Arab parties forecast to win 18 seats | Beginner German Lesson (A0-A1) from Today's News

Today's story: Arab parties in Israel are projected to win 18 seats. You will hear it in German first, then line by line with the English beside it.
Today's headline in German: Arabische Parteien in Israel gewinnen laut Prognosen 18 Sitze
(00:00) Welcome and today's headline
(00:31) More stories today
(01:35) Today's headline, slowly
(02:25) Voting
(03:15) More than before
(04:14) The total percentage
(04:46) Today's grammar point
(05:17) The story again
The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:
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TODAY'S GERMAN TEXT
Arabische Parteien in Israel gewinnen laut Prognosen 18 Sitze
Am Dienstag haben Menschen in Israel gewählt.
Laut ersten Prognosen gewinnen arabische Parteien 18 Sitze.
Laut Prognosen haben die Joint List und Ra'am so viele Sitze wie nie zuvor.
Die zwei großen politischen Blöcke haben laut Prognosen je 51 Sitze.
Insgesamt haben 77,7 Prozent gewählt, so viele wie seit 1999 nicht mehr.
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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES
- verb (wählen)
- vocabulary (Prognosen)
- vocabulary (wie nie zuvor)
- vocabulary (je)
- vocabulary (Insgesamt)
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