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Improve your English with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: US lawmakers pass a bill that could make daylight saving time permanent, but the Senate still needs to look at it. Also: A Ryanair passenger is nearly pulled out of a window, and his wife says two other travellers helped bring him back inside.Today’s English focus: take up = to start discussing something. Vocabulary: bill (a plan for a new law), vote (a formal choice made by a group), chamber (one of the two parts of the US Congress).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a2-2026-07-15
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Improve your English with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: A Ted Lasso actor makes his first professional football appearance in the United States after a long break from the game. Also: Hungary's parliament votes to remove its president, with a major constitutional change and a possible court fight ahead.Today’s English focus: take office = to start an official job or role. Vocabulary: amendment (a change to a law or constitution), office (an official job or position), majority (more than half of the votes).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a2-2026-07-14
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Improve your English with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: A powerful typhoon hits China, forcing nearly two million people to evacuate and disrupting schools, work, and transport. Also: Veteran BBC Vatican correspondent David Willey dies aged 93 after a long career reporting on five popes.Today’s English focus: weaken = to become less strong. Vocabulary: die Evakuierung (evacuation), die Landfall (the moment when a storm reaches land), die Suspendierung (a stop for a time).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a2-2026-07-13
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Improve your English with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: Scientists in Thailand have found a new plant-eating dinosaur, Uragasaurus kalasinensis, from fossils in Kalasin Province. It may have lived 150 million years ago and reached 20. Also: Donald Trump let a major U.S. housing bill become law without signing it. The law aims to lower housing costs and increase supply after a long political fight.Today’s English focus: become law = to be officially approved and start to count as law. Vocabulary: law (an official rule made by the government), supply (the amount of something that is available), voters (people who vote in an election).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a2-2026-07-12
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Improve your English with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: Apple files a federal lawsuit, accusing OpenAI and two employees of using secret company information. Also: At a Buddhist temple in South Korea, 12 men and 12 women join a 30-hour dating retreat.Today’s English focus: take part in = to join an activity or event. Vocabulary: the retreat (a short stay away from normal life), the participant (a person who takes part in an event), awkward (a little uncomfortable or strange).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a2-2026-07-11
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Improve your English with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: Ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz drops sharply after new strikes, as oil and gas tankers avoid the route. Also: A deadly fire at a shoe factory in Jinjiang, China, kills at least 28 people and triggers a major rescue response.Today’s English focus: held strictly accountable = made strongly responsible or punished. Vocabulary: blaze (strong fire), evacuated (moved people to safety), accountable (responsible for what happened).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a2-2026-07-10
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Improve your English with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: Scientists study bumblebees and find behaviour that may look a little like feelings. Also: San Francisco home prices hit a record high as wealthy AI workers help push them up.Today’s English focus: instead of = in place of or rather than. Vocabulary: median (the middle value in a group), renovated (repaired and made better), buyers (people who want to buy something).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a2-2026-07-09
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Improve your English with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: A wildfire near the French Pyrenees has forced more than 10,000 people to leave their homes, with strong winds making the fire more dangerous. Also: Marine Le Pen says she will run for president in 2027 and appeal her conviction in France's highest court, with her electronic tag on hold for now.Today’s English focus: wear a tag = to have an electronic tag on your body. Vocabulary: evacuated (told to leave a place for safety), villages (small places where people live), winds (moving air).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a2-2026-07-08
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Improve your English with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: Interpol coordinates arrests in 59 countries during a major human trafficking operation. Also: Australian officials investigate six mysterious space objects found on a Queensland beach.Today’s English focus: appear = to seem. Vocabulary: wash up (to be brought to a beach by the sea), hazardous (dangerous or not safe), move away (to go farther from something).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a2-2026-07-07
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Improve your English with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: Europe breaks June heat records as scientists link stronger heatwaves to human-made climate change. Also: Bangladesh seeks Chinese investment while trying to improve strained relations with India.Today’s English focus: improve = to become better, or to make something better. Vocabulary: heatwave (several very hot days together), break a record (to go higher, lower, or do better than the best number before), at risk (in a situation where something bad may happen).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a2-2026-07-06
