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开场白：

Hello friends.

Today is February 8th, 2022. 今天是2022年2月8日。

I wonder how was your first Monday after a long holiday break? Mine was kind of blue. It was slow but quite painful.

不知道你的第一个假期后的周一过的如何？如果你还没有开始工作，那很高兴你还在享受的你假期。但可能很多朋友也和我一样有点略微的不适应，希望我们都能慢慢的步入轨道。

I feel like the world is still spinning with full speed. A lot of things, good or bad, are happening around us. Many of my friends back in the U.S. are complaining about the inflation, so I decided to take a look at this and share that with you.

今天我们来讲讲通货膨胀的话题，看看它是不是真的很严重。

第一部分：英语新闻朗读（0:13")

• Key performance indicators for inflation. (Morning Brew) 
• Tyson Foods Says Higher Meat Prices Haven’t Cooled Demand.(Wall Street Journal)
• Gold gains as inflation risks boost safe-haven appeal. (Reuters)
• ECB rate expectations sting Greek and Italian government debt. (Financial Times)
• UK beer prices pushed up by ‘vicious cycle’ of costs, says Cobra founder. (Guardian)

第二部分：中英文新闻讲解（2:57")

第三部分：重要单词回顾（4:27")

• Faze: disturb or disconcert; 打搅，影响
• Escalate: increase rapidly; 加剧
• Linger: stay in a place longer than necessary because of a reluctance to leave; 滞留
• Dent: have an adverse effect on; diminish; 造成凹痕，减少
• Chorus: a large organized group of singers, especially one that performs together with an orchestra or opera company; 合唱团，这里指意见相仿的一群人