{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a91694453508d8b54a7feb5/6aded286296f30f8e3d3a230?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Antonelli closes in on world title | Beginner French Lesson (A0-A1) from Today's News","description":"<p>Today's story: Kimi Antonelli is almost world champion in Formula 1. You will hear it in French first, then line by line with the English beside it.</p><p>Today's headline in French: Kimi Antonelli est presque champion du monde de Formule 1</p><p>(00:00) Welcome and today's headline</p><p>(00:31) More stories today</p><p>(01:34) Today's headline, slowly</p><p>(02:21) To win</p><p>(03:03) A lead in the championship</p><p>(04:03) First Italian champion</p><p>(04:33) Today's grammar point</p><p>(05:04) 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/a1/2026-10-26</p><p>TODAY'S FRENCH TEXT</p><p>Kimi Antonelli est presque champion du monde de Formule 1</p><p>Kimi Antonelli a gagné le Grand Prix des États-Unis à Austin.</p><p>Le pilote italien a vingt ans et roule pour Mercedes.</p><p>Cette victoire lui donne une grande avance au championnat.</p><p>Le week-end prochain, à Mexico, une neuvième place lui donne le titre si George Russell et Lewis Hamilton ne gagnent pas la course.</p><p>S'il gagne le championnat, il sera le premier Italien à le faire depuis Alberto Ascari, en 1953.</p><p>ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE</p><p>Todd Blanche défend la plainte sur l’élection en Alaska</p><p>Lula remporte un quatrième mandat à la présidence du Brésil</p><p>Aux États-Unis, Wonder prépare une nouvelle expansion</p><p>WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES</p><p>- verb (gagner)</p><p>- vocabulary (ans)</p><p>- vocabulary (avance)</p><p>- vocabulary (neuvième place)</p><p>- vocabulary (premier)</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"}