EP41 五分钟英语-About the Super Bowl

#英语 #英语口语 #英语听力 #英语学习 #学英语 #五分钟 开场白: Good morning! Today is Tuesday, February 15th, 2022. 今天是元宵佳节,首先祝大家节日快乐! Yesterday was a western holiday and today we have a traditional lunar holiday. I guess eating is the best way to celebrate both of them. So don’t forget to eat some rice dumplings. That’s one of my favorites. 记得第一次在美国吃他们的dumplings,当时真是一种完全被“欺骗”的感觉。下次做一期周末特辑,说一下西方人那些名字类似但吃起来完全不是那回事的食物。 Now let’s turn to business news. The biggest story yesterday is Super Bowl. Super Bowl is not just a game, but also about the commercials and the halftime musical performance. Super Bowl 除了比赛本身外,赞助商的广告和中场的音乐表演也一直是Super Bowl的亮点。 So let’s begin. 第一部分:英语新闻朗读(0:13") * Super Bowl 56 recap: Top moments from Cooper Kupp to Eminem (Associated Press) * NFL sponsors Nike, Pepsi dominate nontraditional media exposure during Super Bowl (CNBC) * Coinbase's strange QR-code Super Bowl ad briefly crashes app (CNN) * EV-maker Polestar's ad ribbing Musk most popular at Super Bowl (CNA, Chanel News Asia) * Rap Takes Over Super Bowl Halftime, Balancing Celebration and Protest ( New York Times) 第二部分:中英文新闻讲解(3:05") 第三部分:重要单词回顾(5:21") * Shell out: pay a specified amount of money, especially an amount that is resented as being excessive; 花巨资 * Franchise: an authorization given by a league to own a sports team; 体育联盟 * Bizarre: very strange or unusual, especially so as to cause interest or amusement; 非常奇怪的,诡异的 * Rib: tease good-naturedly; 嘲弄 * Assert: state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully; 宣称

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EP40 五分钟英语-About the Valentine's Day

#英语 #英语口语 #英语听力 #英语学习 #学英语 #五分钟 开场白: Morning, my listeners. Happy Valentine’s Day! Personally, I am not a holiday person. I think holidays have become a commercial subject rather a social gathering. 现在的节日都过于商业化。 Both Valentine’s day and Christmas will be on top of the list. So today let’s take a look at how the market treats the Valentine’s day. 今天我们了解一下有关节日被商业的新闻。 Maybe we can resist these ideas, and bring back our holiday and make it about connection, relationships, and joy. 第一部分:英语新闻朗读(0:13") * Valentine’s Day Could Be a $23.9 Billion Gift to Restaurants and Retailers. (Barron’s) * 15 best Valentine's Day gifts under $50 in 2022. (NBC news) * Why not celebrate yourself this Valentine's Day? (Mint Lounge) * Australian business owners are hoping to make a quick comeback this Valentine’s Day. (Australian Broker) * Wines to add some sparkle to Valentine’s Day. (Guardian) 第二部分:中英文新闻讲解(3:05") 第三部分:重要单词回顾(4:30") * Cupid: the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection; 邱比特 * Skyrocket: (of a price, rate, or amount) increase very steeply or rapidly; 火速上升 * Pamper: indulge with every attention, comfort, and kindness; spoil; 宠爱,溺爱 * Anticipated: regard as probable; expect or predict; 预计的 * Seductive: tempting and attractive; enticing; 诱人的

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EP39 五分钟英语-About the Oscars 奥斯卡

#奥斯卡 #五分钟 #英语 #英语口语 #英语听力 #英语学习 开场白: Good morning my listeners, Today is Thursday, February 10th, 2022. 今天是2022年2月10日,星期四。 I am wrapping up this weekly regular program with news stories about the Academy Award 2022, aka the Oscar. 昨天奥斯卡公布其今年的提名,那我们今天就聊聊这个话题。 Our love for movies may have changed as the pandemic hit us two years ago. But I guess it didn’t stop those professionals making some good hits for us to watch in and out of our homes. The online streaming giant Netflix took the first place, for 27 nominations, for the first time. 以下就是今天的一些相关报道。 第一部分:英语新闻朗读(0:13") * ‘The Power of the Dog’ Leads the 2022 Oscar Nominations (New York Times) * 'Power of the Dog,' 'Dune' lead nominations in battle for Oscars glory (Retuters) * ‘Power of the Dog’ tops Oscar noms with 12; ‘Dune’ nabs 10 (Associated Press) * This year’s Oscar nominations made the art-vs.-popularity divide murkier than ever (Washington Post) * Oscar Nominations 2022, by the Numbers (Vanity Fair) 第二部分:中英文新闻讲解(3:15") 第三部分:重要单词回顾(4:22") * Contender: a person or group competing with others to achieve something; 竞争者 * Epic: a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation; 史诗 * Grandeur: splendor and impressiveness, especially of appearance or style; 盛大的 * Gothic: relating to the Goths; 哥特式的 * Murky: dark and gloomy, especially due to thick mist; 阴暗的

