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【欢迎订阅】  每天早上5:30，准时更新。  【阅读原文】  标题：Millions will go hungry if the Strait of Hormuz stays closedExpensive 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 on the civilian port. 联合国安理会通过决议，要求立即解除对民用港口的封锁。获取外刊的完整原文以及精讲笔记，请关注微信公众号「早安英文」，回复“外刊”即可。更多有意思的英语干货等着你！  【节目介绍】  《早安英文-每日外刊精读》，带你精读最新外刊，了解国际最热事件：分析语法结构，拆解长难句，最接地气的翻译，还有重点词汇讲解。  所有选题均来自于《经济学人》《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《华盛顿邮报》《大西洋月刊》《科学杂志》《国家地理》等国际一线外刊。  【适合谁听】  1、关注时事热点新闻，想要学习最新最潮流英文表达的英文学习者  2、任何想通过地道英文提高听、说、读、写能力的英文学习者  3、想快速掌握表达，有出国学习和旅游计划的英语爱好者  4、参加各类英语考试的应试者（如大学英语四六级、托福雅思、考研等）  【你将获得】  1、超过1000篇外刊精读课程，拓展丰富语言表达和文化背景  2、逐词、逐句精确讲解，系统掌握英语词汇、听力、阅读和语法  3、每期内附学习笔记，包含全文注释、长难句解析、疑难语法点等，帮助扫除阅读障碍。

【欢迎订阅】  每天早上5:30，准时更新。  【阅读原文】  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 postal votes invalid and seizing ballot boxes.知识点： sort of phr. /sɔːrt əv/used to soften a statement, meaning "to some extent" or "in a way" 有点儿，大概算是· I sort of agree with you, but I still have some doubts. 我算是同意你的看法吧，但还是有些疑虑。· The movie was sort of interesting, though I wouldn 't watch it again. 这电影还算有点儿意思，不过我不会再看第二遍了。获取外刊的完整原文以及精讲笔记，请关注微信公众号「早安英文」，回复“外刊”即可。更多有意思的英语干货等着你！  【节目介绍】  《早安英文-每日外刊精读》，带你精读最新外刊，了解国际最热事件：分析语法结构，拆解长难句，最接地气的翻译，还有重点词汇讲解。  所有选题均来自于《经济学人》《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《华盛顿邮报》《大西洋月刊》《科学杂志》《国家地理》等国际一线外刊。  【适合谁听】  1、关注时事热点新闻，想要学习最新最潮流英文表达的英文学习者  2、任何想通过地道英文提高听、说、读、写能力的英文学习者  3、想快速掌握表达，有出国学习和旅游计划的英语爱好者  4、参加各类英语考试的应试者（如大学英语四六级、托福雅思、考研等）  【你将获得】  1、超过1000篇外刊精读课程，拓展丰富语言表达和文化背景  2、逐词、逐句精确讲解，系统掌握英语词汇、听力、阅读和语法  3、每期内附学习笔记，包含全文注释、长难句解析、疑难语法点等，帮助扫除阅读障碍。

【欢迎订阅】  每天早上5:30，准时更新。  【阅读原文】  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.知识点： clang v. /klæŋ/to make a loud heavy ringing sound of metal hitting something. （金属）哐当作响；铿锵作响e.g. The iron gate clanged when the strong wind blew it shut. 大风把铁门吹得猛然关上，发出哐当巨响。获取外刊的完整原文以及精讲笔记，请关注微信公众号「早安英文」，回复“外刊”即可。更多有意思的英语干货等着你！  【节目介绍】  《早安英文-每日外刊精读》，带你精读最新外刊，了解国际最热事件：分析语法结构，拆解长难句，最接地气的翻译，还有重点词汇讲解。  所有选题均来自于《经济学人》《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《华盛顿邮报》《大西洋月刊》《科学杂志》《国家地理》等国际一线外刊。  【适合谁听】  1、关注时事热点新闻，想要学习最新最潮流英文表达的英文学习者  2、任何想通过地道英文提高听、说、读、写能力的英文学习者  3、想快速掌握表达，有出国学习和旅游计划的英语爱好者  4、参加各类英语考试的应试者（如大学英语四六级、托福雅思、考研等）  【你将获得】  1、超过1000篇外刊精读课程，拓展丰富语言表达和文化背景  2、逐词、逐句精确讲解，系统掌握英语词汇、听力、阅读和语法  3、每期内附学习笔记，包含全文注释、长难句解析、疑难语法点等，帮助扫除阅读障碍。

