Hollywood sets in the US a new summer record | Beginner German class Nº058

Today's story: Hollywood sets in the US a new summer record. You will hear it in German first, then line by line with the English beside it.

Today's headline in German: Hollywood erzielt in den USA neuen Sommerrekord

(00:00) Welcome and today's headline

(00:35) Three more stories today

(01:54) Today's headline, slowly

(02:52) The verb erziel-

(03:28) Starting and ending

(04:27) More than and together

(05:06) Setting a record

(06:16) The story again

The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:

https://linguawire.com/class/german/a1/2026-09-10

TODAY'S GERMAN TEXT

Hollywood erzielt in den USA neuen Sommerrekord

Hollywood erzielt in diesem Sommer in den USA einen neuen Rekord von 4,76 Milliarden Dollar.

Die Kinosaison beginnt meist im Mai und endet am Labor-Day-Wochenende.

2013 lag der alte Rekord bei 4,75 Milliarden Dollar.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day und The Odyssey brachten zusammen mehr als 1,5 Milliarden Dollar.

Der Sommer 2026 lag fast 10 Prozent über 2019.

ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE

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Ed Miliband weist Warnung vor neuen Sanktionen zurück

Anthropic-Forscher Evan Hubinger warnt in Großbritannien vor KI

WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES

- verb (erzielen)

- vocabulary (beginnt)

- vocabulary (lag)

- vocabulary (brachten)

- vocabulary (über)

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