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Good morning, everyone.
大家早上好。
Welcome to another educational and exciting episode of TalkCast, your daily English learning companion.
欢迎收看新一期寓教于乐且精彩纷呈的《TalkCast》，它是您每日英语学习的伴侣。
I am Caleb, and it is wonderful to have you with us this morning.
我是 Caleb，今天早晨能有大家同在真是太棒了。
And morning to you all.
也祝大家早安。
I am Amelia, your co -host.
我是 Amelia，你的联合主持人。
We are broadcasting live on this beautiful morning of September 22nd, 2026.
我们在 2026 年 9 月 22 日这个美好的清晨为您进行现场直播。
Grab your warm drinks, sit back, and let us boost our English vocabulary together.
端起您的热饮，舒适地坐下，让我们一起提升英语词汇量吧。
That is right, Amelia.
一点没错，Amelia。
As always, we have selected some of the most fascinating conversation -starting stories from around
一如既往，我们精选了一些全球最引人入胜、适合开启话题的故事
the globe to help our listeners practice natural English while staying informed.
来自全球各地，帮助我们的听众在及时获取资讯的同时练习地道的英语。
We definitely do.
我们确实如此。
So, Caleb, what are the headlines making waves on our radar today?
那么，Caleb，今天有哪些引发关注的头条新闻进入了我们的视野？
Well, we start with a very important warning from the presidents of top universities about how
好的，我们首先来看顶尖大学校长发出的一个非常重要的警告，关于
artificial intelligence might be changing the way students think.
人工智能可能会如何改变学生的思考方式。
Then we dive into the science of weight loss, exploring why cross -dieting actually backfires, and
然后我们将深入探讨减肥的科学，探索 为什么交叉节食实际上会适得其反，以及
why a popular weight loss drug is facing major lawsuits.
为什么一种流行的减肥药正面临重大的诉讼。
Oh, that sounds highly relevant for anyone trying to stay healthy.
噢，这对于任何想要保持健康的人来说都非常相关。
And what else?
还有其他内容吗？
Later, we will look at a strict new campus policy that connects smoking to student tuition waivers,
稍后，我们将关注一项严格的新校园政策，该政策将吸烟与学生学费减免挂钩，
and wrap up with two hilarious social media trends, the reality check facing young factory heirs
最后将以两个爆笑的社交媒体趋势结尾：年轻的工厂继承人面临的现实考验，
online, and a debate over whether a television grandfather can be too handsome.
以及网络上关于电视里的爷爷是否可能太帅的辩论。
Too handsome to be a grandfather?
太帅气而不敢相信是当爷爷的人？
Now that is a problem I would not mind having.
这倒是个我不介意拥有的烦恼。
I cannot wait to get to that one.
我迫不及待想要聊聊那一条了。
But first, let us talk about AI and education.
不过首先，让我们聊聊人工智能与教育。
Yes, as the new academic semester begins, the presidents of prestigious institutions like Peking
是的，随着新学期的开始，像北京大学这样声名显赫的高校校长
University and Food on University have delivered some very serious opening speeches.
和复旦大学的校长们发表了一些非常严肃的开学演讲。
Instead of just welcoming freshmen, they raised a collective alarm about students relying too
他们不仅是欢迎新生 ，还对学生过度依赖
heavily on artificial intelligence. Really?
严重依赖人工智能发出了集体警报。真的吗？
I thought universities loved technology.
我以为大学很喜欢技术呢。
What exactly are they worried about?
他们究竟在担忧什么？
They are worried about a few specific concepts, and the big terms they used are cognitive
他们对几个具体概念感到担忧，他们使用的大词包括认知
offloading, thinking outsourcing, and fake mastery.
卸载、思维外包以及伪掌握。
Whoa, Caleb, let me stop you right there.
哇，Caleb，让我在这里打断你一下。
Cognitive offloading and thinking outsourcing.
认知卸载和思维外包。
Those sound like very fancy academic terms.
听起来像是一些非常高深的学术术语。
Could you explain what they actually mean in plain English?
你能用通俗易懂的语言解释一下它们到底是什么意思吗？
Of course.
当然可以。
Let's use a simple metaphor.
让我们用一个简单的比喻。
Imagine you have a robot that can carry your heavy backpack everywhere.
想象一下，你有一个机器人可以随时随地帮背沉重的背包。
If you let the robot carry it every day, your own muscles never get any exercise, and eventually
如果你每天都让机器人来背，你自己的肌肉就永远得不到锻炼，最终
they grow weak.
它们就会变得虚弱。
Cognitive offloading is the mental version of that.
认知卸载就是这一现象在思想层面的版本。
It means letting an AI do all the heavy lifting for your mind, like writing essays, solving math
这意味着让人工智能承担你大脑所有的重活，比如写文章、解数学
problems, or summarizing books.