【欢迎订阅】  每天早上5:30，准时更新。  【阅读原文】  标题：Europe Mulls What Mutual Defense Looks Like Outside NATOEuropean Union nations have a little-known obligation to protect one another. Experts caution it is no replacement for NATO.正文：Europeans have increasing doubts that President Trump remains committed to the NATO alliance and the mutual defense it ensures. And so they are talking more seriously about their own little-known guarantee for collective defense, an article buried in the European Union’s governing documents.知识点：committed to/kəˈmɪtɪd tuː/ 形容词性固定搭配（源自动词 commit）本义为 “忠于的、承诺的、全身心投入的”，源于 commit 的 “承担义务、投入” 义，核心搭配为be committed to sth/doing sth；在外刊中核心用法为形容国家、机构或个人对某一联盟、政策、目标的坚定承诺与长期投入，专门用来强调立场的稳定性与可信度，是时政报道中描述国际承诺的高频搭配。・Europeans doubt whether President Trump remains committed to the NATO alliance. 欧洲人怀疑特朗普总统是否仍忠于北约同盟。・The company is fully committed to achieving its carbon neutrality goals by 2050. 该公司完全承诺到 2050 年实现碳中和目标。获取外刊的完整原文以及精讲笔记，请关注微信公众号「早安英文」，回复“外刊”即可。更多有意思的英语干货等着你！  【节目介绍】  《早安英文-每日外刊精读》，带你精读最新外刊，了解国际最热事件：分析语法结构，拆解长难句，最接地气的翻译，还有重点词汇讲解。  所有选题均来自于《经济学人》《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《华盛顿邮报》《大西洋月刊》《科学杂志》《国家地理》等国际一线外刊。  【适合谁听】  1、关注时事热点新闻，想要学习最新最潮流英文表达的英文学习者  2、任何想通过地道英文提高听、说、读、写能力的英文学习者  3、想快速掌握表达，有出国学习和旅游计划的英语爱好者  4、参加各类英语考试的应试者（如大学英语四六级、托福雅思、考研等）  【你将获得】  1、超过1000篇外刊精读课程，拓展丰富语言表达和文化背景  2、逐词、逐句精确讲解，系统掌握英语词汇、听力、阅读和语法  3、每期内附学习笔记，包含全文注释、长难句解析、疑难语法点等，帮助扫除阅读障碍。

【欢迎订阅】  每天早上5:30，准时更新。  【阅读原文】  标题：Why China's exports will keep on risingOur new analysis shows how the country shrugged off the effects of Donald Trump's tariffs正文：DING LEI, a purchasing manager at a chip-trading company in Shenzhen, is having a good year. Among other kinds of semiconductors, his company is selling IGBTs, a type of transistor used to regulate electrical power. Customers include motorbike-makers in Spain, manufacturers in Romania and clients across South-East Asia. His optimism about sales prospects is understandable. In the first three months of 2026,China's exports of transistors jumped by 26% in dollar terms compared with the same period of 2025.知识点：purchasing manager n. /ˈpɜːtʃəsɪŋ ˌmænɪdʒə/a person responsible for buying goods or materials for a company 采购经理• The purchasing manager negotiated a bulk discount with the supplier. 采购经理与供应商谈下了一笔批量折扣。• As a purchasing manager, she travels frequently to source high-quality raw materials. 身为采购经理，她频繁出差采购优质原材料。获取外刊的完整原文以及精讲笔记，请关注微信公众号「早安英文」，回复“外刊”即可。更多有意思的英语干货等着你！  【节目介绍】  《早安英文-每日外刊精读》，带你精读最新外刊，了解国际最热事件：分析语法结构，拆解长难句，最接地气的翻译，还有重点词汇讲解。  所有选题均来自于《经济学人》《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《华盛顿邮报》《大西洋月刊》《科学杂志》《国家地理》等国际一线外刊。  【适合谁听】  1、关注时事热点新闻，想要学习最新最潮流英文表达的英文学习者  2、任何想通过地道英文提高听、说、读、写能力的英文学习者  3、想快速掌握表达，有出国学习和旅游计划的英语爱好者  4、参加各类英语考试的应试者（如大学英语四六级、托福雅思、考研等）  【你将获得】  1、超过1000篇外刊精读课程，拓展丰富语言表达和文化背景  2、逐词、逐句精确讲解，系统掌握英语词汇、听力、阅读和语法  3、每期内附学习笔记，包含全文注释、长难句解析、疑难语法点等，帮助扫除阅读障碍。

