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标题：India's surprise baby bust is a warning to the world

It is not just rich places that are becoming less fertile

正文：For decades, India's rulers sent citizens a blunt message: stop having so many children. In the 1960s school walls carried slogans urging families to limit births. By the 1970s the government took an even harsher turn,overseeing the sterilisation of millions of mostly poor young adults, many against their will. Yet when Indian textbooks are reprinted this summer, they will carry a startlingly different warning—not about too many babies, but about too few.

知识点：blunt adj. /blʌnt/
direct and s...

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标题：How to make football more exciting

The World Cup is wonderful. It could be even better

正文：Football is the beautiful game. But it’s often also the boring game.The World Cup, which starts on June 11th, is being hosted by America,Canada and Mexico, the international equivalent of going to a dinner party and hearing the hosts rowing in the kitchen. The tournament will feature 48 teams playing 104 matches over the course of six and a half weeks. Although watching matches that feature your own nation is dependably exciting, for neutrals the average game is likely to be pretty drab. The stakes at a Wo...

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标题：AI super-apps are remaking China's internet

Welcome to the agentic era

正文：To have a coffee delivered to an office in Shanghai, users can ask one of China's artificial-intelligence super-apps to choose a drink, press “confirm” and wait for it to arrive. Delegating such decisions carries risks. When one user asked for a “special coffee”, he received a rose-petal-vinegar-flavoured one.Yet the speed at which such services are spreading in China is remarkable.More than 600m people are thought to have used some form of agentic app. China is moving rapidly towards a future in which AI chooses,purchases and delivers many goods and ser...

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标题：Why the world needs more franchises

From pizza to Pilates, franchises mint millionaires and make customers happy

正文：How do you get rich in today's America? Founding an artificialintelligence startup may look tempting, but most fail. Getting an advanced degree and slogging it out as a corporate lawyer or financier was once a reliable path to wealth, but now looks threatened by AI. Perhaps you should look instead to the company that has plausibly created more millionaires than any other in history: McDonald's. Most of its outlets are franchises, run by independent firms that pay royalties to the brand—and often make a fortune...

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标题：How East Asia should respond to its China shock 

As they deindustrialise, South Korea and Japan must reform

正文：America’s artificial-intelligence boom has put the rich economies of north-east Asia into overdrive. In the past year operating profits at South Korea's makers of memory chips have risen by over 500%. Even sluggish Japan is benefiting—though it long ago lost its title as the world's pre-eminent chipmaker. In 2025 all three countries enjoyed record exports and current account surpluses.

知识点：overdrive/ˈəʊvədraɪv/（英） /ˈoʊvərdraɪv/（美） 名词本义为 “（汽车的）超速挡、加速传动装置”，外刊经济产业语境核心义为 全速运转、超负荷运转、进入加速冲刺状态（本文特指美国人工智能热潮推动东北亚发达经济体全面进入产能全开、高速增长的状态，是外刊描述行业爆发式增长的生动表达，比 “rapid growth” 更具画面感和冲击力）
核心搭配：put sth into overdrive、go into overdrive、kick into overdrive、the industry is in overdrive
・This luxury sedan is equipped with a smooth six-speed automatic transmission with overdrive. 这款豪华轿车配备了带超速挡的平顺六速自动变速箱。
・The global battery industry has gone into overdrive to keep up with the 
explosive demand for electric vehicles. 全球电池行业已全速运转，以跟上电动汽车
爆发式的需...

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标题：Smart tech is making war a dumber choice

Smaller, weaker countries can defend themselves more easily with cheap,deadly kit

正文：Bullets and bombs killed nearly three-quarters of a million people in wars between 2021 and 2024. Many more died from the indirect effects of conflict, such as hunger and disease. Combat deaths in the past four years have been the highest since the end of the cold war. And for what purpose？Not even the leaders who started recent wars can be pleased with the results.Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has become a humiliating quagmire for Vladimir Putin. President Donald T’s wa...

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标题：Attacking Cuba would be a huge mistake

正文：Only hours after American special forces grabbed Venezuela’s dictator from Caracas on January 3rd, Donald Trump said that Cuba was “going down” next. Since then he has leant on Venezuela’s new ruler, who wishes to avoid being kidnapped like her predecessor, to cut off the supply of cheap oil to Cuba. As the island suffers blackouts, Mr Trump is urging its regime to make a deal with him “before it is too late”.

