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开场白：
Thank you for tuning again. Today is Thursday, October 27th.
So, as some of you may have heard from my last episode, occasionally I will host live chatting sessions on either Douyin or Shipinhao during the weekend. I always got this question, ‘what is the topic of the room? And, most of the time, I don’t have one. So, to kick off today’s episode. I would like to ask you, my listeners, what kind topic are you interested during the live streaming? Please feel free to leave your comments below or follow me if you like to talk to me in real time.
Daily Phrase:
All hands on deck: used to indicate that the involvement of all members of a team is required.
It was all hands on deck getting breakfast ready.
新闻摘要：
Now let’s begin today’s news story. All of today’s stories are about the newly appointed British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak. In the last episode, we learned that Liz Truss was the shortest serving British PM in UK history. A 44 days tenure is quite embarrassing, to say the least. Now, a new leader is selected to fill her post, Mr. Rishi Sunak. Mr. Sunak is an Indian decent and is only 42 years old. A 80后！He is the youngest PM in UK’s history and first minority to hold such a position. So, in today’s episode, let’s learn a little bit about him.
- Who is Rishi Sunak? (New York Times)
- Rishi Sunak vows to earn Britain’s trust in first speech as prime minister (Washington Post)
- Sunak Faces Political Test of His Career: Unify Party and Fix the Economy (New York Times)
- Sunak’s Prize for Predicting Truss Chaos: He Gets to Clean Up the Mess (Bloomberg)
Word of the Day (WoD):
- Predecessor: person who held a job or office before the current holder. a thing that has been followed or replaced by another. 前任
- Formidable: inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable. 强大, 可怕
- Truncate: shorten the duration or extent of. 截短
