【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：Why it’s never too late to learn a language as an adult 正文：For those looking to learn a new language, the process can feel daunting, especially as an adult. It’s long been thought that the earlier you learn new skills, the easier they are to pick up. The idea that age can play a huge role in a person’s language learning ability is one of the reasons why early childhood was once considered the best time to introduce a second language. But whether that holds true ha...
Aug 11, 2024•14 min•Ep. 631
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：How to respond to the riots in Britain Punish the thugs. Stand up for immigration. And improve local services 正文：Repulsive is a strong word. It is not strong enough for the behaviour marring Britain’s streets. Ever since three little girls were slain in Southport on July 29th, indefensible anti-immigration protests have flared across towns and cities in England and Northern Ireland. Mosques and police officers have been attacked. In Rotherham criminals tried to se...
Aug 10, 2024•21 min•Ep. 632
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：Kamala Harris’s happy blue-collar warrior.Tim Walz, the man who branded the Trump-Vance ticket ‘weird’, can help the Democrats prevail in swing states 正文：History suggests that running mate picks create a lot of sound and fury that rarely signify much. Kamala Harris’s selection of Tim Walz is by no means trivial. But it would be a shock were he to transform the dynamics of a close election. 知识点：fury n. /ˈfjʊri/ extreme anger that often includes violent behaviour狂怒；...
Aug 09, 2024•15 min•Ep. 633
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：Is This 1987 All Over Again? What’s Driving the Market Meltdown? Past routs offer lessons after Black Monday Morning 正文：Financial markets are supposed to capture the wisdom of the crowd, but on Monday the crowd ran in all directions waving its hands in the air screaming.Japan’s stock market fell the most in 37 years with a 12% plunge that wiped out all its gains for the year, while in the U.S. the VIX index of implied stock volatility briefly had its biggest rise ...
Aug 08, 2024•9 min•Ep. 634
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：Tsung-Dao Lee, 97, Physicist Who Challenged a Law of Nature, Dies 正文：Tsung-Dao Lee, a Chinese American physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957 for overturning what had been considered a fundamental law of nature — that particles are always symmetrical — died on Sunday at his home in San Francisco. He was 97. 知识点：overturn v. /ˌəʊvərˈtɜːrn/ 1. if sth overturns , or if sb overturns it, it turns upside down or on its side倾倒；倾覆；翻掉 • The car skidded and ...
Aug 07, 2024•14 min•Ep. 635
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：Chinese star’s latest unfathomable feat blows minds... as rival lights fuse with ‘unfair’ claims 正文：As the world continues to debate and question his astonishing 100m freestyle world record, China’s Pan Zhanle has backed it up with another truly jaw-dropping swim — producing the fastest relay leg in history to help China to a strong result in the pool amid the doping controversy engulfing the nation. 知识点：astonishing adj. /əˈstɑːnɪʃɪŋ/ very surprising; difficult to...
Aug 06, 2024•19 min•Ep. 636
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：Zheng Qinwen’s Olympic gold: A watershed moment for tennis and China 正文：It was only a matter of time for Chinese tennis, wasn’t it? In the biggest win on a tennis court for the world’s most populous country since the glory days of Li Na, Zheng Qinwen won the gold medal for China at Roland Garros on Saturday afternoon. Zheng, a 21-year-old rising star, took advantage of an erratic performance from Donna Vekic of Croatia to give China its first Olympic medal in sing...
Aug 05, 2024•16 min•Ep. 637
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 知识点：immortality n. 永生，不朽 形容词是 immortal. 那么去掉前缀 im-，这里的 mortal 就表示不能永生的，终将死亡的。 Bryan Johnson, the 46-year-old software billionaire, recently took another unconventional step in his quest for immortality. 46岁的软件亿万富翁布莱恩·约翰逊最近在追求永生的道路上又迈出了不同寻常的一步。 He found/achieved immortality through his films. 他通过电影实现了不朽。 获取外刊的完整原文以及精讲笔记，请关注微信公众号「早安英文」，回复“外刊”即可。更多有意思的英语干货等着你！ 【节目介绍】 《早安英文-每日外刊精读》，带你精读最新外刊，了解国际最热事件：分析语法结构，拆解长难句，最接地气的翻译，还有重点词汇讲解。 所有选题均来自于《经济学人》《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《华盛顿邮报》《大西洋月刊》...
