1) Costco shoppers shifting away from specific item; CFO says it’s indicator of recession.
开市客（Costco）首席财务官说客户对商品的偏好有些变化，这些变化预示着经济衰退。
过去几个月人们购买牛肉牛排变少了，取而代之的是猪肉鸡肉。这种现象在2000年、2008年经济危机时出现过。
Historically, we’ve always seen, like within fresh protein, we’ve always seen when there’s a recession, whether it was ’99, ’00 or ’08, ’09, ’10, we would see some sales penetration shift from beef to poultry and pork.
2） Solar beats coal in Europe for first time – but there’s a glitch.
欧洲太阳能发电量首次超过煤炭，不过这也带来了一点其它问题。
欧洲大力鼓励人们安装使用太阳能，尤其是荷兰。现在的问题是夏天用电少的时候多余的电能储存和并网跟不上，到了冬天人们还得付费使用电力公司的电。
While record solar and wind production have helped drive out coal and gas plants at an impressive rate this year, the EU still has a long way to go to reach its goal of net-zero emissions by 2050.
3) Scientists Successfully Transmit Space-Based Solar Power to Earth for the First Time.
科学家首次成功地将天基太阳能传输至地球。
研究者们能够在太空收集太阳能，之后通过微波传输至地球接收站。这项试验很有意义，因为太空上的太阳能设备可以24小时工作，收集的太阳能可以送至灾害或偏远地区等。
Space-based power collection would be able to operate 24-hours a day—whereas night pauses ground-based solar power collection—and would be to able to beam power to remote or disaster-stricken areas.
4）Covid survivors with depression show signs of brain inflammation, claims study.
研究表明，那些本来患有抑郁症的人得过新冠病毒之后脑部有炎症迹象。
5) BRICS considers expanding 5-nation bloc.
金砖国家考虑扩大五国集团。
金砖国家在南非举行峰会，考虑扩大集团范围。已经有十几个国家表示有意加入。
BRICS, which now consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, is considering expanding its membership, and a growing number of countries have expressed interest in joining.