知识点：dictator n. /ˈdɪkteɪtər/
a ruler with absolute power, especially one who has gained it by force and rules oppressively...

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标题：The world comes to China

Foreign officials have flocked to China's leader this year, boosting Beijing's efforts to portray itself as a pillar of stability

正文：World leaders have been beating a steady path this year to see China.Through the first five months of 2026, 21 heads of state or government visited the country,according to Financial Times calculations based on foreign ministry data and state media. They included the leaders of Turkmenistan,Uruguay and Mozambique, as well as Germany’s Friedrich Merz, Spain’s Pedro Sánchez, Canada’s Mark Carney and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. US President Donald Trump and Ru...

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标题：Nvidia chief Jensen Huang to join board at prestigious Beijing university

Chipmaker boss's move to join Tim Cook-chaired board underlines push to maintain ties with China

正文：Jensen Huang has agreed to join the advisory board of a prestigious Chinese university that counts Apple's Tim Cook as chair, as the Nvidia chief pushes to maintain ties with Beijing. Huang, who accompanied US President Donald Trump on his recent visit to China, has accepted an invitation from Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management to join its advisory board, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. The appointment has not yet been...

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标题：Donald Trump is still looking for a quick fix in Iran

正文：BY NOW it should be clear: Donald Trump is not eager to resume his hot war with Iran. For six weeks he has seized on any excuse, no matter how flimsy, to delay another round of military strikes. Reluctance is not refusal, however. In the absence of a deal between America and Iran, the risk of renewed conflict is growing

知识点：be eager to phr. /ˈiːɡər/
 to be very keen and enthusiastic about doing something 渴望；急切想要
• She was eager to prove herself in the new role. 她急于在新岗位上证明自己。
• The children were eager to open their...

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标题：Meta Lays Off 8,000 Employees, as A.I. Casualties Mount

正文：Employees have signed petitions against being tracked by A.I. and were trying to figure out who had been let go on Wednesday, as the Silicon Valley giant tries to transform into an A.I.-first company. For the last month,employees at Meta have been on edge. In April, they were told that 8,000 of them, or 10 percent of the work force, would be laid off on May 20 as Meta remade itself for the artificial intelligence era. On Monday, they learned that another 7,000 employees would be reassigned to new A.I. initiatives.

知识点：petiti...

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标题：Caught Flat-Footed, a City Races to Catch Up With Ebola

正文：Since an Ebola outbreak was declared in Bunia, a bustling city in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, global alarms have gone off. Borders have slammed shut, flights have been diverted and the Congolese World Cup team is currently in quarantine in Belgium. Yet here in Bunia, at the heart of the crisis, the usual signs of an organized response are not yet in place. Outside Bunia’s main hospital, workers scrambled to erect isolation wards where patients can be triaged, isolated and treated. “The virus is far ahead of us,” said Ahmed Mahat, a manager with In...

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标题：Breakthroughs for batteries could soon make them much better  

Solid-state cells would be faster and safer than today’s lithium-ion equivalents

正文：Like any champion who spends too long at the top, the lithium-ion battery is stagnating. Over decades as the battery of choice in everything from smartphones to electric cars and drones, its design has been tweaked countless times to improve its energy density and performance. But, some scientists say,those improvements are approaching their theoretical limits. Even the best models are prone to dying out in the cold, rapidly losing capacity or—as is the case for those in household devices—sp...

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标题：Home-schooling is taking off

In the wake of the covid-19 pandemic, more parents are teaching their children

正文：Home-schooling has long been associated with oddball parents, awkward children and shaky pedagogy. But it is growing swiftly. Numbers were rising before the pandemic; they have since surged in countries like Britain, Australia and Canada.In America 3.2m children, or 6% of the school-age population, were home-schooled in 2024—more than double the number in 2019.

