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A2 English News | Can a Food Delivery Rider Win China's Top Literary Prize?

Improve your English with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: A Chinese food delivery rider wins a major literary prize for poems inspired by life on the job. Also: Norway opens a new memorial in Oslo for the 77 victims of the 2011 terror attack.Today’s English focus: has won = won and still matters now. Vocabulary: poem (a short piece of writing with rhythm and feeling), essay (a short piece of writing about an idea or experience), pressure (stress or a heavy feeling from demands).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a2-2026-07-20 ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

A2 English News | Trump Threatens Canada Tariffs Over Fire Smoke

Improve your English with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: In Russia, more people are using cash again because mobile internet shutdowns make card payments harder, and some businesses are trying to avoid tax. Also: Smoke from Canadian wildfires has drifted into US cities, and Trump threatens new tariffs on Canada over the air quality.Today’s English focus: be under pressure = to be in a difficult situation. Vocabulary: cash (money in notes and coins, not on a card), shutdown (a time when a system stops working), forecast (a guess about what will happen, often about money or 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-a2-2026-07-19 ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

A2 English News | Magnitude 7.3 Quake Strikes Off Mexico

Improve your English with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: The European Union proposes slower carbon cuts for businesses, with some industries getting more time before stricter rules apply. Also: A magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Mexico triggers a tsunami warning, and officials later say the danger has passed.Today’s English focus: have been reported = news wording for facts that were said without naming who said them. Vocabulary: tsunami warning (a message that tells people a sea wave may come), evacuated (moved people out of a place for safety), threat (danger that may cause harm).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a2-2026-07-18 ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

A2 English News | White House Staffer Faces Betting Probe

Improve your English with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: A White House teleprompter operator is accused of using secret speech information to place bets on what President Trump would say, with nearly $100,000 at stake on Kalshi. Also: Uganda's last Ebola patient has left hospital, starting a 42-day countdown while the WHO warns the outbreak is still growing fast in DR Congo.Today’s English focus: has now started = has recently begun and still matters now. Vocabulary: discharged (left hospital after treatment), confirmed (officially checked and accepted as true), countdown (a time period before an event starts or happens).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a2-2026-07-17 ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

A2 English News | Why More Countries Now Prefer China Over the US

Improve your English with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: A new Pew study says more people in 25 of 36 countries now view China more favourably than the US, with Xi Jinping scoring higher than Donald Trump. Also: Scientists in the Democratic Republic of Congo confirm a new monkey species with pinkish-orange lips, found high in the forest canopy.Today’s English focus: used to see = used to see. Vocabulary: species (a group of animals or plants that are the same kind), canopy (the top of a forest, where tree tops form a cover), genetic (related to genes and family traits).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a2-2026-07-16 ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.