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开场白：

Good morning, my listeners!

Today is Thursday, August 12th.

Hope your week has been going well! I know it’s hot again in many parts of China!

Before we begin today’s program, let’s review a few words that we can describe ‘hot’. So instead of saying hot, you can say scorching hot! It’s burning! It’s sweltering! Or, it’s like an oven outside.

OK, now let’s back to the program. As always, we will begin with a trivia question

Do you know which Chinese literature is the first one to be translated to English? And when?

新闻摘要：

• Inflation eased in July from a year ago, as energy prices fell off summer peaks (Washington Post)


• Consumer prices rose 8.5% in July, less than expected as inflation pressures ease a bit (CNBC)


• Inflation comes off 40-year high but stays elevated at 8.5% as gas prices fall but food, rent jump (USA Today)


• U.S. consumer price growth unchanged for July (Reuters)