{"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/6a83bba33c9059406083ed47?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A1 English News | Can Anne Montgomery House Survive D.C.'s Rent Crisis?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a203ce23d098b7011022fcb/0774554f-93f5-403e-b8cd-3725ac34e246.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Learn English through today’s real news. Slow, clear English at A1, with a full transcript.</p>\n\n<p>In this episode: Anthropic adds an invisible watermark to Claude text, so people may see if AI helped write it, and the change is meant to fit the European Union&#x27;s AI Act. Also: Anne Montgomery House in Washington is closing after ten years, after giving young women low rent, shared meals, and a small community.</p>\n\n<p>Today’s English focus: is going to close, is about to close = is about to close. Vocabulary: room (a space in a house), rent (money you pay to live somewhere), community (people who live or spend time together).</p>\n\n<p>Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: <a href=\"https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a1-2026-08-18\">https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a1-2026-08-18</a></p>","author_name":"LinguaWire"}