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夏说英语新闻晨读 第452期:餐饮废油能否帮助改善货轮污染?
本期内容： Couldchipfathelpdirtyshippingcleanupitsact? Theglobalshippingindustryisasbigacontributortogreenhousegasemissionsasaviation, andtheheavyfueloilthatpowersitsgiantvesselsisexceptionallydirty-packedwithsoot, blackcarbonandsulphur.InSeptem
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第453期:加拿政策
本期内容： For many Canadians, the idea of legal cannabis once seemed a pipe dream. But from 17 October, Canada will become the first G7 country to give recreational cannabis the green light. Supporters say legalisation will bring new medical ad
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第454期:伪善的戒烟广告
本期内容： One of the world's biggest tobacco firms, Philip Morris, has been accused of staggering hypocrisy over its new ad campaign that urges smokers to quit. The Marlboro maker said the move was an important next step in its aim to ultimatel
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第455期:日本最薄手机
本期内容： A 5.3mm thick 4G phone has been announced by Japan's biggest telecoms firm NTT Docomo. The compact device, which will be released in Japan next month, is designed to fit inside a card holder. It is part of a trend to offer so-called c
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第456期:特洛伊木马抗生素
本期内容： Scientists say they have engineered a new antibiotic that appears promising in early clinical trials. The drug, made by Shionogi Inc, acts like the Trojan horse in Greek legend to trick bacteria into allowing it to enter. Trials on 44
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第457期:压力影响记忆
本期内容： Listen up, gen-Xers and millennials, and, well, everybody who has a brain. If you live a high-stress life, you could have memory loss and brain shrinkage before you turn 50, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Neur
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第458期:哈勃望远镜找不到北
本期内容： NASA believes it has fixed a malfunction with the Hubble telescope which threatened to limit the orbiting observatory's performance. Earlier this month, one of Hubble's gyros - needed to point the spacecraft - failed, forcing controll
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第459期:睡前喝牛奶到底能不能帮助睡眠?
本期内容： There'srealsciencebehindwhymanyrecommendwarmmilkbeforebed, andithastodowithchemicalsinsidethemilk:melatoninandtryptophan. TryptophanisknownasthecauseofwantinganapaftereatingalargeThanksgivingmeal. Turkeycontainsalotoftryptophan. Wheni
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第460期:流浪汉自建酒店
本期内容： A homeless man has turned a parking space on the fourth floor of a multi-storey into his personal hotel complete with framed pictures, bedding and a cardboard carpet. Paul Lindsay-Jones, 55, transformed the disabled spot in Truro, Cor
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第461期:超级玛丽的原型
本期内容： Mario Segale, the man after whom video game hero Super Mario was named, has died aged 84. Mr Segale was a successful Italian-American property developer from the US state of Washington. In the 1980s, he leased a warehouse to Nintendo
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第462期:谷歌员工全球大罢工
本期内容： Staff at Google offices around the world have staged an unprecedented series of walkouts in protest at the company's treatment of women. The employees are demanding several key changes in how sexual misconduct allegations are dealt wi
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第463期:苹果万亿市值破功
本期内容： Apple briefly lost its $1tn valuation on Thursday when its shares fell 7% in after-hours trading despite posting record results. The tech giant's strategy of charging more for its phones has paid off, with revenues jumping in the last
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第464期:弯道超车 中国领跑电动汽车
本期内容： Europe gave the world some of its top automakers, but it's losing out to China in the race to define the industry's future. China is the driving force in the business of electric vehicle batteries, which European leaders see as vital
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第465期:帝国理工全息投影课堂
本期内容： University classes are set to be given a futuristic spin by letting lecturers appear as hologram-like apparitions beamed in from afar. Imperial College London will show off the technology at a special event later on Thursday before de
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夏说英语新闻晨读 第466期:千禧一代国会议员付不起房租
本期内容： The youngest woman ever elected to Congress has a problem - she can't afford her rent. After telling the New York Times she's waiting for her first pay cheque before renting an apartment in Washington DC, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a
