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夏说英语新闻晨读 第167期:夏普三年之后终于盈利
本期内容: Shares in Sharp jumped by more than 10% after the Japan-based electronics company said it expected profits to improve drastically thanks to restructuring under its new Taiwanese owner, Foxconn. Sharp has made no operating profit for t
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第168期:网飞股票过山车
本期内容: Netflix, which streams video, added 370,000 subscribers in America in the third quarter and 3.2 m elsewhere. Both results were far better than it had forecast (although the growth of its American subscriptions has slowed compared with
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第169期:法国驱赶难民
本期内容: French authorities began clearing the Jungle, a migrants camp in Calais, but on the first day were only able to bus 1,500-2,000 of the more than 7,000 residents to accommodation centers elsewhere in France. A small minority of those w
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第170期:英国拆迁难
本期内容: Inadecisionvehementlyopposedbysomeministers,BritainsConservativegovernmentapprovedacontroversialexpansionofHeathrowairportthatwilladdathirdrunwayatacostof18bn.TheplanforHeathrow,westofLondon,beatarivalproposaltobuildasecondrunwayatGat
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第171期:希拉里邮件门持续发酵
本期内容: The FBI obtained a new warrant related to the closed investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private e-mail server. Democrats criticized the agency's director for disclosing to Congress that it is examining new evidence. Mrs Clint
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第172期:朴槿惠闺蜜门
本期内容: ThousandsofSouthKoreanstooktothestreetsdemandingtheresignationofthecountry'spresident,ParkGeun-hye.Theyaccuseherofallowingalongtimefriendandadviser,ChoiSoon-sil,tousetheircloserelationshiptoexertimproperinfluenceoverstateaffairsandtob
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第173期:阿里系数字媒体重组
本期内容: Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba announced a sweeping restructuring of its media and entertainment assets, which include Youku Tudou, UCWeB and Alibaba Pictures Group as well as sports, games and music firms. The overhaul includes the
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第174期:英国央行行长留任
本期内容: TheresaMaybackedMarkCarneytoserveanextendedtermasgovernoroftheBankofEngland,promptingMrCarneytoannouncethathewillstayforanextrayear,untilJune2019.Theprimeminister'ssupportwillhelptoeasepoliticalpressureontheCanadian,whomsomeMPshavecri
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第175期:川普当选
本期内容: Donald Trump won America's presidential election, wrongfooting the predictions of pundits and pollsters and winning states that had voted Democrat for decades but where voters were receptive to his populist pledges. The shock result c
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第176期:印度纸币成废纸
本期内容: India's government made a surprise decision to withdraw current 500-and I, 000-rupee banknotes from circulation in an effort to clamp down on black marketeers and corruption. Banks were closed to allow them to stock up on lower-denomi
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第177期:三星收购汽车科技企业
本期内容: SamsungElectronicsagreedtobuyHarmanInternationalIndustries,anAmericanautomotive-technologycompany,for$8bn.Thedealisthelatestinastringofmovesbybigtechnologyfirmstobenefitfromtheriseoftheconnectedcar.Samsungisparticularlykeentogainastro
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第178期:美元迅速升值的影响
本期内容: SamsungElectronicsagreedtobuyHarmanInternationalIndustries,anAmericanautomotive-technologycompany,for$8bn.Thedealisthelatestinastringofmovesbybigtechnologyfirmstobenefitfromtheriseoftheconnectedcar.Samsungisparticularlykeentogainastro
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第179期:哥伦比亚武装力量被招安
本期内容: Colombia announced a new peace deal with the FARC, six weeks after the original agreement was rejected in a referendum. The changes include a commitment by the guerrillas to declare and hand over all their assets, which will be used t
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第180期:欧委会
本期内容: TheEuropeanCommissiontoldeightmembersoftheeurozonethattheirexcessivebudgetdeficitsmaysoonbreakEUfiscalrules,whichlimitallowabledeficitsto3%ofGDP.AmongthosewarnedwereItaly,SpainandPortugal,thoughthecommissionsaidthatinItaly'scasetheext
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第181期:神奇动物在哪里
本期内容: J. K. Rowling's new fantasy franchise got off to a sparkling start. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the first in a planned five-part series by Warner Brothers, dominated the weekend box office, taking $75m. The $180m film is