{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a9ee1faf8f4d42589de3386/6aab6da0bf7eb386d3d8ceda?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The US House of Representatives votes for sanctions against Russia and | Beginner German class Nº065","description":"<p>Today's story: The US House of Representatives votes for sanctions against Russia and Iran.. You will hear it in German first, then line by line with the English beside it.</p><p>Today's headline in German: US-Repräsentantenhaus stimmt für Russland- und Iran-Sanktionen</p><p>(00:00) Welcome and today's headline</p><p>(00:40) Three more stories today</p><p>(01:35) Today's headline, slowly</p><p>(02:28) beschließen</p><p>(03:06) Countries that help</p><p>(04:02) Wealthy people and banks</p><p>(04:44) Today's grammar point</p><p>(05:20) 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/german/a1/2026-09-17</p><p>TODAY'S GERMAN TEXT</p><p>US-Repräsentantenhaus stimmt für Russland- und Iran-Sanktionen</p><p>Am Mittwochabend beschloss das US-Repräsentantenhaus das Sanktionsgesetz mit 262 zu 159 Stimmen.</p><p>Das Gesetz soll auch Länder treffen, die Russland im Krieg gegen die Ukraine helfen.</p><p>Sieben Republikaner stimmten dagegen.</p><p>Das Gesetz betrifft auch russische Banken und reiche Leute.</p><p>Jetzt geht das Gesetz an Präsident Donald Trump.</p><p>ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE</p><p>Apple baut einen Server mit M-Series-Ultra-Chips</p><p>Manchester United verliert im Carabao Cup gegen Brighton</p><p>Bank of England hält Zinsen</p><p>WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES</p><p>- verb (beschließen)</p><p>- connector words (die)</p><p>- connector words (dagegen)</p><p>- vocabulary (reiche Leute)</p><p>- pronunciation (geht)</p><p>New to German? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start.</p><p>Not sure this is your level? Our free German 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 German 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"}