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A1 English News | Can Belgium Stop the 3,000-Hectare Wildfire?

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Learn English A1 | Slow Easy News for Beginners, Daily
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Aug 17, 2026
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Summary

Learn English through today’s real news. Slow, clear English at A1, with a full transcript. In this episode: A wildfire in Belgium has grown fast, and firefighters are trying to stop it near a nature reserve. Also: Ferrari's first electric car sold at auction for $40 million, setting a new record. Today’s English focus: was not named (the person was not named) = was not named. Vocabulary: auction (a sale where people bid), record (the highest result so far), buyer (the person who pays for something). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a1-2026-08-17 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.