{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a306ae5252d86e8466f67d0/6a812b86ff328abd840e7b1b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"B1 French News | Why Are Secondhand Books Selling in Bulk?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a306ae5252d86e8466f67d0/d9889687-ebbd-4057-a851-f9686e0daaf0.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Learn French through today’s real news. Natural-pace French at B1, with a full transcript and English translation.</p>\n\n<p>In this episode: Bookshops are seeing mysterious bulk orders, and the books may be used to train AI before being destroyed after scanning. Also: South Korea&#x27;s president proposes talks with North Korea to officially end a war still technically active since 1953.</p>\n\n<p>Aujourd&#x27;hui : Livres d’occasion vendus en gros · Séoul propose des discussions avec le Nord.</p>\n\n<p>Today’s French focus: être envoyé vers, to be sent to = to be sent to. Vocabulary: commande (order), entrepôt (warehouse), détruire (to destroy).</p>\n\n<p>Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: <a href=\"https://linguawire.com/episodes/french-b1-2026-08-16\">https://linguawire.com/episodes/french-b1-2026-08-16</a></p>","author_name":"LinguaWire"}