{"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/6a65845cd19896314218ad46?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A1 English News | Italy Faces Childhood Obesity Challenge","description":"Learn with slow English news for A1 listening practice.\n\nIn this episode: A 17-year-old in southern Italy weighs 170 kilos and is waiting for surgery, while doctors warn that more children in Campania are overweight. Also: The Flatiron Building in New York is being turned from offices into luxury apartments, with some homes priced up to $58.5 million.\n\nToday’s English focus: is being turned into = is being changed into. Vocabulary: weight (how heavy someone is), surgery (an operation in a hospital), doctor (a person who helps sick people).\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-a1-2026-07-26","author_name":"LinguaWire"}