{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a29bcc43f4eb34728ccd5e7/6a5c4d2d4d4b991ebe8cdc12?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A2 English News | Trump Threatens Canada Tariffs Over Fire Smoke","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a29bcc43f4eb34728ccd5e7/fc9d7c88-4c8c-41e4-9b8e-adfa9e7795da.jpg?height=200","description":"Improve your English with slow news for A2 listening practice.\n\nIn this episode: In Russia, more people are using cash again because mobile internet shutdowns make card payments harder, and some businesses are trying to avoid tax. Also: Smoke from Canadian wildfires has drifted into US cities, and Trump threatens new tariffs on Canada over the air quality.\n\nToday’s English focus: be under pressure = to be in a difficult situation. Vocabulary: cash (money in notes and coins, not on a card), shutdown (a time when a system stops working), forecast (a guess about what will happen, often about money or weather).\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-a2-2026-07-19","author_name":"LinguaWire"}