知识点： associated with/əˈsəʊsieɪtɪd wɪð/（英）/əˈsoʊsieɪtɪd wɪð/（美） 动词短语过去分词形式，源自动词 associate，源自拉丁语 associare（意为 “联合、结合”），前缀as-（ad- 变体，表 “加强”），词根 soci- 意为 “同伴、社会”
本义为 “与… 联系在一起、和… 有关联”，外刊社会语境核心义为被普遍认为与… 有关、带有… 的刻板标签、常与… 相提并论
核心搭配：be associated with stereotypes（与刻板印象相关）、be associated with risk（与风险相关）、be associated with poverty（与贫困相关）
・Smoking is closely associated with lung cancer. 吸烟与肺癌密切相关。
・Remote work was once associated with low productivity, but this perception has changed dramatically post-pandemic. 远程工作曾被认为与低效率挂钩，但这一认知在疫情后发生了巨大转变。

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标题：The Low-Tech Playbook That Will Launch SpaceX's Stratospheric IPO

正文：SpaceX has created a space-based internet that connects the world, is developing data centers that will harness the Sun to power a truth-seeking AI, an hopes to bring manufacturing to the Moon and civilization to other planets. To sell shares in what is expected to be the largest initial public offering ever, however, it will rely on a surprisingly low-tech, incredibly manual process. Bankers will make phone calls to allocate some $80 billion worth of shares and pair buyers and sellers.

知识点： harness v. /ˈhɑːrnɪs/
to control and use the force or strength of something to pr...

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标题：Surging global bond yields, elevated oil deepen rupee's slide to record lows

正文：India’s rupee is caught in a perfect storm. A vicious combination of surging global bond yields, elevated oil prices, and a historic exodus of foreign capital has pushed Asia’s worst-performing currency to a succession of all-time lows, forcing the Reserve Bank of India into emergency mode. The crisis is now so acute that the central bank has revived its most aggressive intervention tactics — but even those are barely stemming the tide.

知识点：perfect storm /ˈpɜːrfɪkt stɔːrm/
本义为 “完美的风暴”（气象学中指多个风暴系统叠加形成的极端恶劣天气），外刊财经与危机语境核心义为致命叠加危机、完美风暴（特指多个独立负面因素同时爆发...

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标题：'Multipolar world': What China and Putin announced after Beijing summit

The Russian and Chinese leaders agreed on bilateral cooperation during Putin’s visit to China.

正文：Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart signed a joint declaration following their meeting in Beijing, focusing on building a “multipolar world and a new type of international relations”. The two countries also announced that they had signed a large package of deals solidifying bilateral cooperation in the future. The meeting came just days after United States President Donald Trump completed his own visit to China for a two-day summit with the Chinese government.

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标题：This CEO has teamed up with Google, Microsoft, and McKinsey to build an AI degree that could rival Harvard—and it will cost only $10,000 to attend

正文： As millions of young people weigh what comes after high school—whether that’s a traditional college degree, a skilled trade program, or skipping higher education altogether—a new option will soon enter the mix. Sal Khan, the founder and CEO of Khan Academy, announced this week the launch of the Khan TED Institute, a joint venture with TED and testing giant ETS that will offer a low-cost, AI-focused degree designed to rival elite institutions like...

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标题：50 Years Since Concorde's First Commercial Flight, Will We Ever Fly Supersonic Again?

正文： At 11.40am GMT on 21 January 1976, two aircraft – one British Airways from London Heathrow to Bahrain, the other Air France from Paris CDG to Rio de Janeiro via Dakar – rolled down their respective runways at precisely the same moment and climbed away in near-perfect choreography. These were not test flights nor ceremonial flypasts – but Concorde’s first commercial passenger flights. With a roar of afterburner, supersonic passenger flight had arrived.

知识点：roll down phr.v. /rəʊl daʊn/
to move smoothly along a surface, especially on wheels 沿……滑行
• At exactly 11:40am...

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标题：A Chinese upstart didn't just win a motorcycle race. It rewire d a global industry

In the Czech Republic, a rookie manufacturer shatter ed the decades -long dominance of European and Japanese giants

正文： For 18 laps at the Autodrom Most, the deafening scream of motorcycle engines provided the soundtrack to an old-world order refusing to yield. But on the final lap, at Turn 13, the script that has governed international racing for half century was torn to shreds. Valentin Debise, a 34-year-old French journeyman,lunged down the inside of Turkey’s Can Oncu, whose factory-backed Yamaha had held the lead. It was an audacio...

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标题：The Pageantry and Flattery of Donald Trump’s Visit to China

The President yielded potential deals for airplanes and soybeans but no apparent agreement on Iran.

