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开场白：

Today is Monday, August 22nd.

Hope you had a great weekend! We have been talking about the unusually hot weather in the earlier episodes. So, let’s talk about the side effect of heatwave, the drought, in today’s episode.

As usual, we begin with a trivia question. Do you know who is the first international student from China to study abroad?

新闻摘要：

• Europe’s Scorching Summer Puts Unexpected Strain on Energy Supply (New York Times)
• Droughts Hurt World’s Largest Economies (WSJ)
• Eerie Photos Show How Underwater Artifacts Are Resurfacing In Europe As Water Levels Drop Because Of Drought (BuzzFeed)
• Droughts are getting worse around the world, here’s why and what needs to be done (World Economic Forum)

Word of the Day (WoD):

• Aggravate: make (a problem, injury, or offense) worse or more serious. 加剧
• Paralyze:bring (a system, place, or organization) to a standstill by causing disruption or chaos. 导致瘫痪
• Snarl: (of a person) say something in an angry, bad-tempered voice. 搞乱
• Eerie: strange and frightening; 怪异