A high-speed train collision in Spain killed 68 people. Putin called Musk a genius. “Zhang Chaoyang’s English Lesson” express global hot topics

At 12:30 on October 29, the new issue of “Zhang Chaoyang’s English Class” was launched on time on the Sohu video follower stream. Zhang Chaoyang, founder, chairman and CEO of Sohu, selected three foreign media reports on the Spanish high-speed train collision, Putin’s comments on Musk, and the United States’ adjustment of the regulatory policy on peptide substances. He shared international news in both Chinese and English, allowing the audience to understand the whole story of the news while sorting out and explaining the authentic English expressions in the original texts.

Recently, a high-speed train crash occurred in central Spain, killing at least 68 people and injuring dozens more (A high-speed train crash has killed at least 68 people and injured dozens more in central Spain). Zhang Chaoyang shared an English report of this major traffic safety incident, which occurred on Wednesday morning when a train from Madrid to Seville slammed into another train that was parked on the tracks. The impact caused several carriages to fall down the embankment.

Spain’s Minister of Transport stated that the accident occurred due to human error caused by a computer failure. It was one of the worst accidents in modern European history and Spain’s deadliest train disaster in 13 years.

The second English report shared by Zhang Chaoyang focused on the interaction between Russia and the United States in the aerospace field. Recently, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow that Musk is a “real genius” and that Russia is maintaining close contact with the United States on satellite technology, including the Starlink project of Musk’s SpaceX.

According to reports, Putin said that the core purpose of the communication between the two parties is to prevent Russia’s “Dawn” satellite internet project and Starlink from interfering with each other in orbit. At present, Starlink has launched about 13,000 satellites, and the Russian project only has dozens of satellites in orbit and is still in its infancy.

This course also explains a pharmaceutical regulatory trend. U.S. Surgeon General John F. Kennedy Jr. announced plans to relax controls and allow compounding pharmacies to prepare six peptides that have not been officially approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Zhang Chaoyang cited reports that peptides are short-chain amino acids that can be naturally secreted by the human body and play a role in regulating immunity and hormones. In recent years, this type of substance has become popular on social platforms and has been promoted by Internet celebrities as a “shortcut” to anti-aging, building muscle, and losing weight. It is especially popular among teenagers. Experts have warned of their lack of clinical trials for humans and unknown long-term effects.

During the live broadcast, Zhang Chaoyang analyzed key English words based on the news content, including high-speed train crash, embankment, human error, negligence, satellite technology, satellite internet, orbit, compounding pharmacy, clinical trial, etc.

“Zhang Chaoyang’s English Class” is broadcast every Monday to Thursday at 12:30 noon on the Sohu Video Follower stream. It not only learns English, but also simultaneously understands the latest global events and broadens international horizons. Pay attention to the daily update of “Zhang Chaoyang’s English Class” live broadcast slices and vocabulary summaries in the stream, and the Chinese edited version will be online through “Zhishi Video”.