夏说晨读2016年5月23日【Monday】
Walmart’s first-quarter results were surprisingly good, rewarding the world’s largest retailer for its efforts to modernize stores and raise efficiency.
Sales in its American stores were up 1%, the seventh successive quarterly rise.
Other big American retailers have recently reported less encouraging results.
Retailer:零售商
Successive: 连续的
Encouraging:鼓舞人心
夏说晨读2016年05月24日【Tuesday】
China appointed a new chief securities regulator.
Liu Shiyu, chairman of Agricultural Bank of China and former vice-governor of the central bank, replaced Xiao Gang, who was sacked—apparently blamed for months of stock market turmoil.
The CSI 300 index of large-cap shares has fallen by more than 40% from its peak last June.
Appoint: 任命
Chief securities regulator: 证券会主席
Sack:解雇
Turmoil:动荡
Large-cap shares:大盘股
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。