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前往小宇宙评论区与主播互动