Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript.

In this episode: Romania shuts its only nuclear plant after the Danube falls too low for cooling. Also: Taiwan slows mobile internet to text-only speed during a defense drill.

Today’s English focus: be meant to model a response = to be intended to model a response. Vocabulary: shutdown (a stop in operation), cooling (making something less hot), intake (the place where water or air enters a system).

Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-08-14

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Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript.

In this episode: Google reveals its 2026 hardware line, with the Pixel 11 series, Pixel Watch 5, and Pixel Tag. The episode explains Google's small updates, more AI focus, and the new HiLight. Also: At least 44 people die after a ferry sinks on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe. The episode covers the overturned boat, the rescue effort, and the state of disaster declared by the.

Today’s English focus: have been rescued, to have been helped out of danger = to have been helped out of danger. Vocabulary: rescue (helping people out of danger), overturn (turn over), disaster (a very serious event causing great harm).

Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-08-13

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Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript.

In this episode: Researchers measure extreme heat hour by hour and find many more hot hours each summer. Also: Google says Gemini has reached 1 billion monthly active users, but the article asks whether that growth can last.

Today’s English focus: be used to + verb-ing = to be familiar with something. Vocabulary: Extreme heat (very hot weather), Trend (general direction of change), Percentile (a way to compare a number with others in a group).

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Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript.

In this episode: Shein raises US prices after tariffs, and sales fall as Europe faces similar pressure. Also: Indonesia battles major wildfires with thousands of firefighters, helicopters, and closed park access.

Today’s English focus: is going to raise prices (plans or a likely future result) = is going to raise prices. Vocabulary: firefighters (people whose job is to put out fires), helicopters (aircraft with rotating blades that can move people or water over hard-to-reach), access (the way to reach a place).

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Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript.

In this episode: Brent crude rises as Iran demands major concessions before the Strait of Hormuz can reopen, keeping traders cautious. Also: Morocco's football chief Fouzi Lekjaa joins a party before elections, and people wonder if he could enter top politics.

Today’s English focus: is going to reopen = is going to reopen. Vocabulary: premium (extra amount paid because something feels risky or special), concessions (things you agree to give up in a deal), cautious (careful and not quick to trust good news).

Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-08-10

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Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript.

In this episode: NASA's Perseverance rover is close to a new Mars distance record after driving about 45.16 kilometres, with most of the journey done by itself. Also: Typhoon Dolphin has hit Okinawa, cutting power to thousands of buildings and moving toward China after causing injuries and travel disruption.

Today’s English focus: is expected to pass, will likely pass = will likely pass. Vocabulary: autonomous (able to work or move by itself), hazard (something that can cause danger or trouble), processing (dealing with information, especially in a computer).

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Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript.

In this episode: Researchers test a new vaccine that could help prevent deadly diarrheal disease, and early results show it was 89% effective in a small adult trial. Also: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkiye sign a mutual defence pact, but analysts say the real meaning and limits of the deal are still unclear.

Today’s English focus: was 89% effective - worked at a rate of 89% in the past = worked at a rate of 89% in the past. Vocabulary: vaccine (medicine that helps protect you from a disease), trial (careful test of a new medicine or treatment), placebo (something that looks like medicine but has no active drug).

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Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript.

In this episode: Why airlines are warning over lithium-ion batteries. Also: After the floods, hunger: Mozambique's second disaster.

Every episode ends with a English language recap: three vocabulary words and one grammar point, explained in English with examples you can repeat.

Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-08-07

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