▍原文 Two young women, ages 15 and 20, have urged Wuhan University to investigate a female professor over academic fraud and a decade-long affair with their father, her former PhD mentor. An 86-page complaint alleged the professor traded the affair for academic achievements and rapid promotions—reaching full professor by age 29—while the father abandoned his wife and daughters and refused child support. The allegations have ignited online debate about the so-called "academic Daji"—women who use romantic ties for academic advancement. ▍語言點 1. urge /ɜːrdʒ/ v. 敦促，呼籲 2. investigate somebody over something 就某事調查某人 · investigate v. 調查 3. academic fraud （固定搭配）學術造假 ·fraud n. 欺詐，弄虛作假 4. decade-long affair 長達十年的不正當關系 ·decade n. 十年 ·affair n. 婚外情，不正當關系 5. former /ˈfɔːrmər/ adj. 以前的，昔日的 6. mentor /ˈmentɔːr/ n. 導師，指導者 7. complaint kəmˈpleɪnt/ n. 舉報信，控訴材料 8. allege /əˈled...
▍原文 Two young women, ages 15 and 20, have urged Wuhan University to investigate a female professor over academic fraud and a decade-long affair with their father, her former PhD mentor. An 86-page complaint alleged the professor traded the affair for academic achievements and rapid promotions—reaching full professor by age 29—while the father abandoned his wife and daughters and refused child support. The allegations have ignited online debate about the so-called "academic Daji"—women who use romantic ties for academic advancement. ▍語言點 1. urge /ɜːrdʒ/ v. 敦促，呼籲 2. investigate somebody over something 就某事調查某人 · investigate v. 調查 3. academic fraud （固定搭配）學術造假 ·fraud n. 欺詐，弄虛作假 4. decade-long affair 長達十年的不正當關系 ·decade n. 十年 ·affair n. 婚外情，不正當關系 5. former /ˈfɔːrmər/ adj. 以前的，昔日的 6. mentor /ˈmentɔːr/ n. 導師，指導者 7. complaint kəmˈpleɪnt/ n. 舉報信，控訴材料 8. allege /əˈled...
▍原文 New York City’s public schools will temporarily ban elementary and middle school students from using generative artificial intelligence tools during the upcoming school year, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced. “Children need teachers and human connection in order to learn and grow. They need to develop skills alongside their peers, build relationships with educators, and wrestle with tough problems on their own,” Mamdani said in a statement. ▍語言點 temporarily /ˌtempəˈrerəli/ adv. 暫時地，臨時地 反義詞：permanently adv. 永久地 ban somebody from doing something 禁止某人做某事 ban 比 forbid 語氣更強，常出現在官方禁令中。 generative artificial intelligence tools 生成式人工智能工具 human connection 人與人之間的連接，人際紐帶 alongside /əˌlɔːŋˈsaɪd/ prep. 與……一起，並肩 wrestle with 艱難應付，努力解決 wrestle v. 摔跤 wrestle with a recession 全力應付經濟衰退問題 wrestle with one's conscience 跟自己的良心鬥爭 on one's own 靠自己，獨立地 搜索【友鄰...
▍原文 New York City’s public schools will temporarily ban elementary and middle school students from using generative artificial intelligence tools during the upcoming school year, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced. “Children need teachers and human connection in order to learn and grow. They need to develop skills alongside their peers, build relationships with educators, and wrestle with tough problems on their own,” Mamdani said in a statement. ▍語言點 temporarily /ˌtempəˈrerəli/ adv. 暫時地，臨時地 反義詞：permanently adv. 永久地 ban somebody from doing something 禁止某人做某事 ban 比 forbid 語氣更強，常出現在官方禁令中。 generative artificial intelligence tools 生成式人工智能工具 human connection 人與人之間的連接，人際紐帶 alongside /əˌlɔːŋˈsaɪd/ prep. 與……一起，並肩 wrestle with 艱難應付，努力解決 wrestle v. 摔跤 wrestle with a recession 全力應付經濟衰退問題 wrestle with one's conscience 跟自己的良心鬥爭 on one's own 靠自己，獨立地 搜索【友鄰...
▍原文 Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial failed to reach a verdict Wednesday after five days of deliberations. Clancy, a 36-year-old former nurse, is accused of murder after killing her three young children. Clancy does not deny strangling her children, but her attorney says postpartum psychosis led to her actions. Prosecutors argue that she knew what she was doing. The case has sparked wide concern about maternal mental health. While postpartum psychosis is rare, mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety affect many women during pregnancy and after childbirth. ▍語言點 1. juror /ˈdʒʊərə/ n. 陪審團成員 2. trial /ˈtraɪəl/ n. 庭審，審判 3. fail to reach a verdict 未能達成裁決 · fail to do something 未能做到某事 · reach a verdict 達成裁決 · verdict n. 裁定，判決 4. deliberations /dɪˌlɪbəˈreɪʃnz/ n. 專指陪審團內部的評議、討論商議 5. be accused of murder 被指控謀殺 · be accused of something 被指控犯下某罪行 6. strangle /ˈstræŋ...
