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The US House of Representatives votes for sanctions against Russia and | Beginner German class Nº065
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Episode The US House of Representatives votes for sanctions against Russia and | Beginner German class Nº065
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.
Today's headline in German: US-Repräsentantenhaus stimmt für Russland- und Iran-Sanktionen
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(00:40) Three more stories today
(01:35) Today's headline, slowly
(02:28) beschließen
(03:06) Countries that help
(04:02) Wealthy people and banks
(04:44) Today's grammar point
(05:20) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
https://linguawire.com/class/german/a1/2026-09-17
TODAY'S GERMAN TEXT
US-Repräsentantenhaus stimmt für Russland- und Iran-Sanktionen
Am Mittwochabend beschloss das US-Repräsentantenhaus das Sanktionsgesetz mit 262 zu 159 Stimmen.
Das Gesetz soll auch Länder treffen, die Russland im Krieg gegen die Ukraine helfen.
Sieben Republikaner stimmten dagegen.
Das Gesetz betrifft auch russische Banken und reiche Leute.
Jetzt geht das Gesetz an Präsident Donald Trump.
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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- verb (beschließen)
- connector words (die)
- connector words (dagegen)
- vocabulary (reiche Leute)
- pronunciation (geht)
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