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夏说英语新闻晨读 第634期:Spelling Bee美国英语拼写大赛
A record number of eight children have been crowned co-champions in the US of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. On Thursday night the finalists, aged 12 to 14, spelled their way through 20 tough rounds of the competition. Organisers eventually annou
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第635期:英国前外长被指控误导公众
Boris Johnson has been ordered to appear in court over claims he lied by saying the UK gave the EU 350m pounds a week. The Tory leadership candidate has been accused of misconduct in public office after making the claim during the 2016 EU referendum
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第636期:无疟疾国家再添新成员
On May 22nd the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Algeria and Argentina malaria-free, bringing to 38 the number of countries now officially rid of the disease. Algeria will be regarded as a particular success because it is in Africa. The conti
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第637期:以色列大选再起波澜
Israeli lawmakers have voted to dissolve parliament after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a coalition government. The vote triggered a fresh election, which will be held on 17 September. Mr Netanyahu was unable to reach a deal for a
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第638期:东南亚地区对抗非洲猪瘟
South-east Asia is battling to contain the spread of highly contagious African swine fever, known as pig Ebola, which has already led to the culling of millions of pigs in China and Vietnam. African swine fever, which is harmless to humans but fatal
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第639期:美国总统和伦敦市长互怼
When presidents embark on prestigious state visits abroad, in the past they were expected to leave their political disputes at home and put on a friendly face for n hosting them. But when President Trump arrived in London on Monday for a long-delayed
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第640期:希思罗机场将安装3D安检设备
Passengers at Heathrow airport will be able to keep their liquids and laptops inside their bags, once new security equipment is installed. The airport is investing ￡50m in the computer tomography security scanners, to be rolled out over the next fe
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第641期:瑞典赫尔辛堡市可合法驾驶电动滑板车
On May 29th electric scooters began legally to glide down cycle lanes in the Swedish city of Helsingborg. The next day a rider collided with a car and died. The Swedish Transport Authority immediately called for a ban on the devices. The incident hig
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第642期:"脸书"对被黑事件不予置评
A Harvard contemporary of Mark Zuckerberg has launched a stinging attack on both Facebook and its founder, in testimony to UK MPs. Aaron Greenspan, who claims to have come up with the idea for Facebook first, has been a long-standing critic. He told
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第643期:英保守党开启党魁之争
Conservative MPs will begin the process of choosing their new leader and the next prime minister later when a first round of voting is held in Parliament. Voting will take place by secret ballot in the Commons, with a result expected some time after
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第644期:亚马逊涉嫌擅自收集用户信息
Amazon is being sued over its smart assistant's recordings of children. Two US cases allege the firm lacks consent to create voiceprints that could let it keep track of a youngster's use of Alexa-enabled devices and thus build up a vast level of deta
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第645期:高房租下的英国年轻人
Rising rents mean young people are less likely to move to UK cities where average salaries are higher, a report indicates. The number of young people in private rented accommodation who moved for a new job has almost halved in 20 years. Despite the h
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第646期:川普正式宣布角逐总统连任
Today in Florida, almost four years since descending Trump Tower's gilded escalator to announce his dark-horse presidential campaign, Donald Trump launches his bid for four more years. In truth, the campaign began the day of his inauguration. Brad Pa
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第647期:英国上市公司首次在中国内地发售股票
UK-listed firms will become the first foreign companies to be able to list in mainland China under a new stock link, the Treasury said. Chancellor Philip Hammond is due to launch the London-Shanghai Stock Connect on Monday. Firms will sell shares thr
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第648期:苹果加入反川普关税"合唱队"
Apple has joined a growing chorus of firms urging the Trump administration to drop a plan for more US tariffs on Chinese goods. The US has said it may impose duties on $300bn worth of Chinese products if the two sides can't reach a trade deal. The te
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