▍原文 The U.S. fertility rate fell slightly in 2025, to another record low, extending two decades of declines. Some demographers say the precipitous drop of births among teenagers and women in their early 20s shows that women have more control over their fertility. Women are still having children, but they are just having them later. The fertility rate for women from 30 to 34 rose by 3 percent in 2025 compared with the previous year, the data show. ▍語言點 fertility rate 生育率 record low 歷史新低 record high 歷史新高 extend /ɪkˈstend/ v. 延續；延長 I extended my visit. 我延長了參觀時間。 demographer /dɪˈmɒɡrəfə/ n. 人口學家 precipitous /prɪˈsɪpɪtəs/ adj.（本文）突然的；急劇的，陡峭的 a precipitous decline 急劇下降 a precipitous drop 驟跌 fertility /fəˈtɪləti/ n. 生育能力 have control over something 對某物的掌控權 搜索【友鄰優課】微信小程序，收聽晨讀即可領取：《晨讀短文100篇電子資料》 關注公眾號【教書匠小夏】，夏鵬老師送你2份見面禮：《...
▍原文 The U.S. fertility rate fell slightly in 2025, to another record low, extending two decades of declines. Some demographers say the precipitous drop of births among teenagers and women in their early 20s shows that women have more control over their fertility. Women are still having children, but they are just having them later. The fertility rate for women from 30 to 34 rose by 3 percent in 2025 compared with the previous year, the data show. ▍語言點 fertility rate 生育率 record low 歷史新低 record high 歷史新高 extend /ɪkˈstend/ v. 延續；延長 I extended my visit. 我延長了參觀時間。 demographer /dɪˈmɒɡrəfə/ n. 人口學家 precipitous /prɪˈsɪpɪtəs/ adj.（本文）突然的，急劇的；陡峭的； a precipitous decline 急劇下降 a precipitous drop 驟跌 fertility /fəˈtɪləti/ n. 生育能力 have control over something 對某物的掌控權 搜索【友鄰優課】微信小程序，收聽晨讀即可領取：《晨讀短文100篇電子資料》 關注公眾號【教書匠小夏】，夏鵬老師送你2份見面禮：...
▍原文 For the uninitiated, pickup artists (PUAs) are typically men who attempt to coax women into having sex with them through a mixture of flattery, psychological manipulation and coercion. Neil Strauss's 2005 international bestseller The Game, which sold 2.5m copies, introduced a generation of men to the murky, underhand world of pickup artists and their nefarious tactics, such as negging – insulting a woman to undermine her confidence. ▍語言點 1. the uninitiated 對某個特定領域、話題或內幕情況不了解的人 · uninitiated adj. 不知情的，未入門的 2. pickup artist 搭訕藝術家 3. coax sb into doing something 哄騙、勸誘某人做某事（比force的語氣輕，比persuade又多了一層“不真誠、有目的性”的意味） 4. a mixture of something ………的混合體 5. flattery /ˈflætəri/ n. 奉承，恭維 6. psychological manipulation 心理操控 7. coercion /kəʊˈɜːʃn/ n.脅迫 8. murky adj.（本文）見不得光的，不可告人的；昏暗的，渾濁的 9. underhand /ˈʌndəhænd/ adj. 秘密的，詭詐的，卑鄙的 ...
▍原文 For the uninitiated, pickup artists (PUAs) are typically men who attempt to coax women into having sex with them through a mixture of flattery, psychological manipulation and coercion. Neil Strauss's 2005 international bestseller The Game, which sold 2.5m copies, introduced a generation of men to the murky, underhand world of pickup artists and their nefarious tactics, such as negging – insulting a woman to undermine her confidence. ▍語言點 1. the uninitiated 對某個特定領域、話題或內幕情況不了解的人 · uninitiated adj. 不知情的，未入門的 2. pickup artist 搭訕藝術家 3. coax sb into doing something 哄騙、勸誘某人做某事（比force的語氣輕，比persuade又多了一層“不真誠、有目的性”的意味） 4. a mixture of something ………的混合體 5. flattery /ˈflætəri/ n. 奉承，恭維 6. psychological manipulation 心理操控 7. coercion /kəʊˈɜːʃn/ n.脅迫 8. murky adj.（本文）見不得光的，不可告人的；昏暗的，渾濁的 9. underhand /ˈʌndəhænd/ adj. 秘密的，詭詐的，卑鄙的 ...
▍原文 Chinese swimming authorities say they have launched an investigation into cyberbullying of diving champion Quan Hongchan, a three-time Olympic gold medallist, and reported the matter to police. Quan, who won her first gold at Tokyo 2020 at the age of 14 and two more at the following games in Paris 2024, has given several interviews in which she talked about toxic online commentary over her weight and the immense pressure she has felt to diet even though she was already eating very little. ▍語言點 1. authority /ɔːˈθɒrəti/ US /əˈθɔːrəti/ n. 官方機構，主管部門（常用復數形式authorities） 2. launch an investigation into 對……展開調查 ·launch v. 發起，啟動 3. cyberbullying /ˈsaɪbəbʊliɪŋ/ n. 網絡暴力，網絡欺淩 ·cyber adj. 網絡的 ·bullying n. 欺淩 ·近義表達：online bullying 4. medallist /ˈmedəlɪst/ n. 獎牌獲得者 5. toxic online commentary 惡意網絡評論 ·toxic adj. 惡意的，有害的 6. immense pressure 巨大的壓力 ·immense adj. 巨大的，...
