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夏说英语新闻晨读 第482期:哈库呐玛塔塔
本期内容: In recent days angry opinion pieces have sprung up in Kenyan media over the well-known Swahili phrase Hakuna Matata. The phrase translated means no problems or no worries and is a common expression throughout east Africa. But to the r
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第483期:过度加工食品易致癌
本期内容: Researchers discovered that people who eat more ultra-processed foods have a higher risk of cancer. Such foods are the ones with unrecognizable and unpronounceable words on the list of ingredients anything from the candy that turns yo
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第484期:厄尔尼诺现象再现
本期内容: The World Meteorological Organization says there's a 75-80% chance of a weak El Nino forming within three months. The naturally occurring event causes changes in the temperature of the Pacific Ocean and has a major influence on weathe
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第485期:巴黎黄背心暴乱
本期内容: The Eiffel Tower in Paris is to close on Saturday amid fears of further street violence from yellow vest anti-government protests. Across France, 89,000 police officers will be on duty and armoured vehicles will be deployed in the cap
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第486期:嫦娥四号奔月
本期内容: China has launched the first mission to land a robotic craft on the far side of the Moon, Chinese media say. The Chang'e-4 mission will see a static lander and rover touch down in Von Krmn crater, located on the side of the Moon which
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第487期:无人机送外卖
本期内容: Google'sparentcompany,Alphabet,willtestitsdronedeliveryserviceinFinlandnextyear, ithasannounced. HelsinkiwillbethefirstEuropeanlocationforWing,whichhasbeentestingdronesinAustralia. Itsaircraftwilldeliverpackagesweighingupto1.5kgwithin
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第488期:大兄dei 兄弟会了解一下?
本期内容: As America's colleges send out acceptance letters this season, a new crop of students will ask themselves a big question: Should I go Greek? They're eager to forge new friendships and create lifelong memories. Greek life attracts many
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第489期:金球奖华裔入围
本期内容: Constance Wu has scored a Golden Globe best lead actress nomination, the first Asian woman in 44 years to be named in the category. Wu, who was nominated for her role in Crazy Rich Asians, said she was ecstatic but also in shock. The
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第490期:英国退欧再陷僵局
本期内容: MPs across the political divide should abandon outrage and attempt to forge a consensus over Brexit, Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd has said. Meanwhile, ex-UKIP leader Nigel Farage has told the BBC that he thinks there might b
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第491期:表情符号将成世界通用语?
本期内容: From getting ready in the morning to the trip to the church, the rings, the photographs, the celebrations, the drink, the love, and lots and lots of sleep, Murray's tweet, in part, heralded the rise of a brand new form of communicatio
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第492期:天王打架
本期内容: InavirtuosoovernightTwitterrant, KanyeWesthasaddressedhisongoingfeudwithfellowsuperstarDrake. Overseveralhours,andmorethan100tweets, heairedgrievancesaboutDrake'slyrics, hisuseofthepurpleheartemojiand,inasinistertwist,allegedthreatsto
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第493期:高通和苹果的互撕大戏
本期内容: Qualcomm is asking courts in China to ban sales of the latest iPhone XS and XR, after winning a preliminary injunction there against Apple's older models. The chipmaker is trying to put extra pressure on Apple in the hopes of forcing
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第494期:天后演唱会上的人脸识别
本期内容: A major stadium in Los Angeles has confirmed that it uses facial recognition tech during sport and music events, to spot known troublemakers. The Rose Bowl told news site Gizmodo that it used the tech inside and outside the stadium ga
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第495期:美国从叙利亚撤军
本期内容: The Trump administration is planning a full withdrawal of US forces from northeastern Syria, as it nears the end of its campaign to retake all of the territory once held by Islamic State. On Wednesday morning, Donald Trump tweeted: We
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第496期:NASA的火星任务竟然被前宇航员喷?
本期内容: Bill Anders, lunar module pilot of Apollo 8, the first human spaceflight to leave Earth's orbit, said sending crews to Mars was almost ridiculous. Nasa is currently planning new human missions to the Moon, because it wants to learn th