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夏说英语新闻晨读 第588期:缅甸机场成功迫降
本期内容: A Myanmar pilot safely landed a jet without front wheels after the landing gear failed todeploy. The Myanmar National Airlines plane skidded down the runway at Mandalay airport before grinding to a stop. The pilot of the Embraer 190 w
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第589期:华为领跑国内手机市场
本期内容: Huawei may be under fire globally from a US-led campaign against the company, but in China its smartphones are red hot and outselling the iPhone four times over. Huawei dominated the Chinese smartphone market in the first three months
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第621期:员工是公司最重要的“资产”吗?
Perhaps the oldest management cliche is that people are our most important asset. If that were true, companies would rigorouslyassess their own hiring practices, and their record, to ensure that they are indeed recruiting the best people. Remarkably,
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第622期:巴菲特准备在英国投资
Warren Buffett has said he's ready to invest in Britain. Even for the legendary investor, that could be a tough bet. Buffett's record in the United Kingdom is spotty. He's referred to his investment in supermarket chain Tesco as a big mistake. And an
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第623期:人脸识别科技在旧金山遭拒
San Francisco, long one of the most tech-friendly and tech-savvy cities in the world, is now the first in the United States to prohibit its government from using facial-recognition technology. The ban is part of a broader anti-surveillance ordinance
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第624期:瑞幸咖啡受投资人青睐
Luckin Coffee, which is growing rapidly thanks to a focus on cheaper drinks, priced its initial public offering on the Nasdaq at $17 a share. That was at the high end of its range and it values Luckin Coffee (LK) at more than $4 billion. Luckin Coffe
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第625期:波音公司迎来销售低谷
Boeing had no new orders for planes in April. Not only did the troubled 737 Max receive zero new orders since it was grounded March 13, Boeing's other jets, such as the 787 Dreamliner or the 777, also did not get any new orders last month, according
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第626期:英美"绝望死"人数攀升
In recent years America has witnessed a troubling trend: a rise in what have become known as deaths of despair. Sir Angus Deaton and Anne Case, an academic couple both of Princeton University, have tracked an increase in the number of middle-aged whi
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第627期:迪士尼公司收购在线流媒体Hulu
Disney's takeover of Hulu is just about complete. Comcast on Tuesday agreed to sell its ownership stake in the streaming video service to Disney. The sale won't happen for at least another five years, but Disney will take full operational control of
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第628期:华为此渡"安卓劫"
本期内容: The restrictions being placed on Huawei's access to the Android operating system will cast a long shadow over Tuesday's launch of the Chinese company's latest handsets. The firm has invited press from across the globe to London to wit
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第629期:华为自主研发操作系统即将问世
Chinese telecom giant Huawei says it could roll out its own operating system for smartphones and laptops in China by the autumn after the United States blacklisted the company, a report said Thursday. The international version of the system could be
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第630期:超百万人请愿重拍《权游》
The final episode of GOT has been broadcast, drawing to a close one of the most successful series in television history. But the season eight finale has received a mixed reaction from fans and critics. More than a million viewers signed a petition to
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第631期:咖啡文化的崛起
Luckin's remarkable growth is a sign of change. No longer do Chinese consumers see coffee as such a luxury. Most of Luckin's outlets are merely kiosks where busy white-collar workers pick up their drinks, having ordered them online. Super-fast delive
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第632期:埃菲尔铁塔被关停
The Eiffel Tower has been closed after a man was seen climbing up its side. The company that operates the Parisian landmark confirmed that someone was scaling the building, and that it had been evacuated as a result. An official told AFP news agency
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第633期:脸书股东逼宫 小扎何去何从
A vote calling for Mark Zuckerberg to stand down as Facebook's chairman is expected to take place at the company's annual general meeting on Thursday. Mr Zuckerberg is both Facebook's chief executive and the chairman of its board of directors. Those