{"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/6aa203999d5ca4f66514dda5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"B1 English News | Will Navigation Apps Keep the Mercator Map?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a29bd4132e30dceaf22a1db/6fb211f2-40d7-4ba4-a67a-ea153cc56bd1.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: A UN vote backs fairer world maps, but navigation apps are likely to keep using Mercator versions because they are practical for everyday routing. Also: A study of more than 300 mothers and babies finds that babies born to anaemic mothers had smaller brains, with differences linked to movement, learning, and emotion.</p>\n\n<p>Today’s English focus: does not impose, does not force = does not force. Vocabulary: resolution (official decision or statement), projection (a way of showing the round Earth on a flat map), trade-offs (the good and bad sides of a choice).</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-b1-2026-09-10\">https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-09-10</a></p>","author_name":"LinguaWire"}