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Learn English through today’s real news. Slow, clear English at A1, with a full transcript.
In this episode: Guyana's diplomat is ahead in a secret UN vote. Also: Walmart will soon let shoppers use tap-to-pay.
Today’s English focus: is going to let = will allow = will allow. Vocabulary: tap-to-pay (paying by touching your phone or card), checkout (the place where you pay), choice (one thing you can pick from many).
Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a1-2026-08-22
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Learn English through today’s real news. Slow, clear English at A1, with a full transcript.
In this episode: The Panama Canal will let fewer ships through because El Nino may bring lower water levels, heat, and drought. Also: OpenAI has a teen version of ChatGPT that gives parents more control, adds homework reminders, and reduces harmful content.
Today’s English focus: can show reminders = can show reminders. Vocabulary: limit (to let only a smaller number of things happen), drought (a long time with little rain), remind (to tell someone to remember something).
Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a1-2026-08-21
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Learn English through today’s real news. Slow, clear English at A1, with a full transcript.
In this episode: A study in Oregon looks at people who took psilocybin at state-licensed centers. Most people said it helped them, and the program seemed safe overall. Also: Moderna and Merck say their mRNA cancer vaccine worked in a Phase 3 melanoma trial. The test checked if the cancer came back after treatment.
Today’s English focus: was quite large, very big in the past = was quite large. Vocabulary: study (a careful look at facts), center (a place for a service or activity), reaction (what your body does).
Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a1-2026-08-20
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Learn English through today’s real news. Slow, clear English at A1, with a full transcript.
In this episode: A Dutch phone company brings a repairable phone to the US. The phone has a removable battery, swappable parts, and a single screwdriver for fixes. Also: Long-term borrowing costs rise in the US, UK, Germany, and Japan. Oil prices, inflation fears, debt, and AI spending are pushing costs higher.
Today’s English focus: is made to be fixed, is designed for fixing = is designed for fixing. Vocabulary: battery (battery), screen (screen), slot (slot).
Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a1-2026-08-19
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Learn English through today’s real news. Slow, clear English at A1, with a full transcript.
In this episode: Anthropic adds an invisible watermark to Claude text, so people may see if AI helped write it, and the change is meant to fit the European Union's AI Act. Also: Anne Montgomery House in Washington is closing after ten years, after giving young women low rent, shared meals, and a small community.
Today’s English focus: is going to close, is about to close = is about to close. Vocabulary: room (a space in a house), rent (money you pay to live somewhere), community (people who live or spend time together).
Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a1-2026-08-18
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