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夏说英语新闻晨读 第558期:房子不够住?香港忙填海
Hong Kong plans to build one of the world's largest artificial islands, city officials have announced. The government's HK$624bn proposal to reclaim 1,000ha of land around the territory's largest island, Lantau, has been touted as a solution to the p
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第559期:特斯拉推出 Model Y
本期内容： Tesla has launched its latest car, the Model Y, its second mass-market electric vehicle. The car was unveiled at an event in Los Angeles. The firm will first release a long-range version of the vehicle with a price tag of $47,000. Chi
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第560期:毋需老方子预防心脏病啦
If you're a healthy older adult looking for ways to reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke, don't turn to that age-old standby: daily low-dose aspirin. It's no longer recommended as a preventative for older adults who don't have a high risk or e
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第561期:美国版药神
Insulin is not like other drugs. It's a natural hormone that controls our blood sugar levels - too high causes vision loss, confusion, nausea, and eventually, organ failure; too low leads to heart irregularities, mood swings, seizures, loss of consci
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第562期:中华宝藏库喜提一波史前化石
Scientists say they have discovered a stunning trove of thousands of fossils on a river bank in China. The fossils are estimated to be about 518 million years old, and are particularly unusual because the soft body tissue of many creatures, including
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第563期:网约车公司对司机真好
本期内容： Now the ride-hailing companies are falling over themselves to proclaim that they treat their drivers well. Lyft, which launched the roadshow for its initial public offering (IPO) on March 18th, claimed in its prospectus that we focus
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第564期:意大利加入中国一带一路倡议
Italy has become the first developed economy to sign up to China's global investment programme which has raised concerns among Italy's Western allies. A total of 29 deals amounting to 2.5bn euros were signed during Chinese President XJP's visit to Ro
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第565期:替代方案被否 脱欧再陷迷局
NoneofMPs'eightproposedBrexitoptionshavesecuredclearbackinginaseriesofvotesintheCommons. Theoptions-whichincludedacustomsunionwiththeEU andareferendumonanydealweresupposedtohelpfindaconsensusoverhowtoleavetheEU. BrexitSecretaryStephenBarclaysaidthere
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第566期:英国酷暑来袭
本期内容： Londoners are set to bask in glorious sunshine and hotter temperatures than Barcelona before the mercury drops below freezing for large parts of the UK. Temperatures could reach as high as 19C across a large part of the country on Fri
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第567期:五角大楼拨款筑墙
本期内容： The Pentagon has authorised the transfer of $1bn to army engineers for new wall construction along the US-Mexico border. The funds are the first under the national emergency declared by President Donald Trump to bypass Congress and bu
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第568期:宝马勒紧腰带做研发
本期内容： BMW said it expects annual profit this year to come in well below last year's. Like others in the industry, the German carmaker is forking out for the technologies that are driving the transition to electric and self-driving vehicles;
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第569期:Facebook设置屏蔽词白人至上
本期内容： Facebook has said it will block praise, support andrepresentation of white nationalism and separatism on Facebook andInstagram from next week. The social media giant also pledged to improve its ability toidentify and block material fr
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第570期:加拿大成世界最快升温地
本期内容： Canada is warming up faster than the rest of the world, according to a report commissioned by the Canadian Environment and Climate Change Department. The report titled Canada's Changing Climate Report says, on average, Canada's climat
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第571期:威廉王子在神秘机构实习
本期内容： Kensington Palace has revealed that the Duke of Cambridge has just finished a three-week stint at the secret intelligence service, MI6, the security service, MI5, and GCHQ. The highly unusual internship was kept under close wraps as P
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第572期:零排放建筑问世新加坡
本期内容： An inventive new building designed to consume only as much energy as it produces has opened its doors in Singapore. The National University of Singapore welcomed students to the six-storey facility in January. It's the first time a ne