正文： In 1972, when Richard Nixon became the first American President to visit China, he was preoccupied with more than making diplomatic history. He wanted to ease his way out of an unpopular war in Vietnam and to burnish his image with scenes of statesmanship. As his aides plotted TV coverage that might impres audiences at home, they suggested that the First Lady emerge from Air Force One wearing a bright-red overcoat, to stand out against the drab...

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标题：T jets to China with gaggle of CEOs, hoping Chinese leader will 'open up' to them

正文： President Donald T called for the Chinese Government to “open up” the country as he traveled to Beijing alongside a large group of leaders from top U.S. technology and financial companies. In addition to his administration’s delegation, T traveled with Tesla chief and former DOGE leader Elon Musk aboard Air Force One. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang joined the flight at a refueling stop in Anchorage.

知识点：call for phr. v. /kɔːl fɔː(r)/
to publicly demand or ask for something 呼吁；要求
• The protesters called...

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标题：Elon Musk Returns to Trump’s Side in Beijing

Mr. Musk is part of a delegation of business leaders to China, where his interests include Tesla’s electric vehicle factory and solar panels.

正文： Nearly a year after his pugnacious exit from the White House, Elon Musk joined President Trump in Beijing on Thursday as an ambassador for American business in China. Mr. Trump’s tariffs have complicated Mr. Musk’s business interests in China. Though the two had previously fallen out, Mr. Musk stood alongside cabinet officials at the Great Hall of the People on Thursday when Mr. Trump shook hands with China’s...

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标题：Trump's Shrinking Ambitions on China

The president came into office planning harsher trade moves on China than on the rest of the world. Here's why he's had to scale them back.

正文： When President Trump campaigned in 2024, he promised a trade agenda that would hit China harder than any other economic partner, expanding on actions he had taken in his first term.

知识点：campaign v. /kæmˈpeɪn/
to try to achieve political or social change by persuading people to support you 竞选；开展运动
• He campaigned tirelessly across the country to win support for his policies. 他在全国不知疲倦地奔走竞选，为他的政策争取支持。
• Environmental groups have...

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标题：Distracted and Bogged Down, Trump Enter a Summit of Reduced Ambitions

The war in Iran has cast a shadow of uncertainty on both superpowers, dimming early hopes that they could begin to address the larger issues that have frayed their relationship.

正文： This is not how President Trump wanted to arrive in China. When he delayed his long-awaited trip to Beijing by six weeks, Mr. Trump was betting he would arrive in Beijing this week having forced the Iranians to capitulate to his demands. He anticipated that by now the shattered Iranian leadership would have agreed to turn over its nuclear stockpil...

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标题：2026 World Cup: FIFA still haggling with broadcasters in China and India over 'most U.S. tournament ever'

正文： With a gag first tested at the World Economic Forum in Davos, FIFA president Gianni Infantino entertained audiences at the Milken Institute ’s Global Conference in Beverly Hills. Speaking to investors and business leaders, he described FIFA as“the official happiness provider to humanity since 1904”and “called the World Cup ball “a magic tool that transforms people into happy people.” However, behind the humor, FIFA was facing a serious problem: media-rights negotiations for the 2026 World Cup in major Asian markets remained unresolved.

知识点：gag n. /ɡæɡ/
a j...

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标题：Why POTUS’s China Trip Is Set Up to Fail

正文： This is how things will go down. POTUS will arrive in Beijing this Thursday to be serenaded with gushing pageantry. There’s the obligatory photo op at the Great Hall of the People before closed-door talks with his Chinese counterpart. Both leaders will emerge to a fanfare of superficial deals that each can claim as a win: the sale of American soybeans and perhaps jet engines that China desperately needs. They release statements pledging cooperation. Wheels up.

知识点：go down /ɡəʊ daʊn/ 
(of events) to happen in a particular way; to develop. 发生；进展 
e.g. I wond...

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标题：Pentagon releases first batch of previously secret files documenting reports of UFOs

Among the releases is a 1969 debrief of Buzz Aldrin stating he saw a ‘sizeable’ object close to the lunar surface

正文：The Pentagon on Friday released an initial group of previously secret files documenting reports of UFOs – a move sought for decades by some. Among the highlights is Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, telling a 1969 debrief of seeing a“sizeable” object close to the lunar surface, and a “fairly bright light source” the crew felt could be a laser.

