B1 English News | Robots Break Records and Catch Fire

Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript. In this episode: United Airlines is adding new routes to faraway places like Okinawa and Ljubljana, showing how travelers are choosing more unusual destinations and longer international trips. Also: At the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, robots beat human sprint records but also crashed, toppled, and even caught fire, showing both speed and limits. Today’s English focus: is going to add, plans to add = plans to add. Vocabulary: route (flight path), destination (place you travel to), season (period of the year). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-08-26