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Today is Friday, June 24th, 2022
It’s Friday again. A lot of events have happened this week.
Let’s wrap up some important news stories as we head into the weekend.
The News Story
- 有关奈飞 (0:22") Netflix lays off 300 employees as bad year continues to hit company (CNN)
- 有关欧洲航空市场 (1:32") British Airways staff vote spells 'summer of strikes' at London's Heathrow (Reuters)
- 有关人工智能 (2:26") Instagram tests using AI, other tools for age verification (Associated Press)
- 有关权利于游戏 (3:20") Jon Snow series is real and it was Kit Harington’s idea, George R.R. Martin says (Ploygon)
- 有关猴痘 (4:15") Scientists Zero In on Origins of the Monkeypox Outbreak (New York Times)
Words of the Day (WoD)
- Midst: in the middle of. 处于中间
- Chaotic: in a state of complete confusion and disorder. 混乱的
- Sequel: a published, broadcast, or recorded work that continues the story or develops the theme of an earlier one. 续集
- Zero in: take aim with a gun or missile. 瞄准
