fresh script and casts a voice for every speaker. [Make a New One Like This →](https://zenmic.com/studio/?template=esl-listening-dialogue&topic=Read+a+short+graded+story+aloud+with+a+narrator+and+a+separate+voice+for+each+character%2C+A2+to+B1+level)

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## What Makes This Work

- ✓A narrator plus a voice for each character
- ✓Graded language for A2 to B1
- ✓Short enough for one lesson
- ✓Paste your own reader the same way

## More Examples

[😴 B1 · Science Reading Retold as an Interview: Why We Need Sleep A reading text about sleep becomes a short radio interview with a scientist.](https://zenmic.com/convert/reading-passage-to-listening-audio/article-retold-as-interview/)

[← All Turn a Reading Passage Into Listening Audio](https://zenmic.com/convert/reading-passage-to-listening-audio/)

## Make Your Own Version

Change the names, the product or the situation. The AI rewrites it and voices every speaker.

[Make One Like This →](https://zenmic.com/studio/?template=esl-listening-dialogue&topic=Read+a+short+graded+story+aloud+with+a+narrator+and+a+separate+voice+for+each+character%2C+A2+to+B1+level)