寒假外刊热点研读提升规划1 2022届高中英语复习

2022年寒假高中英语外刊热点研读规划1 【经济学人——2021.7.14】 难度：❤❤❤ “I want to talk about happy things, man!” protested President Joe Biden in early July, when reporters asked him about the imminent withdrawal of the last American forces from Afghanistan, expected some time in the next few weeks. No wonder he wants to change the subject: America has been fighting in Afghanistan for 20 years. It has spent more than $2trn on the war. It has lost thousands of its own troops and seen the death of tens of thousands of Afghans—soldiers and civilians alike. Now America is calling an end to the whole sorry adventure, with almost nothing to show for it. "我想聊点开心的事情，哥们！"7月初，当记者问及最后一批美军即将从阿富汗撤出的问题时，乔·拜登总统抗议道，预计在未来几周内的某个时间。难怪他想转移话题。美国已经在阿富汗战斗了20年。它在这场战争中花费了超过2万亿美元。它已经损失了数千名自己的军队士兵，并经历目睹了数万名阿富汗人的死亡—士兵和平民一样。现在，美国正在呼吁结束整个令人遗憾的冒险，没有得到任何好处。 True, al-Qaeda, which sparked the war by planning the 9/11 attacks from Afghanistan, is no longer much of a force in the cou