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A1 English News | Can a $6,000 Gift Become a $3 Million Prize?
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- Aug 13, 2026
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- 479
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Summary
Learn English through today’s real news. Slow, clear English at A1, with a full transcript. In this episode: Astronomers found a strange space object called a black hole star. It looks like a star, but it gives out far more energy, and the team spotted it with the James Webb Space. Also: A health group began with $6,000 from wedding guests. Now Last Mile Health has won a $3 million humanitarian prize for helping people in hard-to-reach places. Today’s English focus: is going to help - will help / is planned to help = will help. Vocabulary: nonprofit (a group that does not work to make money), worker (a person who does a job), village (a small place where people live). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a1-2026-08-13 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.