B1 English News | Can Gemini's Big Growth Keep Going?

Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript. In this episode: Researchers measure extreme heat hour by hour and find many more hot hours each summer. Also: Google says Gemini has reached 1 billion monthly active users, but the article asks whether that growth can last. Today’s English focus: be used to + verb-ing = to be familiar with something. Vocabulary: Extreme heat (very hot weather), Trend (general direction of change), Percentile (a way to compare a number with others in a group). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-08-12