Aug 04, 2024•9 min•Ep. 638
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 知识点：dry adj. 干的 这个词和食物相关的用法还挺多的，比如说 dry bread 表示没有果酱或者黄油的面包；炒的肉比较干，也可以说 dry chicken；或者表示没有甜味的，干的；还可以表示无酒的，禁酒的。 Breakfast consisted of dry bread and a cup of tea. 早餐包括干面包和一杯茶。 We had a dry wedding, meaning no alcoholic drinks were served. 我们的婚礼是无酒的，也就是说不提供酒精饮料。 获取外刊的完整原文以及精讲笔记，请关注微信公众号「早安英文」，回复“外刊”即可。更多有意思的英语干货等着你！ 【节目介绍】 《早安英文-每日外刊精读》，带你精读最新外刊，了解国际最热事件：分析语法结构，拆解长难句，最接地气的翻译，还有重点词汇讲解。 所有选题均来自于《经济学人》《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《华盛顿邮报》《大西洋月刊》《科学杂志》《国家地理》等国际一线外刊。 【适合谁听】 1、关注时事热点新闻，想要学习最...
Aug 03, 2024•8 min•Ep. 639
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：Why Chinese Propaganda Loves Foreign Travel Bloggers 正文：Spend some time browsing YouTube or Instagram and you might come across a growing new genre: China travel vlogs. There’s the American who made a four-hour “vlogumentary” about eating dumplings in Shanghai. There’s the German traveler marveling at how quickly China’s bullet trains accelerate.There’s a British couple admiring colorful traditional clothing in the far western region of Xinjiang. All have hundreds...
Aug 02, 2024•18 min•Ep. 640
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：The Evolution of Usha Vance 正文：The night before the biggest assignment of her life, Usha Vance stayed up late with her husband, JD Vance. In their rooms at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee, they went over each other’s speeches to the Republican National Convention. In keeping with many intellectual and professional endeavors over the course of their relationship, which got its start at Yale Law School more than a decade ago, they approached the task as a couple. 知识点...
Aug 01, 2024•14 min•Ep. 641
【欢迎订阅】 每天早上5:30，准时更新。 【阅读原文】 标题：The Olympian Who Is 61 Years Old—and Destroying Athletes Half Her Age 正文：As she unzipped her jacket, adjusted her knee strap and began stretching for her first table-tennis match of this Olympics, an odd sensation came over the most unlikely player on the floor. Suddenly, Ni Xia Lian felt nervous. It was strange because Ni, a former world champion, had seen this all before: the bright lights of international competition, the Olympic rings painted on the net, the r...
Jul 31, 2024•18 min•Ep. 642
阅读原文： �标题 Practice doesn’t always make perfect – that‘s why you’re not in the Olympics 正文Stefan Holm was told he was too short to be a high jumper. But by the time he won Sweden a gold medal in the 2004 Olympics, he had honed himself into the perfect projectile. It was the result of a 15-year obsession: his whole life had been pulled into alignment with this goal. If he wanted to stop on page 225 of a book, he would push himself to page 240, in order to train his mind to overshoot. “It’s all abo...
Jul 30, 2024•15 min•Ep. 643
阅读原文： �标题 Thousands threaten to not watch the Olympics in global switch off with #boycottOlympics trending after Paris 2024 opening ceremony was slammed 正文Thousands of social media users have threatened to boycott the nascent Paris Olympics after its opening ceremony was widely panned on Friday. Enraged viewers took to X where #boycottOlympics and #boycottParis2024 were seen trending over the course of the following day. In particular, the appearance of a 'naked blue man' among a scene likened t...
Jul 29, 2024•16 min•Ep. 644
阅读原文： �标题 3 takeaways from the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics 正文It was wet, parts of it were weird, much of it was beautiful and all of it was very, very memorable. An opening ceremony unlike any other got the 2024 edition of the Olympic Games officially underway in Paris Friday night and truly it was one that will live on in Olympic legend – though maybe not in the way the Paris 2024 organizers would have hoped. Here are three takeaways from the opening of the 2024 Olympics. �知识点 w...
