{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a203ce23d098b7011022fcb/6a4f1f4df8a80edf8514a34d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A1 English News | Dock Workers Fight AI for Shorter Hours","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a203ce23d098b7011022fcb/33bb1a13-9b2c-4997-bfa6-6190ed59bad2.jpg?height=200","description":"Learn with slow English news for A1 listening practice.\n\nIn this episode: Australia's dock workers want a 28-hour week with no pay cut as ports test AI tools and machines. Also: A major phone outage in Australia cancelled trains, cut mobile service, and disrupted some emergency calls.\n\nToday’s English focus: deeply concerning = very worrying. Vocabulary: outage (a time when a service stops working), restored (working again), emergency (a very urgent problem).\n\nLearn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a1-2026-07-09","author_name":"LinguaWire"}