Despite scathing reviews, the new Warner Bros superhero film, “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”, took $424m in its opening five days.
Globally, the opening was the fourth biggest ever; its $170m box-office take in America set a record for a March launch.
The film, adapted from DC Comics, cost more than $250m to make.
Scathing: 尖刻的
Box-office：票房
Adapted from：改编自
四. 夏说晨读 2016年4月7日【Thursday】
America’s S&P 500 stock market index ended the first quarter slightly higher than it was at the turn of the year—an outcome that seemed unlikely after a turbulent start to 2016.
Share prices were helped over the line by doveish remarks from Janet Yellen, head of the Federal Reserve.
The dollar fell, as the prospect of an increase in American interest rates receded.
S&P: Standard & Poor’s, 标普指数
Turbulent: 动荡的
Doveish: 鸽派的
Remarks：言论
Recede：退却
五. 夏说晨读 2016年4月8日【Friday】
A leaked phone call between IMF and European officials dealing with Greece highlighted divisions between the country’s international creditors， and infuriated the government in Athens.
According to the transcript, obtained by WikiLeaks, IMF officials said the Fund might pull out of the bail-out to create a crisis that would force Germany to offer debt relief.
Leak: 泄露
Highlight：突出了
Division：分歧
Creditor：债权人
Infuriate：激怒
Transcript：文稿
Bail-out：财政援助
Debt relief：债务减免
正确的晨读复习姿势：首先我会先把单词念一次；其次再把单词组成的句子念一次。你需要做的就是：
1. 听我的单词，看是否能回忆地起它们的意思
2. 听我紧接着单词之后，念出来的句子，然后问自己是否能明白句子的意思。
3. 以上两步都没有问题的，说明本周的晨读你有认真在学习；如果以上两步有问题, 你则需要回到每天的晨读内容，再多复习几次。
这里有个小提示：千万不要平时不打卡，就只听周末的复习版本，因为我的音频只会覆盖一部分的句子。
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