{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a91694453508d8b54a7feb5/6ac732bd8f90a39dfc9a92c6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Security talks in Berlin | Beginner French Lesson (A0-A1) from Today's News","description":"<p>Today's story: Andy Burnham meets Friedrich Merz in Berlin. You will hear it in French first, then line by line with the English beside it.</p><p>Today's headline in French: Andy Burnham rencontre Friedrich Merz à Berlin</p><p>(00:00) Welcome and today's headline</p><p>(00:36) More stories today</p><p>(01:35) Today's headline, slowly</p><p>(02:17) Meeting people</p><p>(03:02) Security warnings</p><p>(03:42) A future decision</p><p>(04:38) Today's grammar point</p><p>(05:10) The story again</p><p>The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:</p><p>https://linguawire.com/class/french/a1/2026-10-08</p><p>TODAY'S FRENCH TEXT</p><p>Andy Burnham rencontre Friedrich Merz à Berlin</p><p>Jeudi, Andy Burnham rencontre Friedrich Merz à Berlin pour parler de sécurité.</p><p>C'est la première visite officielle d'Andy Burnham en Allemagne.</p><p>Les services de renseignement britanniques et allemands ont averti que les menaces augmentent.</p><p>Les deux dirigeants vont ratifier le traité de Kensington de 2025.</p><p>Le traité prévoit une coopération plus forte dans les domaines de la science, de la technologie, de la défense, de la sécurité et de la croissance.</p><p>ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE</p><p>De nouvelles vidéos montrent une attaque iranienne contre une base américaine au Koweït</p><p>Une dirigeante veut garder les entreprises au Royaume-Uni</p><p>Un développeur crée sept logiciels libres comme ceux d’Adobe</p><p>WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES</p><p>- verb (rencontrer)</p><p>- vocabulary (première)</p><p>- vocabulary (augmentent)</p><p>- vocabulary (vont ratifier)</p><p>- vocabulary (domaines)</p><p>New to French? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start.</p><p>Not sure this is your level? Our free French level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills:</p><p>https://linguawire.com/assessment</p><p>Grammar explained in plain English:</p><p>https://linguawire.com/guide</p><p>If today's class helped, please follow the show. It is the single best thing that helps other French learners find us.</p><p>Note: LINGUAWIRE classes use AI support for translation and multi-language recording, with native-speaker scripting and supervision.</p>","author_name":"LinguaWire"}