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Improve your English with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: Extreme heat cancels Fourth of July events across the United States. Also: Ukraine says it hit a major oil terminal in St Petersburg.Today’s English focus: was hit and were cancelled = passive forms used when the action is more important than who did it. Vocabulary: cancel (to decide that an event will not happen), humidity (water in the air), heat-related illness (an illness caused by too much heat).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a2-2026-07-05
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Improve your English with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: France records 2,025 extra deaths during a record-breaking heatwave as Europe prepares for more extreme temperatures. Also: DR Congo begins a WHO-backed trial of two antiviral drugs for the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak.Today’s English focus: rise = to go up, or to become higher. Vocabulary: heatwave (a period of very hot weather that lasts for several days), alert (a warning about danger, or possible danger), forecast (what will probably happen with the weather).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a2-2026-07-04
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Improve your English with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: The US declines a long renewal of the USMCA trade deal, creating uncertainty for North American businesses. Also: Ryanair warns that the EU Entry-Exit System could cause long airport queues and missed flights this summer.Today’s English focus: in place = still active or still being used. Vocabulary: queue (a line of people waiting), border control (the place where officials check your passport when you enter or leave a country), postpone (to do something later than planned).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a2-2026-07-03
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Improve your English with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: Aunt of Venezuelan boy pulled from rubble tells BBC she will give him 'mother's warmth'. Also: From Truman's pension to Trump's billions - a White House windfall unmatched by any president.Today’s English focus: highlighted recap verb = from today’s language recap. Vocabulary: highlighted recap word (from today’s language recap), highlighted recap word (from today’s language recap), highlighted recap word (from today’s language recap).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a2-2026-07-02
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Improve your English with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: Australia sues Amazon for making allegedly unfair contracts with subscribers. Also: Trump made more than $1bn from crypto in first year back in office.Today’s English focus: highlighted recap verb = from today’s language recap. Vocabulary: highlighted recap word (from today’s language recap), highlighted recap word (from today’s language recap), highlighted recap word (from today’s language recap).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a2-2026-07-01
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Improve your English with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: 'You are Canadian heroes' - the forgotten hosts making World Cup history. Also: Pakistani strikes kill at least 28 civilians in Afghanistan, UN says.Today’s English focus: highlighted recap verb = from today’s language recap. Vocabulary: highlighted recap word (from today’s language recap), highlighted recap word (from today’s language recap), highlighted recap word (from today’s language recap).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a2-2026-06-30
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Improve your English with slow news for A2 listening practice.
In this episode: Europe's heatwave linked to 1,300 deaths, WHO says, as Germany hits record 41.7C. Also: Two boys pulled from Venezuela earthquake rubble among 33 people rescued over weekend.
Today’s English focus: a key news verb = a useful action word from today’s episode. Vocabulary: news (current events), story (a report about something happening), today (this day).
Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a2-2026-06-29
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Improve your English with slow news for A2 listening practice.
In this episode: US and Iran exchange strikes and accuse each other of violating ceasefire. Also: DR Congo takes Rwanda to international court over decades of conflict.
Today’s English focus: a key news verb = a useful action word from today’s episode. Vocabulary: news (current events), story (a report about something happening), today (this day).
Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a2-2026-06-28
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Improve your English with slow news for A2 listening practice.
In this episode: Israel and Lebanon sign framework agreement after US-brokered talks. Also: Europe's deadly heatwave breaks German record and halts public events.
Today’s English focus: a key news verb = a useful action word from today’s episode. Vocabulary: news (current events), story (a report about something happening), today (this day).
Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a2-2026-06-27
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Improve your English with slow news for A2 listening practice. In this episode: Oil price falls back to pre-Iran war levels. Also: Supreme Court allows Trump to end protected status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants. Today’s English focus: a key news verb = a useful action word from today’s episode. Vocabulary: news (current events), story (a report about something happening), today (this day). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a2-2026-06-26
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