万娘娘周末复习版｜E0417

三. 夏说晨读2016年04月13日【Wednesday】  

Shares in Allergan, a pharmaceutical firm with headquarters in Dublin, fell by 15% in response to suspicion that tax-avoidance legislation would scupper its planned $160 billion merger with Pfizer, an Americandrugmaker. 

The deal would be the biggest-ever “tax inversion”, in which one firm becomes a subsidiary of another in a more tax-friendly country. 

Barack Obama denounced the “insidious” technique.
 
Pharmaceutical firm: 制药公司
Scupper：使……泡汤

Tax inversion: 税负倒置
Subsidiary：子机构

Denounce：谴责
Insidious：阴险的

四. 夏说晨读2016年04月14日【Thursday】  

Twitter won a bidding battle against a number of tech firms vying to broadcast American football games online. 

The National FootballLeague, which runs the professional sport, wants to spread its influence beyond couch-based television viewing. 

Twitter will stream ten Thursday-night games,along with highlights and interviews.

Bid: 竞标
Vie：竞争

Couch：沙发

Stream：流媒体直播

五. 夏说晨读2016年04月15日【Friday】   

Tom Staggs, long seen as the heir apparent to Disney’s boss Bob Iger, said he would step down, evidently disappointed at not being guaranteed the succession. 

Mr Iger, who has run the entertainment conglomerate for 15 years, is due to depart in 2018—but may now stay on. The company said itwould “broaden the scope of its succession-planning process”.

Heir：继承人
Step down：退下来
Evidently：明显地
Succession：继位

Conglomerate：集团
Depart：离开
Scope：范围

正确的晨读复习姿势：首先我会先把单词念一次；其次再把单词组成的句子念一次。你需要做的就是：    

1. 听我的单词，看是否能回忆地起它们的意思    
2. 听我紧接着单词之后，念出来的句子，然后问自己是否能明白句子的意思。   
3. 以上两步都没有问题的，说明本周的晨读你有认真在学习；如果以上两步有问题, 你则需要回到每天的晨读内容，再多复习几次。   

这里有个小提示：千万不要平时不打卡，就只听周末的复习版本，因为我的音频只会覆盖一部分的句子。