▍原文 Chinese swimming authorities say they have launched an investigation into cyberbullying of diving champion Quan Hongchan, a three-time Olympic gold medallist, and reported the matter to police. Quan, who won her first gold at Tokyo 2020 at the age of 14 and two more at the following games in Paris 2024, has given several interviews in which she talked about toxic online commentary over her weight and the immense pressure she has felt to diet even though she was already eating very little. ▍語言點 1. authority /ɔːˈθɒrəti/ US /əˈθɔːrəti/ n. 官方機構，主管部門（常用復數形式authorities） 2. launch an investigation into 對……展開調查 ·launch v. 發起，啟動 3. cyberbullying /ˈsaɪbəbʊliɪŋ/ n. 網絡暴力，網絡欺淩 ·cyber adj. 網絡的 ·bullying n. 欺淩 ·近義表達：online bullying 4. medallist /ˈmedəlɪst/ n. 獎牌獲得者 5. toxic online commentary 惡意網絡評論 ·toxic adj. 惡意的，有害的 6. immense pressure 巨大的壓力 ·immense adj. 巨大的，...
▍原文 In the end, cooler heads prevailed – at least for now. President Donald Trump posted on his social media website that the US and Iran were "very far along" with a "definitive" peace agreement and that he had agreed to a two-week ceasefire to allow negotiations to proceed. This is the kind of progress that was far from certain as early as Tuesday morning, when Trump threatened the death of Iranian civilisation, "never to be brought back again". ▍語言點 cooler head 更冷靜的頭腦；能夠保持理智、不被情緒裹挾的人 prevail v. 占上風，獲勝 for now 就目前來說，暫時 be far along (in/with sth) （在某方面）取得很大進展，接近完成 definitive adj. 決定性的，最終的 比final語氣更強，帶有一種“一錘定音、不容更改”的意味 a definitive ruling 最終的判決 ceasefire n. 停火，停戰 proceed v. 繼續進行，推進 尤指會議、活動、程序等在暫停后接著進行 far from certain 遠非確定，完全没把握 搜索【友鄰優課】微信小程序，收聽晨讀即可領取：《晨讀短文100篇電子資料》 關注公眾號【教書匠...
▍原文 In the end, cooler heads prevailed – at least for now. President Donald Trump posted on his social media website that the US and Iran were "very far along" with a "definitive" peace agreement and that he had agreed to a two-week ceasefire to allow negotiations to proceed. This is the kind of progress that was far from certain as early as Tuesday morning, when Trump threatened the death of Iranian civilisation, "never to be brought back again". ▍語言點 cooler head 更冷靜的頭腦；能夠保持理智、不被情緒裹挾的人 prevail v. 占上風，獲勝 for now 就目前來說，暫時 be far along (in/with sth) （在某方面）取得很大進展，接近完成 definitive adj. 決定性的，最終的 比final語氣更強，帶有一種“一錘定音、不容更改”的意味 a definitive ruling 最終的判決 ceasefire n. 停火，停戰 proceed v. 繼續進行，推進 尤指會議、活動、程序等在暫停后接著進行 far from certain 遠非確定，完全没把握 搜索【友鄰優課】微信小程序，收聽晨讀即可領取：《晨讀短文100篇電子資料》 關注公眾號【教書匠...
▍原文 With the moon now filling their windows, the Artemis II astronauts sailed into their lunar flyby Monday, taking in magnificent views of the far side never before witnessed while setting a new distance record for humanity. The six-hour flyby was the highlight of NASA's first return to the moon since the Apollo era with three Americans and one Canadian — a step toward landing boot prints near the moon's south pole in just two years. ▍語言點 1. with something doing 隨著……發生 2. Artemis II 阿爾忒彌斯二號 · Artemis Program 阿爾忒彌斯計劃，是NASA的新一代載人登月計劃，以希臘神話中阿波羅的孿生姐姐、月亮女神阿爾忒彌斯命名，寓意重返月球並實現首次女性登月。阿爾忒彌斯二號（Artemis II）是計劃中的首次載人任務，四名宇航員包括：NASA宇航員和指揮官里德·懷斯曼、飛行員維克多·格洛弗、任務專家克里斯蒂娜·科克，以及加拿大航天局宇航員、任務專家傑里米·漢森。 3. sail into （本文）飛船平穩地進入飛掠軌道；船只駛入港口或海域 4. lunar flyby 月球飛掠，指飛船近距離掠過月球表面但不...
▍原文 With the moon now filling their windows, the Artemis II astronauts sailed into their lunar flyby Monday, taking in magnificent views of the far side never before witnessed while setting a new distance record for humanity. The six-hour flyby was the highlight of NASA's first return to the moon since the Apollo era with three Americans and one Canadian — a step toward landing boot prints near the moon's south pole in just two years. ▍語言點 1. with something doing 隨著……發生 2. Artemis II 阿爾忒彌斯二號 · Artemis Program 阿爾忒彌斯計劃，是NASA的新一代載人登月計劃，以希臘神話中阿波羅的孿生姐姐、月亮女神阿爾忒彌斯命名，寓意重返月球並實現首次女性登月。阿爾忒彌斯二號（Artemis II）是計劃中的首次載人任務，四名宇航員包括：NASA宇航員和指揮官里德·懷斯曼、飛行員維克多·格洛弗、任務專家克里斯蒂娜·科克，以及加拿大航天局宇航員、任務專家傑里米·漢森。 3. sail into （本文）飛船平穩地進入飛掠軌道；船只駛入港口或海域 4. lunar flyby 月球飛掠，指飛船近距離掠過月球表面但不...