【欢迎订阅】  每天早上5:30，准时更新。  【阅读原文】  标题：J.D. Vance’s theory of Trumpism is no match for the practiceThis White House is a graveyard for grand strategies正文：Vice-President J.D. Vance loves big ideas, or at least the idea of big ideas. Unlike President Donald Trump, he reads books and even writes his own, and he talks, authentically, like a diploma-carrying member of the elite they both ostentatiously disdain. He aligns himself with the“post-liberal right”, a term so highfalutin one struggles to imagine Mr Trump using it. Mr Vance serves as the chief emissary between the Trump White House and the intellectual “New Right”, the agglomeration of pointy-heads, Silicon Valley potentates and podcasters with big ideas of their own for saving Western civilisation, as Mr Vance, apocalyptically, likes to describe his mission.知识点：authentically /ɔːˈθentɪkli/ 副词 adv.本义为 “真实地、真正地”；在外刊中核心用法为 **（反讽语境）实打实、毫无掩饰地、刻在骨子里地 **，专门用来形容人物特质与刻意塑造的平民形象形成反差，自带强烈讽刺意味，是替代 “truly、really” 的高级表达，能精准传递原文的讽刺张力。・He talks authentically like a member of the elite even as he claims to disdain the privileged class. 他嘴上说着鄙视特权阶级，说话的样子却刻满了精英的印记。・The candidate’s working-class persona was undermined by his authentically privileged upbringing. 这位候选人的工人阶级人设，被他实打实的精英成长背景戳穿了。获取外刊的完整原文以及精讲笔记，请关注微信公众号「早安英文」，回复“外刊”即可。更多有意思的英语干货等着你！  【节目介绍】  《早安英文-每日外刊精读》，带你精读最新外刊，了解国际最热事件：分析语法结构，拆解长难句，最接地气的翻译，还有重点词汇讲解。  所有选题均来自于《经济学人》《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《华盛顿邮报》《大西洋月刊》《科学杂志》《国家地理》等国际一线外刊。  【适合谁听】  1、关注时事热点新闻，想要学习最新最潮流英文表达的英文学习者  2、任何想通过地道英文提高听、说、读、写能力的英文学习者  3、想快速掌握表达，有出国学习和旅游计划的英语爱好者  4、参加各类英语考试的应试者（如大学英语四六级、托福雅思、考研等）  【你将获得】  1、超过1000篇外刊精读课程，拓展丰富语言表达和文化背景  2、逐词、逐句精确讲解，系统掌握英语词汇、听力、阅读和语法  3、每期内附学习笔记，包含全文注释、长难句解析、疑难语法点等，帮助扫除阅读障碍。

