Ashley Thompson and Mario Ritter host today's Learning English show.
1:00 First: Caty Weaver reports about a recent vote by Tesla shareholders to award company CEO Elon Musk a pay plan that includes billions of dollars’ worth of company stock and the legal barrier they may face in carrying out the plan. learningenglish.voanews.com/a...
6:32 Then: For several hundred years, people have gathered in the town of San in southern Mali for Sanké mon, a collective fishing rite. The event celebrates the town’s founding and marks the beginning of the rainy season. But some people say climate change and heat waves are interfering with the tradition. Ashley Thompson reports. learningenglish.voanews.com/a...
10:19 Next: Apple is preparing to release a series of new AI tools on iPhones and other personal devices. The company has described the new offerings as a new technology called Apple Intelligence. Bryan Lynn has the story for this week's Science and Technology Report. Then, Bryan joins Mario to answer some questions. Mario asks why Apple waited longer than its competitors to release similar AI tools and for some details on security measures for customer data. learningenglish.voanews.com/a...
19:03 Finally: The LE Lesson of the Day. Andrew Smith and Jill Robbins base their instruction on the LE video series Let's Learn English. Today they look at the language of episode 48. Do you know how to use the present perfect tense in English? We use it to talk about some kinds of past actions. And when do we use adverbs like "ever" and "never?" Find out today!
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Mario and Ashley close the show.
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