▍原文 Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial failed to reach a verdict Wednesday after five days of deliberations. Clancy, a 36-year-old former nurse, is accused of murder after killing her three young children. Clancy does not deny strangling her children, but her attorney says postpartum psychosis led to her actions. Prosecutors argue that she knew what she was doing. The case has sparked wide concern about maternal mental health. While postpartum psychosis is rare, mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety affect many women during pregnancy and after childbirth. ▍語言點 1. juror /ˈdʒʊərə/ n. 陪審團成員 2. trial /ˈtraɪəl/ n. 庭審，審判 3. fail to reach a verdict 未能達成裁決 · fail to do something 未能做到某事 · reach a verdict 達成裁決 · verdict n. 裁定，判決 4. deliberations /dɪˌlɪbəˈreɪʃnz/ n. 專指陪審團內部的評議、討論商議 5. be accused of murder 被指控謀殺 · be accused of something 被指控犯下某罪行 6. strangle /ˈstræŋɡl/ v. 勒死，扼死 ...
▍原文 Volkswagen said on Tuesday that it had begun an investigation into the dismissal of 107 newly hired university graduates by a major Chinese auto lamp supplier and it would take "appropriate steps" once the findings were complete. The probe followed media reports that Changzhou Xingyu Automotive Lighting Systems, one of China's largest automotive lighting manufacturers and a supplier to several global carmakers including Volkswagen, Mercedes and BMW, abruptly terminated labour contracts with the affected graduates. ▍語言點 1. investigation into something 對某事的調查 2. dismissal /dɪsˈmɪsl/ n. 解雇，辭退 ·dismissal 比 fire 正式得多，經常用在法律語境下，強調雇主單方面終止勞動合同。 3. newly hired 新招聘的，新入職的 4. take appropriate steps 采取適當措施 5. probe /proʊb/ n. 調查，探究 ·probe 和 investigation 意思相近，更強調深入探查、刨根問底，帶有“一定要查出個究竟”的意味。 ·probe into something 調查某件事 ·probe into one’s private life 打探某人的...
▍原文 Volkswagen said on Tuesday that it had begun an investigation into the dismissal of 107 newly hired university graduates by a major Chinese auto lamp supplier and it would take "appropriate steps" once the findings were complete. The probe followed media reports that Changzhou Xingyu Automotive Lighting Systems, one of China's largest automotive lighting manufacturers and a supplier to several global carmakers including Volkswagen, Mercedes and BMW, abruptly terminated labour contracts with the affected graduates. ▍語言點 1. investigation into something 對某事的調查 2. dismissal /dɪsˈmɪsl/ n. 解雇，辭退 ·dismissal 比 fire 正式得多，經常用在法律語境下，強調雇主單方面終止勞動合同。 3. newly hired 新招聘的，新入職的 4. take appropriate steps 采取適當措施 5. probe /proʊb/ n. 調查，探究 ·probe 和 investigation 意思相近，更強調深入探查、刨根問底，帶有“一定要查出個究竟”的意味。 ·probe into something 調查某件事 ·probe into one’s private life 打探某人的...
▍原文 The US has struck a deal with Venezuela to control more than 65 billion barrels of its proven oil reserves, Donald Trump said. The US president wrote that the agreement would more than double American oil reserves and "substantially lower Gas Prices for all Americans". Trump vowed to tap into Venezuela's reserves, the world's largest, after the US captured its then-President Nicolás Maduro in January, ostensibly to stand trial on drug charges in New York. ▍語言點 1. strike a deal 達成協議，談成交易 ·strike v. 擊打、撞擊 ·strike a deal 比 make a deal 多了一份“一錘定音、最終敲定”的感覺，常用於較為正式的語境。 2. proven reserves 已探明儲量（proved reserves） ·proven 是 prove 的過去分詞，意為“被證實的”；reserves 是“儲量、儲備” ·在石油行業中，儲量（reserves）按確定程度從高到低分為：proven、probable、possible ·委內瑞拉已探明石油儲量約為3000億桶，位居全球第一。 3. double /ˈdʌbl/ v. 使……翻倍 ·more than double 翻一倍還多 4. substantially /səbˈstæn...
▍原文 The US has struck a deal with Venezuela to control more than 65 billion barrels of its proven oil reserves, Donald Trump said. The US president wrote that the agreement would more than double American oil reserves and "substantially lower Gas Prices for all Americans". Trump vowed to tap into Venezuela's reserves, the world's largest, after the US captured its then-President Nicolás Maduro in January, ostensibly to stand trial on drug charges in New York. ▍語言點 1. strike a deal 達成協議，談成交易 ·strike v. 擊打、撞擊 ·strike a deal 比 make a deal 多了一份“一錘定音、最終敲定”的感覺，常用於較為正式的語境。 2. proven reserves 已探明儲量（proved reserves） ·proven 是 prove 的過去分詞，意為“被證實的”；reserves 是“儲量、儲備” ·在石油行業中，儲量（reserves）按確定程度從高到低分為：proven、probable、possible ·委內瑞拉已探明石油儲量約為3000億桶，位居全球第一。 3. double /ˈdʌbl/ v. 使……翻倍 ·more than double 翻一倍還多 4. substantially /səbˈstæn...