【欢迎订阅】  每天早上5:30，准时更新。  【阅读原文】  标题：Could AI's leading men become as powerful as Ford or Rockefeller?正文：DARIO, DEMIS, Elon, Mark and Sam. The five most important people in artificial intelligence are so famous that first names alone are enough to identify them. Politicians and journalists hang on their every word. ChatGPT, run by Sam Altman's OpenAI, has more than 900m weekly users. Dario Amodei's Anthropic has developed an AI model so good at hacking it has caused panic among policymakers. Demis Hassabis, head of Google's AI efforts, has won a Nobel prize. Elon Musk, who runs xAI, is the richest person alive. Mark Zuckerberg's Meta has created the West's most popular family of open-source models.知识点：artificial intelligence n. /ˌɑːrtɪˈfɪʃl ɪnˈtelɪdʒəns/the study and development of computer systems that can copy intelligent human behaviour 人工智能• Artificial intelligence is transforming how doctors diagnose diseases in rural areas. 人工智能正在改变医生在农村地区诊断疾病的方式。• The course introduces students to the basic principles of artificial intelligence and machine learning. 这门课程向学生介绍人工智能和机器学习的基本原理。获取外刊的完整原文以及精讲笔记，请关注微信公众号「早安英文」，回复“外刊”即可。更多有意思的英语干货等着你！  【节目介绍】  《早安英文-每日外刊精读》，带你精读最新外刊，了解国际最热事件：分析语法结构，拆解长难句，最接地气的翻译，还有重点词汇讲解。  所有选题均来自于《经济学人》《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《华盛顿邮报》《大西洋月刊》《科学杂志》《国家地理》等国际一线外刊。  【适合谁听】  1、关注时事热点新闻，想要学习最新最潮流英文表达的英文学习者  2、任何想通过地道英文提高听、说、读、写能力的英文学习者  3、想快速掌握表达，有出国学习和旅游计划的英语爱好者  4、参加各类英语考试的应试者（如大学英语四六级、托福雅思、考研等）  【你将获得】  1、超过1000篇外刊精读课程，拓展丰富语言表达和文化背景  2、逐词、逐句精确讲解，系统掌握英语词汇、听力、阅读和语法  3、每期内附学习笔记，包含全文注释、长难句解析、疑难语法点等，帮助扫除阅读障碍。

【欢迎订阅】  每天早上5:30，准时更新。  【阅读原文】  标题：Tim Cook hands Apple over to its hardware guruJohn Ternus’s task is to transform the iPhone-maker for the AI era正文：One of the hallmarks of Tim Cook’s 15-year tenure at the helm of Apple has been an almost metronomic reliability. This may be true even when it comes to succession. On April 20th the iPhone-maker announced that Mr Cook would hand over the CEO role to John Ternus, Apple’s head of hardware engineering (pictured). Few corporate leadership changes are more noteworthy. Yet in late trading, Apple’s shares barely faltered on the news知识点：hallmarks /ˈhɔːlmɑːks/ 名词（hallmark 的复数形式）本义为金银纯度印记；在外刊中核心用法为标志、特征、特质，指人或事物最典型、最能代表其本质的特点，是描述人物、企业核心特质的高频地道词，表达效果远优于基础词汇 feature、characteristic。・One of the hallmarks of Tim Cook’s tenure has been steady growth in Apple’s revenue. 蒂姆・库克任期的核心特质之一，便是苹果营收的稳定增长。・Customer-centric innovation has long been a hallmark of the brand. 以客户为中心的创新，一直是该品牌的核心特质。获取外刊的完整原文以及精讲笔记，请关注微信公众号「早安英文」，回复“外刊”即可。更多有意思的英语干货等着你！  【节目介绍】  《早安英文-每日外刊精读》，带你精读最新外刊，了解国际最热事件：分析语法结构，拆解长难句，最接地气的翻译，还有重点词汇讲解。  所有选题均来自于《经济学人》《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《华盛顿邮报》《大西洋月刊》《科学杂志》《国家地理》等国际一线外刊。  【适合谁听】  1、关注时事热点新闻，想要学习最新最潮流英文表达的英文学习者  2、任何想通过地道英文提高听、说、读、写能力的英文学习者  3、想快速掌握表达，有出国学习和旅游计划的英语爱好者  4、参加各类英语考试的应试者（如大学英语四六级、托福雅思、考研等）  【你将获得】  1、超过1000篇外刊精读课程，拓展丰富语言表达和文化背景  2、逐词、逐句精确讲解，系统掌握英语词汇、听力、阅读和语法  3、每期内附学习笔记，包含全文注释、长难句解析、疑难语法点等，帮助扫除阅读障碍。