Jul 28, 2024•13 min•Ep. 645
阅读原文： �标题 LVMH is splurging on the Olympics Will it pay off? 正文Pay close attention as the medals are draped over the victors of this year’s Olympic games in Paris and you may spot a hexagonal piece of wrought iron at their centre. That is a piece of the Eiffel Tower, kept after a renovation. The medals, designed by Chaumet, part of the luxury giant LVMH, are but one example of how the conglomerate’s maisons will be adding an opulent touch to the games. France’s team will don Berluti garments for...
Jul 27, 2024•27 min•Ep. 646
阅读原文： �标题 You Know Who Else Is Really Old? Democrats just flipped their biggest disadvantage onto the opposition. 正文So, about that age issue: It’s now officially a Republican ailment, as of 1:46 p.m. 21st July 2024, the moment President Joe Biden quit his reelection campaign and was supplanted by Donald Trump, 78, as the oldest presidential nominee in American history. �知识点 ailment n. /ˈeɪlmənt/ an illness that is not very serious轻病；⼩恙 • childhood/common/minor ailments ⼉童期╱常见╱轻微⼩病 获取外刊的完整原文以及精讲笔...
Jul 26, 2024•10 min•Ep. 647
阅读原文： �标题 Social-Media Influencers Aren’t Getting Rich—They’re Barely Getting By 正文Many people dream of becoming social-media stars. But for most who pursue careers as content creators, just making ends meet is a lofty goal. Earning a decent, reliable income as a social-media creator is a slog—and it’s getting harder. Hundreds of millions of people around the globe regularly post videos and photos to entertain or educate social-media users. About 50 million earn money from it, according to Goldm...
Jul 25, 2024•14 min•Ep. 648
阅读原文： �标题 Kamala Harris lacks charisma and time But, if nominated, that does not rule out her defeating Donald Trump 正文There are, broadly, two ways to become the presidential nominee of one of America’s two major political parties. One is to rise up as an insider, brushing past rivals while taking advantage of a family name, a long run in Congress or the mentorship of powerful elders. Think of the two Bush presidents and Joe Biden. The other way is to win as an outsider, through charisma and chu...
Jul 24, 2024•18 min•Ep. 649
阅读原文： �标题 Joe Biden Made the Right Choice In his painful decision to withdraw from the race, the president put his country first. 正文 It was a very hard thing for President Joe Biden to do, and it was the right thing for him to do. Biden announced today that he would step aside as the Democratic presidential nominee. In a letter to the nation, America’s 46th president said, “I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my ...
Jul 23, 2024•11 min•Ep. 650
阅读原文： �标题 The Microsoft/CrowdStrike outage shows the danger of monopolization 正文 A global IT failure wreaked havoc on Friday, grounding flights and disrupting everything from hospitals to government agencies. Over all the chaos hung a question: how did a flawed update to Microsoft Windows software bring large swaths of society to a screeching halt? �知识点 wreak v. /riːk/ ( formal ) to do great damage or harm to sb/sth造成（巨⼤的破坏或伤害） • Their policies would wreak havoc on the economy.他们的政策将对经济造成巨⼤的破坏。 ...
Jul 22, 2024•15 min•Ep. 651
阅读原文： �标题 Long list of presidents have been shot or shot at 正文 Former President Donald Trump fell to the ground Saturday, clutching his face after what sounded like gunfire at a rally in Pennsylvania. Blood could be seen on his face as he was carried away by Secret Service. Multiple presidents and former presidents and candidates for president have been attacked in US history. �知识点 shoot at to fire a gun or other weapon; to fire sth from a weapon开（枪或其他武器）；射击；发射 • Someone shot at the car, but luc...
Jul 21, 2024•11 min•Ep. 652
阅读原文： �标题 What a $600m wedding says about India’s attitude to wealth The Ambani nuptials enticedeveryone from Justin Bieber and Shah Rukh Khan to John Kerry 正文 When Beyoncé performed at a pre-wedding party for Isha Ambani in 2018, India was agog. Merely receiving an invitation conferred bragging rights on status-obsessed business leaders and politicians. The cost of the nuptials,with countless ancillary events, was said to be in excess of $100m. That is a staggering sum for almost anyone—but not...
