{"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/6ab72019864264ef3e028aa2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"B1 English News | Why Ebola Is Hard to Stop in DR Congo","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a29bd4132e30dceaf22a1db/fd2d1d0c-0c91-4535-a0de-f4d594f6c4e8.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: Ebola spreads to two new health zones in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where conflict, displacement, and a lack of approved vaccines make the response difficult. Also: Hurricane Polo regains Category 5 strength near Mexico, bringing risks of heavy rain, flooding, mudslides, dangerous surf, and coastal flooding.</p>\n\n<p>Today’s English focus: were found = were discovered. Vocabulary: contact (a person who may have been near someone with an illness), trace (to find where a person, thing, or event came from or went), exposed (placed in contact with something harmful).</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-b1-2026-09-26\">https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-09-26</a></p>","author_name":"LinguaWire"}