【欢迎订阅】  每天早上5:30，准时更新。  【阅读原文】  标题：Will the Spirit of 1976 Come to 2026?正文：Garland Pollard was 11 in 1976, the year the United States celebrated its 200th birthday, and was living in Virginia Beach with his parents. "We were a Nixon family, " Mr. Pollard said. "I remember all the dinner party talk about Watergate. There were race riots at that time. It was pretty feisty — there were arguments at the dinner table." Yet as Mr. Pollard, 60, wrote in an editorial last summer in Boca Beacon, the Florida newspaper he edits, in that bicentennial year "there was a wave of patriotism that came seemingly out of nowhere.”知识点：riot n. /ˈraɪ.ət/a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd 暴乱，骚乱• The government deployed extra police to prevent any riot from breaking out. 政府增派警力以防爆发任何骚乱。• A small protest escalated into a full-scale riot. 一场小规模抗议最终升级为全面暴乱。获取外刊的完整原文以及精讲笔记，请关注微信公众号「早安英文」，回复“外刊”即可。更多有意思的英语干货等着你！  【节目介绍】  《早安英文-每日外刊精读》，带你精读最新外刊，了解国际最热事件：分析语法结构，拆解长难句，最接地气的翻译，还有重点词汇讲解。  所有选题均来自于《经济学人》《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《华盛顿邮报》《大西洋月刊》《科学杂志》《国家地理》等国际一线外刊。 【适合谁听】  1、关注时事热点新闻，想要学习最新最潮流英文表达的英文学习者  2、任何想通过地道英文提高听、说、读、写能力的英文学习者  3、想快速掌握表达，有出国学习和旅游计划的英语爱好者  4、参加各类英语考试的应试者（如大学英语四六级、托福雅思、考研等）  【你将获得】  1、超过1000篇外刊精读课程，拓展丰富语言表达和文化背景  2、逐词、逐句精确讲解，系统掌握英语词汇、听力、阅读和语法  3、每期内附学习笔记，包含全文注释、长难句解析、疑难语法点等，帮助扫除阅读障碍。

【欢迎订阅】  每天早上5:30，准时更新。  【阅读原文】  标题：Which Iran is America dealing with?With talks set to resume，rivalries in the Iranian leadership could stymie a truce正文：The past couple of days in the Middle East have been characterised by the now-familiar whiplash. On April 17th POTUS announced the Strait of Hormuz had opened to traffic. Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, confirmed as much. The same day outlets linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) criticised Mr. Araghchi for failing to mention the conditions of the opening. The next day a military spokesman said the strait was closed again; several vessels came under fire as they tried to sail through. POTUS mocked the move to reblock the passage, reminding the world that America’s own blockade already ensured it remained closed to Iranian ships. Yet on April 19th he said an American delegation would return to Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, for more talks with the Iranians, and repeated threats to bomb Iran’s civilian infrastructure unless negotiations succeeded.知识点：be characterised by phr.to have a particular quality or feature that makes something distinct. 以……为特征；具有……特点e.g. Autumn is characterised by cool weather and fallen leaves. 秋天的特点是天气凉爽、落叶纷飞。获取外刊的完整原文以及精讲笔记，请关注微信公众号「早安英文」，回复“外刊”即可。更多有意思的英语干货等着你！  【节目介绍】  《早安英文-每日外刊精读》，带你精读最新外刊，了解国际最热事件：分析语法结构，拆解长难句，最接地气的翻译，还有重点词汇讲解。  所有选题均来自于《经济学人》《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《华盛顿邮报》《大西洋月刊》《科学杂志》《国家地理》等国际一线外刊。  【适合谁听】  1、关注时事热点新闻，想要学习最新最潮流英文表达的英文学习者  2、任何想通过地道英文提高听、说、读、写能力的英文学习者  3、想快速掌握表达，有出国学习和旅游计划的英语爱好者  4、参加各类英语考试的应试者（如大学英语四六级、托福雅思、考研等）  【你将获得】  1、超过1000篇外刊精读课程，拓展丰富语言表达和文化背景  2、逐词、逐句精确讲解，系统掌握英语词汇、听力、阅读和语法  3、每期内附学习笔记，包含全文注释、长难句解析、疑难语法点等，帮助扫除阅读障碍。