1. Donald Trump picked Pam Bondi, Florida’s former attorney-general, to lead America’s justice department after Matt Gaetzwithdrew from contention. Ms Bondi served as one of Mr Trump’s lawyers during his first impeachment trial. Mr Gaetz gave up amid allegations that he had paid women for sex, which he denied. Enough Republican senators were prepared to block his nomination. 川普（Donald Trump）在馬特·蓋茨（Matt Gaetz）退出競爭後，選擇佛羅里達州前司法部長潘·邦迪（Pam Bondi）領導美國司法部。邦迪曾在川普的首次彈劾審判中擔任他的律師。蓋茨因被指控向女性支付金錢以換取性服務而放棄提名，儘管他否認了這些指控。多數共和黨參議員表示將阻止他的提名。 2. Russia confirmed that it launched a medium-range ballistic missile at the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro. In a national address, Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, claimed that there were “currently no ways of** counteracting**” its new hypersonic weapon, and said that the attack was in response to Ukraine’s recent use of American- and British-made *longer-range* missiles. 俄羅斯證實向烏克蘭東部城市第聶伯發射了一枚中程彈道導彈。在全國演講中，俄羅斯總統弗拉基米爾·普丁（Vladimir Putin）聲稱，目前「沒有任何方法可以對抗」俄國的新型高超音速武器，並表示此次攻擊是對烏克蘭近期使用美國和英國製造的遠程導彈的回應。 3. The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister, Yoav Gallant, over war crimes in Gaza. The top UN court said it suspected they were responsible for causing mass starvation in the enclave. Mr Netanyahu rejected the ruling as “absurd and false”. The ICC’s 124 members are obliged to arrest them if they enter their territory. 國際刑事法院（ICC）對以色列總理本雅明·內塔尼亞胡（Binyamin Netanyahu）及其前國防部長尤亞夫·加蘭特（Yoav Gallant）發出逮捕令，指控他們在加薩地區犯下戰爭罪行。聯合國最高法院表示，懷疑他們對加薩地區的大規模飢荒負有責任。內塔尼亞胡駁斥該裁決是「荒謬且虛假的」。根據規定，ICC的124個成員國有義務在他們進入其領土時予以逮捕。 4. Gary Gensler, the chair of America’s Securities and Exchange Commission, said he would step down in January, just as Donald Trump** takes office. The controversial regulator has pushed through sweeping changes, including to the crypto industry**—a sector he called the “wild west”, but which Mr Trump has embraced. SEC chairs typically resign when new presidents take over. 美國證券交易委員會（SEC）主席加里·根斯勒（Gary Gensler）表示，他將於1月辭職，正值唐納·川普（Donald Trump）就任總統之際。這位備受爭議的監管者推動了一系列重大改革，包括針對他稱為「狂野西部」的加密貨幣行業，而川普則對該領域表示支持。通常，SEC主席在新總統上任時會選擇辭職。 5. Kenya cancelled a procurement process to expand its main airport in Nairobi, the capital, which Adani Group was expected to win, after the Indian conglomerate’s chairman was indicted in America. Prosecutors allege that Gautam Adani, India’s second-richest man, and seven other Indian businessmen with securities and wire fraud in connnection to a solar-energy project. 肯亞取消了一項擴建首都奈洛比主要機場的採購計劃，該計劃原本預計由印度阿達尼集團（Adani Group）中標。此決定是在該集團主席在美國被起訴後作出的。檢方指控印度第二大富豪高塔姆·阿達尼（Gautam Adani）及其他七名印度商人涉及與一項太陽能項目相關的證券和電信欺詐罪行。 6. Jobless claims in America unexpectedly hit their lowest point in seven months last week, according to the labour department. There were 213,000 applications for unemployment benefits in the week to November 16th. That is far lower than the 220,000 claims that economists had expected after extreme weather and strikes last month, and signals the robustness of America’s labour market. 根據美國勞工部的數據，上週美國首次申請失業救濟的人數意外降至七個月以來的最低點。截至11月16日的一週內，共有213,000人申請失業救濟，遠低於經濟學家此前預計的220,000人。這一數據表明，即使上月經歷了極端天氣和罷工，美國勞動力市場依然具有韌性。小分享--練習英文就是製造環境 Home English Speech Contest 12/14th - More speaking practice: 每週實體和線上練習 - More vocabulary: 語言不是侷限在課本的學習! - 統計數據 - 一周4個小時的英文時數可以多到7個小時! - 每年十月份接受報名~ 歡迎參加! -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

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