{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a29bd4132e30dceaf22a1db/6a8d051866c4a1e81a25fec4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"B1 English News | Why the US Just Reversed a Syria Terror Label","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a29bd4132e30dceaf22a1db/90fbdfbd-5fbf-405a-a05e-6ac7ebe4ea79.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript.</p>\n\n<p>In this episode: The US removes Syria from its terrorism list after a 45-day review, and President Ahmed al-Sharaa calls it historic. Also: China&#x27;s factories and classrooms show a fast-growing robot shift, as more than two million robots and new training prepare workers for automation.</p>\n\n<p>Today’s English focus: is going to do - be about to do / plans to do = is going to do. Vocabulary: robots (machines that can do tasks by themselves or with little help), workforce (all the people who work, or could work, in a place or country), automation (using machines and systems to do work that people used to do).</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-b1-2026-08-25\">https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-08-25</a></p>","author_name":"LinguaWire"}