The US House of Representatives passed a sanctions bill against Russi | Beginner Spanish class Nº065

Today's story: The US House of Representatives passed a sanctions bill against Russia and Iran.. You will hear it in Spanish first, then line by line with the English beside it.

Today's headline in Spanish: La Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos aprobó un proyecto de sanciones contra Rusia e Irán

(00:00) Welcome and today's headline

(00:34) Three more stories today

(01:28) Today's headline, slowly

(02:21) Terminar in the present

(02:52) Who receives help

(03:41) Avoiding a gap

(04:21) Today's grammar point

(04:58) The story again

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

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TODAY'S SPANISH TEXT

La Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos aprobó un proyecto de sanciones contra Rusia e Irán

La votación final terminó el miércoles por la noche con 262 votos a favor y 159 en contra.

El texto pone sanciones a Rusia y a las personas que la ayudan en la guerra en Ucrania.

Las sanciones afectan a políticos, banqueros y barcos rusos.

El proyecto también evita un vacío en las sanciones contra Irán.

Después, la Cámara envió el proyecto al presidente Donald Trump.

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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES

- verb (terminar)

- vocabulary (la)

- vocabulary (barcos rusos)

- vocabulary (vacío)

- vocabulary (Después)

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