Today's story: Pope Leo XIV requests a postal vote in Illinois. You will hear it in Spanish first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in Spanish: León XIV solicita el voto por correo en Illinois
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(01:40) Today's headline, slowly
(02:26) Asking for something
(03:11) Time and elections
(03:53) Completing and sending
(04:53) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
https://linguawire.com/class/spanish/a1/2026-10-30
TODAY'S SPANISH TEXT
León XIV solicita el voto por correo en Illinois
El papa León XIV pidió una papeleta por correo el tres de octubre desde Ciudad del Vaticano.
Es un votante registrado en Illinois.
La papeleta es para las elecciones de Estados Unidos de la próxima semana.
La oficina del condado de Will todavía no ha recibido la papeleta.
No está claro si León ha completado o enviado la papeleta.
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- vocabulary (registrado)
- vocabulary (próxima)
- vocabulary (todavía)
- vocabulary (enviado)
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