📄 An article from CNN House of Representatives impeaches President Donald Trump The deeply divided House of Representatives took the historic step to impeach President Donald Trump on Wednesday, charging a president with high crimes and misdemeanors for just the third time in American history. www.cnn.com 🗣 Vocabularies 1) misdemeanor : a crime considered to be one of the less serious types of c..
📄An article from CNN Elon Musk explains why the Cybertruck's windows broke In a tweet over the weekend, Elon Musk explained why the supposedly unbreakable windows on Tesla's new Cybertruck cracked during a demonstration Thursday night. www.cnn.com 🗣 Vocabularies None 😎 ✍️Summary Elon Musk explained why a supposedly unbreakable window on Tesla's new Cybertruck cracked during a demonstration. he s..
📄 An article from BBC Uber: 6,000 US sexual assault reports in two years The figures come as the ride-hailing company is under intense pressure globally over safety issues. www.bbc.com 🗣 Vocabularies 1. embolden: to make someone brave - it "provides an opportunity to shed light on how this information-sharing emboldens our work for a safer future". ✍️ Summary Uber said it received almost 6,000 r..
📄An article from CNN 🗣Vocabularies 1) indisputably: in a way that is true, and impossible to doubt -Sundar Pichai is now indisputably one of the most powerful figures in Silicon Valley. 2) let alone: used to indicate that something is far less likely, possible, or suitable than something else already mentioned. -let alone a computer or the internet 3) a walkout: the act of leaving an official me..
📄News Link from Bloomberg 🗣 Vocabularies 1. hurtle : to move very fast, especially in a way that seems dangerous - China is hurtling toward another record year of onshore bond defaults 2. bond defaults - A bond default occurs when the bond issuer fails to make interest or principal payment within the specified period. Defaults typically occur when the bond issuer has run out of cash to pay its b..
📄News link from Cnn 137 women have been killed by their partners in France this year. Critics blame a 'deeply sexist society' The number of women killed by their partners is on the rise. France's failure to come to grips with the crisis has sparked fury from critics who say the country has a problem with misogyny. www.cnn.com 🗣Vocabularies 1) resort to something: to something bad, extreme or dif..
News link from CNN * break the deadlock : to bring to an end a stalemate, impasses or standstill ex) The efforts of the United Nations have finally succeeded in breaking the deadlock between the warring countries. His late-game goal finally broke the deadlock and put his team in the lead. *farcical: very silly, unlikely, or unreasonable, often in a way that is humorous ex) the whole situation ha..
News Link from CNN * divulge : to make somthing secret known ex) The CEO refused to divulge how much she earned. *prospectus: a document giving details of a college, school or business and its activities. ex) You will find details of all our courses int the prospectus. According to Moddy's, the rating agency, Saudi Aramco made $111 billion last year, which is the oli company run by Saudi goverme..