知识点：initial /ɪˈnɪʃl/ 形容词（也可作名词），源自拉丁语 ini...

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标题：The Cruise From Hell

We look into the hantavirus crisis onboard the Hondius.

正文：It’s the plot of a horror movie: A mysterious virus creeps through a luxury cruise ship that’s following the spring migration of ocean birds out of the Antarctic. The bug, which can cause lung and kidney failure, isn’t supposed to be able to leap between humans. Except maybe it can? Three passengers are dead, and four more have fallen ill.

知识点：plot n. /plɒt/
the main story or sequence of events in a film, novel, or play 情节
• The movie has a gripping plot that keeps you g...

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标题：China thinks America is declining but still uniquely dangerous

It sees Donald Trump as both symptom and accelerant of the decline

正文：In late January, as Donald Trump completed his first year back in the White House, a group of scholars in Beijing penned a report thanking the American president. Their gratitude was sarcastic, not an endorsement of Trumpian policy. But the sentiment behind it was genuine. Thank you, they wrote, to President Trump for driving away America’s traditional allies. Thank you for showing the world that China is more trustworthy and stable. Thank you for putting economic pressure on China and...

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标题：Wu Yize beats Shaun Murphy in thrilling final frame to win World Snooker Championship

正文：As the ticker tape rained down on Wu Yize and the Chinese flag was draped over the shoulders of snooker's newest superstar as he clutched the game's most famous prize, it was hard not to imagine that this sport was changing in front of our eyes for ever.

知识点：ticker tape /ˈtɪkə teɪp/ n.
strips of coloured paper thrown in celebration 彩色纸屑（庆祝场合抛撒的碎纸）
· Ticker tape filled the air as the champions paraded through the city. 冠军队伍游行穿过城市时，漫天都是彩色纸屑。
· The victory parade turned the streets into a blizzard of ticker tape. 胜利游行使整条街变成了彩纸飞舞的暴风雪。

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标题：China’s migrant workers are shunning factory jobs, and manufacturers are getting desperate

正文：China’s young migrant workers are turning up their noses at humdrum factory jobs – a line of employment that previous generations were content with.Instead, many are opting to join the nation’s army of delivery workers, lured by better pay and more flexible hours. “An internship at a factory can’t teach you anything,” said Liao Yong, a 19-year-old delivery driver in Beijing, where the job can easily bring in 15,000 yuan (US$2,350) a month – or about twice what some factory workers make on the low end. “For seven or eight hours a day, you just...

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标题：China Bans Meta ’s Acquisition of Manus on National Security Grounds

Decision reflects Beijing’s broader attempts to protect China’s AI know -how

正文：China has banned Meta Platforms’ acquisition of artificial-intelligence startup Manus on national security grounds and ordered that the $2.5 billion deal be unwound. China’s National Development and Reform Commission, which has the authority to review foreign investments, said Monday that it has banned the acquisition and ordered it to be rescinded. “The transaction complied fully with applicable law,” a Meta representative said in an email statement. “We anticipate an appropriate resolution to the inquiry.”

知识点：unwind v. /ˌʌ...

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标题：Tr Tells Congress Why He Doesn’t Need Its Authorization for the Iran War

In letters to the House and Senate, the president asserted that the hostilities had “terminated,” in an apparent attempt to avoid having to seek congressional approval.

正文：President Trump sent letters to Congress on Friday making the case that a Vietnam-era law requiring him to seek congressional authorization to continue military operations in Iran did not apply because the conflict was in a cease-fire.

知识点：making the case/ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðə keɪs/ 动词短语，为固定搭配 make the case 的现在分词形式，核心词根 make 此处意为 “构建、提出、论证”，case 此处为法律与政治语境专属义项 “论点、法律主张、论证依据”，而非日常含义 “案件、情况”
本义为 “系统地提出有理有据的论点、为自身主张构建完整的论证逻辑、向决策方正式陈述支撑性理由”
・President Trump sent official letters to Congress making the case that the ceasefire had exempted him from the obligation to seek congressional war authorization. 特朗普总统向国会发送正式信函，提出论证称停火已...

