{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a2b43d5479dfe546fd07156/6a603d20c6b393c90e01bdfc?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A1 German News | Brazil's Amazon Burns Far Less in 2025","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a2b43d5479dfe546fd07156/ce3ffa7d-90d7-4865-9593-d5cfc7215708.jpg?height=200","description":"Learn with slow German news for A1 listening practice.\n\nIn this episode: Brazil's Amazon burned far less in 2025, with 3.1 million hectares burned compared with 15.8 million in 2024. Also: Four Nigerian police officers were arrested after allegedly running a fake checkpoint and demanding money from Musa Aliyu.\n\nToday’s German focus: sprach von = spoke of. Vocabulary: das Verfahren (procedure), der Kontrollpunkt (checkpoint), festnehmen (to arrest).\n\nLearn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/german-a1-2026-07-22","author_name":"LinguaWire"}