Jul 20, 2024•26 min•Ep. 653
阅读原文： �标题 A Legendary American Photograph The photo of Trump after the attempt on his life is a badly needed window into the MAGA mindset. 正文 Donald Trump raises a fist. Blood streaks his face. The sky is high, blue, and empty except for an American flag caught in a hard wind. A Secret Service agent has her arms around his waist. The former president’s mouth is open, in the middle of a snarled shout. We know from video footage that he is yelling “Fight!,” that the crowd is chanting “USA!” �知识点 s...
Jul 19, 2024•16 min•Ep. 654
笔记：takeaway n. 要点，收获，启示 这个词本意是外卖，但是现在经常用来表示要点、收获这个意思。比如问别人，你有什么收获呀，就可以说 What's your takeaway? These are the takeaways from the presidential debate. 这是这次总统辩论的一些要点。 获取节目完整音频、笔记和片尾的歌曲名，请关注微信公众号「早安英文」，回复“笔记”即可。更多有意思的英语干货等着你！
Jul 18, 2024•8 min•Ep. 655
笔记：mind-blowing /ˈmaɪnd bloʊɪŋ/ adj.令人印象极深刻的; 令人极震惊的 *单词辨析：注意和mind-blowing，mind-bending 区分开来, mind-bending 和 mind-boggling 意思相近，都表示难以理解的、难以想象的。 Watching your baby being born is a mind-blowing experience. 看着你的孩子出生是一次非常难忘的经历。 Wow! It was mind-blowing! 哇！ 这太震撼了。 获取节目完整音频、笔记和片尾的歌曲名，请关注微信公众号「早安英文」，回复“笔记”即可。更多有意思的英语干货等着你！
Jul 17, 2024•8 min•Ep. 656
笔记：crow about 自鸣得意 crow 这个词可以表示雄鸡的叫声，而且还引申表示，自鸣得意，洋洋自得的夸自己，to boast or brag about something. He’s been crowing about his new car all week, even though it’s not that impressive. 他整个星期都在吹嘘他的新车，尽管这车也没有那么酷炫。 获取节目完整音频、笔记和片尾的歌曲名，请关注微信公众号「早安英文」，回复“笔记”即可。更多有意思的英语干货等着你！
Jul 16, 2024•7 min•Ep. 657
笔记：sharenting n. 晒娃 sharent n. v. 爱晒娃的父母；晒娃 这是个新词，是由 share 和 parent 两个词合成的，爱分享的父母其实就是说「爱晒娃」。sharenting 指的是晒娃这种行为，sharent 指的是晒娃狂魔，爱晒娃的父母，也可以直接表示晒娃这个动作。 He needs to stop sharenting! I see so many photos of his daughter. 他真的不能再晒娃了！我看到太多他女儿的照片了。 If you’re going to sharent, be sure to check your privacy settings to control who sees your posts. 如果你要晒娃，记得要检查隐私设定来限定谁能看到你发的图。 获取节目完整音频、笔记和片尾的歌曲名，请关注微信公众号「早安英文」，回复“笔记”即可。更多有意思的英语干货等着你！
Jul 15, 2024•9 min•Ep. 658
笔记：heinous adj. 极其恶毒的 这个词是个非常正式的表达，意思是极其恶毒的，道德败坏的，morally very bad. A spokesperson for the former president added that Trump thanked “law enforcement and first respondersfor their quick action during this heinous act”. 这位前总统的发言人补充说，特朗普感谢“执法人员和急救人员在这次令人发指的行为中迅速采取行动”。 获取节目完整音频、笔记和片尾的歌曲名，请关注微信公众号「早安英文」，回复“笔记”即可。更多有意思的英语干货等着你！
Jul 14, 2024•8 min•Ep. 659
笔记：spoiled brat 被宠坏的小孩；熊孩子 *spoiled /spɔɪld/ adj. 宠坏的；娇惯坏的。英式英语中写作spoilt. sb. be spoiled rotten=sb. be spoiled a lot 给惯的一点样子也没有了 *brat /bræt/ n. 臭小子，顽童 He's a spoiled brat. 他是个被宠坏的臭小子。 The spoiled brat stole my toy! 那个熊孩子偷了我的玩具。 获取节目完整音频、笔记和片尾的歌曲名，请关注微信公众号「早安英文」，回复“笔记”即可。更多有意思的英语干货等着你！
Jul 13, 2024•9 min•Ep. 660
