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夏说英语新闻晨读 第302期:手机老炮要复兴
本期内容： Old-school smartphone brands including Motorola, Nokia and Blackberry are attempting a comeback in the Chinese market this year, but experts said they may encounter steep challenges as China's smartphone industry is witnessing a slowd
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第303期:双十一剁手
本期内容： E-tailers in China have generated plenty of buzz with their flashy ads in the lead-up to the Singles Day shopping gala on Nov 11, but the complexity of some of the promotions have put off even the most avid bargain hunters. Online sho
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第304期:时间去哪儿了
本期内容： God only knows what it's doing to our children's brains. A view on social media shared not by some uninformed luddite, but by one of the people responsible for building Facebook into the social media titan it is today. Sean Parker, Fa
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第305期:维珍造岛
本期内容： SirRichardBransonhasbeenaccusedofhypocrisyafterinvestinginaluxurytourismprojectinSaudiArabia despitehistrackrecordofspeakingoutagainsthumanrightsabusesinthecountry. TheVirginGroupfounderhasbackedaprojecttodevelop50islandsovera34,000sq
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第306期:相扑与啤酒瓶
本期内容： A sumo wrestling grand champion is alleged to have hit a fellow wrestler over the head with a beer bottle in a fresh scandal that has rocked the highly ceremonial sport. Nine-time grand champion Mongolian wrestler Harumafuji, 33, has
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第307期:达芬奇画作拍卖
本期内容： A 500-year-old painting of Christ believed to have been painted by Leonardo da Vinci has been sold in New York for a record $450m. The painting is known as Salvator Mundi. It is the highest auction price for any work of art and brough
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第308期:星球大战被批评
本期内容： Games publisher EA has faced further criticism over its latest Star Wars game, Battlefront II. Many players were unhappy about the credits that unlock key Star Wars characters. The number required has now been reduced but so has the n
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第309期:淘宝卖飞机
本期内容： TwoBoeing747planeshavebeensoldontheChinesee-shoppingwebsiteTaobaoformorethan320myuan. Thejumbojetsarefromadefunctcar gocompanyandthecourthandlingthebankruptcyhadbeentryingtosellthemforyears. Sixpreviousofflineauctionsfailedandsothepla
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第310期:牛津大学被告上法庭
本期内容： An Oxford graduate's failure to get a top degree cost him a lucrative legal career, the High Court has heard. Faiz Siddiqui alleges inadequate teaching on his modern history course resulted in him getting a low upper second degree in
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第311期:哈里森福特大善人
本期内容： Film star Harrison Ford has been praised for rescuing a woman whose car rolled off a motorway and hit a tree in California. The star was in Santa Paula, north of Los Angeles, with a friend when they heard the crash and went to assist.
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第312期:哈里王子大婚
本期内容： PrinceHarryistomarryhisAmericanactressgirlfriendMeghanMarkle. Theprince,fifthinlinetothethrone,willmarryMsMarkleinspring2018andtheywillliveatNottinghamCottageinKensingtonPalace,London. Thecouple,whohavebeendatingsincethesummerof2016,s
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第313期:奢侈品关税降低
本期内容： China is cutting import tariffs on 187 consumer goods from whisky to cashmere clothing to help spur spending and economic growth. The Finance Ministry said tariffs will drop from an average 17.3% to 7.7% on products, including pharmac
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第314期:巴厘岛火山爆发
本期内容： Indonesian officials have shut the international airport in Bali for a second day, as Mount Agung spews volcanic ash into the atmosphere. Massive plumes of dark ash were seen reaching as high as 3km from the summit of the rumbling vol
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第315期:刘亦菲出演花木兰
本期内容： Disney has picked Chinese actor Liu Yifei to play Mulan in an upcoming film, following accusations against Hollywood of 'whitewashing'. The live-action adaptation of the 1998 animated movie will tell the tale of the famed Chinese hero
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第316期:韩国冬奥会
本期内容： It is an open question whether or not US athletes will participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea amid rising tensions with North, the US ambassador to the UN has said. Nikki Haley told Fox News that the US would take ever
