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Russian drone hits a train in Ukraine | Beginner German class Nº062
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Episode Russian drone hits a train in Ukraine | Beginner German class Nº062
Today's story: Russian drone hits a train in Ukraine. You will hear it in German first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in German: Russische Drohne trifft Zug in der Ukraine
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(00:36) Three more stories today
(01:54) Today's headline, slowly
(02:40) The verb in the news
(03:30) Outside
(04:14) Coming past
(05:16) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
https://linguawire.com/class/german/a1/2026-09-14
TODAY'S GERMAN TEXT
Russische Drohne trifft Zug in der Ukraine
Die Drohne traf den Zug, und die Behörden sagten, dass es keine Verletzten gab.
Der Zug stand in Yahodyn nahe der Grenze zu Polen.
Alle Reisenden waren vorher aus dem Zug draußen.
Alle Reisenden wurden vorher aus dem Zug geholt.
Boris Johnson und andere europäische Sicherheitsberater kamen mit einem anderen Zug vorbei.
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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- verb (treffen)
- vocabulary (nahe)
- vocabulary (draußen)
- vocabulary (wurden vorher)
- vocabulary (kamen)
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