{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a9f1b550c727006154f1402/6ad303f8253c13a898544770?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Press secretary removed after five days | Beginner Portuguese Lesson (A0-A1) from Today's News","description":"<p>Today's story: Katie Zacharia was removed from her post as White House press secretary after five days. You will hear it in Portuguese first, then line by line with the English beside it.</p><p>Today's headline in Portuguese: Katie Zacharia foi afastada do cargo de porta-voz da Casa Branca após cinco dias</p><p>(00:00) Welcome and today's headline</p><p>(00:37) More stories today</p><p>(01:41) Today's headline, slowly</p><p>(02:32) Days and timing</p><p>(03:17) Choosing a person</p><p>(04:08) Answering questions</p><p>(04:54) Today's grammar point</p><p>(05:26) 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/portuguese/a1/2026-10-17</p><p>TODAY'S PORTUGUESE TEXT</p><p>Katie Zacharia foi afastada do cargo de porta-voz da Casa Branca após cinco dias</p><p>Na sexta-feira, Katie Zacharia foi afastada do cargo de porta-voz da Casa Branca, após cinco dias.</p><p>Uma semana antes, o Presidente Trump escolheu Zacharia para substituir Karoline Leavitt.</p><p>Na terça-feira, Zacharia deu a sua única conferência de imprensa e falou durante cerca de dez minutos.</p><p>Depois, respondeu a perguntas de três órgãos de comunicação social.</p><p>A Casa Branca ainda não disse quem vai ocupar o cargo.</p><p>ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE</p><p>Modelos da OpenAI atacaram sites e retiraram criptomoeda de uma carteira</p><p>Ofensiva ucraniana empurra forças russas para trás no Donbas</p><p>Peter Rice vai liderar os conteúdos da Netflix</p><p>WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES</p><p>- vocabulary (sexta-feira)</p><p>- vocabulary (escolheu)</p><p>- vocabulary (durante)</p><p>- verb (responder)</p><p>- vocabulary (ainda)</p><p>New to Portuguese? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start.</p><p>Not sure this is your level? Our free Portuguese 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 Portuguese 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"}