Today's story: US inflation stays in August at 3.4 per cent. You will hear it in German first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in German: US-Inflation bleibt im August bei 3,4 %
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(00:37) Three more stories today
(01:47) Today's headline, slowly
(02:44) Staying
(03:29) Rising numbers
(04:29) Pressure
(05:28) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
https://linguawire.com/class/german/a1/2026-09-12
TODAY'S GERMAN TEXT
US-Inflation bleibt im August bei 3,4 %
Die Inflation in den USA blieb im August bei 3,4 %.
Im letzten Monat wurde Benzin teurer.
Nach den offiziellen Zahlen stiegen die Benzinpreise um 3,9 %.
Die Federal Reserve entscheidet nächste Woche neu über die Zinsen.
Viele Haushalte stehen weiter unter Druck.
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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- verb (bleiben)
- vocabulary (teurer)
- vocabulary (stiegen)
- vocabulary (entscheidet)
- vocabulary (unter Druck)
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