{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a29a7413f4eb34728c4200e/6a57012e7e01c44e38cd94d5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A1 French News | De Beers Stops Work at South Africa's Biggest Mine","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a29a7413f4eb34728c4200e/1c7b0b47-d5f1-4b94-99d4-ca760d5c2ed5.jpg?height=200","description":"Learn with slow French news for A1 listening practice.\n\nIn this episode: De Beers stops work at South Africa's biggest diamond mine as sales fall and cheaper lab-grown diamonds reshape the market. Also: A 67-million-year-old T. rex skeleton is sold at auction in New York for a record price.\n\nToday’s French focus: vendre = to sell. Vocabulary: la mine (mine), les ventes (sales), les coûts (costs).\n\nLearn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/french-a1-2026-07-15","author_name":"LinguaWire"}