Learning English Podcast - November 05, 2024

VOA Learning English Podcast - VOA Learning English

VOA Learning English

Education, Language Learning

4.4 • 877 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

On today’s podcast, candidates make a final push for votes before the U.S. election; the U.S. disease control agency calls for vaccinations against bacterial pneumonia followed by a discussion about the reason for the new recommendations; then, the present perfect on Lesson of the Day.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Learning English, a daily 30-minute program from the Voice of America.
0:11.5	I'm Katie Weaver.
0:13.0	And I'm Mario Ritter, Jr.
0:15.6	This program is designed for English learners, So we speak a little slower,
0:22.1	and we use words and phrases,
0:24.7	especially written for people learning English.
0:31.3	On today's program,
0:33.7	we report on the last day before election day in the United States.
0:40.4	Katie reports on new recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
0:47.5	Finally, the present perfect on Lesson of the Day.
0:52.9	But first,
1:01.9	Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are making a final push for votes on the day before election day in the United States.
1:11.1	Harris is spending the day in the state of Pennsylvania, looking to win its 19 electoral college
1:18.9	votes.
1:20.5	In addition to Pennsylvania, Trump holds campaign events in North Carolina and Michigan.
1:28.3	About 77 million Americans have already voted early.
1:34.3	The total is nearly half of the 158 million who voted through Election Day in 2020.
1:46.9	Harris and Trump are now pushing for the votes of remaining supporters and undecided voters
1:54.8	as voting ends on Election Day, Tuesday, November 5th.
2:02.1	In U.S. presidential elections,
2:05.6	the candidate who captures 270 or more
2:10.1	electoral college votes is the winner,
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