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EP37 五分钟英语-About Inflation

#英语 #英语口语 #英语听力 #英语学习 #学英语 #五分钟 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

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EP36 五分钟英语-About Big Tech

#英语 #英语口语 #英语听力 #英语学习 #学英语 #五分钟 开场白: Hello my listeners, welcome back. Today is February 7th, 2022. 今天是2022年2月7日。 Hope you all had a great lunar new year celebration. Let’s begin our first episode for the year of Tiger. 祝所有的听友新年快乐。让我们开始虎年的第一期节目。 Since we were off to the holidays, a lot of interesting news stories have happened in the global capital market. Today’s episode will focus on some global leading tech companies. 第一部分:英语新闻朗读(0:13") * Mark Zuckerberg’s Net Worth Drops by $31 Billion. He’s Now the 10th Richest Person in the World. * Amazon Breaks Record for One-Day Gain in Market Cap. * Netflix, hoping to keep viewers at home, reveals its 2022 film lineup. * Snap shares soar more than 58% after earnings show it’s weathering Apple’s privacy changes. * Ford to suspend or cut output at 8 of its factories due to chip shortage. 第二部分:中英文新闻讲解(2:55") 第三部分:重要单词回顾(4:42") * Shed: (of a mammal) lose (hair) as a result of molting, disease, or age; 失去 * Whiplash:injury caused by a severe jerk to the head, typically in a motor-vehicle accident; 严重的后果 * chock-full: filled to overflowing; 装满了,充满 * Soar: fly or rise high in the air; 向上升起 * Shortage: a state or situation in which something needed cannot be obtained in sufficient amounts; 短缺

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EP35 五分钟英语-冬奥会特辑II

开场白: Hello friends, First, an early Happy Chinese New Year to all my listeners. Chinese lunar year is the biggest holiday in our tradition, and I am sure everyone is ready to celebrate it with family and friends. Have a wonderful new year! A prosperous year of Tiger. Also, in observation of the new year holiday, my regular program will be in a recess till early February. Now let’s turn to our today’s Program. We are continuing on the topic of Winter Olympics.This is our second episode for Beijing Winter Olympics 第一部分:奥运会标语(0:13") Let’s begin with Motto of the most recent games. * 2006, Turin, Italy. Passion lives here. La passione vive qui. * 2010, Vancouver, Canada. With Growing Hearts. * 2014, Sochi, Russia. Hot, Cool, Yours.. * 2018, Pyeongchang, South Korea. Passion. Connected. * 2022, Beijing, China. Together for a shared future. 一起向着未来. 第二部分:冬奥会趣事 (1:47") Now let’s go over some fun stories of the Winter Olympics. * The original five Winter Olympic sports: bobsleigh, curling, ice hockey, Nordic skiing, and skating. * The oldest winter olympic sport? Figure skating. * How many medals have we won? Chinese athletes have won medals in 6 out of 15 current Winter Olympics sports. * Who is the oldest athlete competing in Beijing? German speed skater Claudia Pechstein. * New event in Beijing games? Seven new events, such as freeski big air. 第三部分:冬奥会项目(4:42") * Bobsleigh: 雪橇 * Figure skating: 花样滑冰 * Short track speed skating: 短道速滑 * Speed skater: 速滑滑冰 * Freeski big air: 自由式滑雪大跳台

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EP31 五分钟英语-口语听力

第一部分:本周新闻回顾 (0:08") * Investors face reckoning as stock market has worst week since beginning of pandemic. In an orderly but persistent plunge, nearly all sectors of the stock market sold off. * Telephone links between Tonga and the wider world began to be reconnected on Wednesday, though restoring full internet connectivity is likely to take a month or more according to the owner of the archipelago's sole subsea communications cable. * Three studies released Friday offered more evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are standing up to the omicron variant, at least among people who received booster shots. They are the first large U.S. studies to look at vaccine protection against omicron, health officials said. 第二部分:本周词汇 (1:50") Monday * Venture: 冒险,这里是指尝试性的投资. * From X through Y to Z: 从X到Y再到Z. * Weigh: 原意是指称重,但这里引申为衡量和仔细考量. * Subsidy: 政府资助. * 11th-hour: 最后关头. Tuesday * Shine: 光芒的意思,这里引申为荣耀. * Swarm: 一大群,密集度高的一群. * Prompt: 导致某种行动. * Kick off: 开始;原意是开球,但现在多用于指开始. * Rattle: 造成担忧,被困扰. Wednesday * Broadcaster: 指电台或电视台. * Plant-based: 以植物为基础的. * Powerhouse: 非常有影响力的人或事. * Debut: 首次在公众面前出现. * Saga: 更多的指传奇,但这里指一系列的意外或没想到的事件. Thursday * Spike: 冒尖,快速上升. * Diverse: 多样性的. * Stretch: 时间和形势的一种延伸. * Rollout: 新事物的推出. * Hitch: 原意是打结,但这里是指暂时性的阻碍或者困难.

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