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【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...

【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...

【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 acc...

【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...

【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...

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...

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...

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 P...

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 con...

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....

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 a...

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. Thi...

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 i...

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 )...

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...

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 coun...

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 sn...

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！

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「...

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！

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...

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...

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。...

笔记：expect a baby 怀孕 expect就是期待的意思， expecting a baby 就是说怀上孩子了，期待ta的诞生。  They're expecting their first child.  他们正在等待他们第一个孩子的出生。 Kate is expecting a baby. Kate怀了一个孩子。  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！

笔记：fertility n. 生育 生育焦虑可以说 fertility anxiety，生育诊所 fertility clinic，还有不孕不育治疗也可以用这个词 fertility treatment. Now in the US, Fertility clinics are taking to social media to tell young people the earlier they can freeze their eggs, the better. But that's not always the case. 如今，美国的生育诊所正在社交媒体上告诉年轻人，越早冷冻卵子越好。但情况并非总是如此。 获取节目完整...