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标题：Italy extradites Chinese cyber-espionage suspect to US

正文：A man accused of carrying out cyberattacks on behalf of the Chinese government has been extradited from Italy to the United States and faces over a decade in prison. If convicted, Xu Zewei could face up to 20 years in prison for each count of the most serious charges against him. FBI Assistant Director Brett Leatherman said the Chinese government's hiring of hackers has "gotten out of control" and provides cyber criminals with "a form of plausible deniability," warning that protection "does not extend the moment you cross a border."

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标题：Vance Doubts the Pentagon’s Depiction of the Iran War.

The vice president is worried that the U.S. is running low on weapons.

正文：In closed-door meetings, J. D. Vance has repeatedly questioned the Defense Department’s depiction of the war in Iran and whether the Pentagon has understated what appears to be the drastic depletion of U.S. missile stockpiles.

知识点：closed-door /ˌkləʊzd ˈdɔː(r)/复合形容词，由 closed（关闭的）+ door（门）加连字符构成，是英语中典型的定语性复合形容词
本义为 “关着门的、非公开的”，核心搭配为 closed-door meeting（闭门会议）、closed-door negotiation（闭门谈判）、closed-door session（闭门听证会）；精准体现事件的机密等级与政治权重，是读懂西方时政新闻事件层级的核心关键词。
・In closed-door meetings, J. D. Vance has repeatedly questioned the Defense Department’s depiction of the war in Iran. 在多场闭门机密会议中，J.D. 万斯反复质疑美国国防部对伊朗战争的官方说辞。
・The two countries reached a preliminary agreement through months of closed-door talks. 两国通过数月的闭门谈判达成了初步协议。

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标题：A 60-Day Deadline Could Pressure Trump on Ending the Iran War

正文：Over nearly eight weeks of war in Iran, Republicans in Congress have repeatedly blocked Democratic efforts to halt the conflict and force President Trump to consult with lawmakers on the military campaign. The president initiated the conflict without congressional authorization, but some Republicans have indicated that a key statutory deadline in the coming weeks could prompt action, requiring the president to either wind down the conflict or seek congressional approval to continue.

知识点：halt v. /hɔːlt/
to stop something from continuing 阻止；使终止
· The company had to halt production due to a...

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标题：Millions will go hungry if the Strait of Hormuz stays closed

Expensive fuel and fertiliser will lead to smaller harvests and higher prices

正文：One blockade was bad enough. Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz has pushed up prices for oil, natural gas and fertiliser, among other commodities. On April 13th America initiated a blockade of its own, halting the few vessels Iran had been letting past, which will presumably compound the problem.

知识点： blockade/blɒˈkeɪd/名词 & 及物动词（源自古法语 bloc，意为 “障碍物、封锁”）
本义为名词义 “（武力实施的）封锁、封堵行动”，动词义 “封锁、封堵（港口、航
道、边境等）”，核心搭配为 impose a blockade（实施封锁）、lift a blockade（解
除封锁）、naval blockade（海上封锁）
・Iran’s naval forces imposed a strict blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, halting most commercial shipping. 伊朗海军对霍尔木兹海峡实施了严密封锁，叫停了大部分商业航运。
・The UN Security Council passed a resolution demanding the immediate lifting of the blockade...

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标题：Might Donald Trump try to rig the midterms?

正文："Basically we just sort of rack our brains," says Joe Morelle, the top-ranking Democrat on the House Committee on House Administration. "What would happen if this happened? Usually the answer is, well, that' s never happened before—but this is what we would do." His committee is in charge of adjudicating disputed elections in the House of Representatives. He has spent months doing tabletop exercises, dreaming up worst-case scenarios. His list of finagles that Donald Trump might attempt is 150 items long. His what-ifs include the president ordering immigration agents to the polls, declaring po...

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标题：Inside the chaotic correspondent s’ dinner shooting: ‘Get down, get down!’

正文： Plates clanged, glasses clinked, and at the front of the room sat POTUS,making his long-awaited return to the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Saturday. It was just after 8:30 p.m., in the basement of the Washington Hilton. The president was on stage, locked in conversation with CBS reporter Weijia Jiang; spread out in front of them were thousands of attendees,seated at more than 250 tables, as waiters cleared away their salads. Then loud popping sounds were heard from the lobby. “I thought it was a tray going down,” POTUS would say later.

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