Episode
A1 English News | Hong Kong Bookseller Who Defied China Dies
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- Jul 4, 2026
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- 404
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Summary
Learn with slow English news for A1 listening practice.In this episode: A NASA-funded robot spacecraft tries to catch the falling Swift space telescope. Also: Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee dies in Taiwan after lung cancer.Today’s English focus: try to = want to do something, but it may not be easy. Vocabulary: fall (go down, often not by choice), catch (take something that is moving), afraid (scared).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a1-2026-07-04 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.