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B1 English News | Will Navigation Apps Keep the Mercator Map?
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- Sep 10, 2026
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- 514
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Summary
Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript. In this episode: A UN vote backs fairer world maps, but navigation apps are likely to keep using Mercator versions because they are practical for everyday routing. Also: A study of more than 300 mothers and babies finds that babies born to anaemic mothers had smaller brains, with differences linked to movement, learning, and emotion. Today’s English focus: does not impose, does not force = does not force. Vocabulary: resolution (official decision or statement), projection (a way of showing the round Earth on a flat map), trade-offs (the good and bad sides of a choice). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-09-10 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.