题，或者总结书籍。
Ah, I get it now.
啊，我现在明白了。
If we let the AI do all the writing and researching, our own brain muscles get lazy.
如果我们让人工智能完成所有的写作和研究，我们自己的大脑肌肉就会偷懒。
We outsource our thinking to the computer. Exactly.
我们将思考外包给了电脑。一点没错。
And that leads to fake mastery.
而这会导致假性掌握。
Because the AI can generate a perfect answer in five seconds, you might feel like you understand the
因为 AI 可以在五秒钟内生成一个完美的答案，你可能会觉得你自己理解了
topic deeply, but you actually do not.
对话题理解得很深入，但实际上你并没有。
You didn't go through the struggle of learning.
你并没有经历学习的艰辛过程。
That is a very scary thought.
那是一个非常可怕的想法。
It's like looking at a picture of someone else running a marathon and believing that you are fit
这就像看着别人跑马拉松的照片，就以为自己也很健康
because of it.
因为它。
So what are these university presidents suggesting students do?
那么这些大学校长建议学生怎么做呢？
They are urging students to treat AI as a helpful assistant, not as a replacement for their own minds.
他们正在敦促学生将人工智能视为有用的助手，而不是替代他们自己的思考。
They want students to protect their critical thinking, ask deep questions, and embrace the slow,
他们希望学生保护自己的批判性思维，提出深入的问题，并拥抱缓慢的、
sometimes painful process of independent thought.
有时甚至痛苦的独立思考过程。
That is wonderful advice.
那是绝妙的建议。
Struggle is where the real learning happens.
挣扎才是真正的学习发生的地方。
Speaking of struggling, let us transition to another topic where many people experience a lot of struggle.
说到挣扎，让我们过渡到许多人都会经历大量挣扎的另一个话题。
Dieting and weight loss.
节食和减肥。
A perfect transition, Amelia.
一个完美的过渡，阿米莉亚。
Many people believe that losing weight is simply a matter of willpower.
许多人认为减肥仅仅是意志力的问题。
If you want to lose weight, you just stop eating, right?
如果你想减轻体重，少吃就行了，对吧？
But nutritionists and doctors are now explaining that biology is much more complicated than that.
但营养学家和医生现在解释说，生物学机制远比这复杂得多。
In fact, they say that the harder you diet, the hungrier you get.
事实上，他们说你节食越狠，就会变得更饿。
And it's not because you have weak willpower. Really?
这并不是因为你的意志力薄弱。真的吗？
That makes me feel so much better about my late night snack cravings.
这让我对夜宵的渴望感到好受多了。
Why does our body do that to us?
为什么我们的身体要这样对待我们？
It's all about survival.
这一切都是为了生存。
When you suddenly cut down on food, your body doesn't know you're trying to fit into a nice outfit.
当你突然减少食物摄入时，你的身体并不知道你只是想穿下一件好看的服装。
It thinks you are in a famine, stuck in the wild with no food.
它以为你正处于饥荒之中，困在野外没有食物。
To protect you, your brain goes into survival mode.
为了保护你，你的大脑进入了生存模式。
It drops the level of leptin, which is the hormone that makes you feel full, and spikes the level of
它会降低瘦素的水平——这是让你产生饱腹感的一种激素，同时激增
ghrelin, the hormone that makes you hungry.
胃饥饿素（一种让你产生饥饿感的激素）的水平。
So our bodies are actively working against our diets.
所以我们的身体是在主动对抗我们的节食。
It's like a fire alarm going off inside us, screaming, eat some cake before you starve. Exactly.
这就像我们体内响起的火灾警报，尖叫着“趁你还没饿死快吃点蛋糕吧”。一点没错。
Your brain is trying to save your life.
你的大脑正试图挽救你的生命。
Because of this physiological trap, many people turn to medical help, which brings us to a major
正是由于这种生理上的陷阱，许多人转向医疗寻求帮助，这就带我们来到了一个重大的
global story.
全球新闻。
Dozens of patients in the United States are currently filing lawsuits against the manufacturers of
美国数十名患者目前正发起诉讼，起诉生产
the famous weight loss drug semaglutide. Semaglutide?
著名的减肥药司美格鲁肽的制造商。司美格鲁肽？
I have heard that name everywhere online.
我在网上到处都能听到这个名字。
Is that the drug that makes you lose appetite? Yes.
那就是让人丧失食欲的药物吗？是的。
It is the active ingredient in very famous weight loss and diabetes medications.
它是非常著名的减肥药和糖尿病药物中的活性成分。
It mimics gut hormones to make you feel full for a very long time.
它模仿肠道激素，让你在很长一段时间内感到饱腹。
However, these new lawsuits claim that the drug has severe, unlisted side effects, such as gastroparesis. Gastroparesis?
然而，这些新的诉讼声称该药有严重的、未列出的副作用，例如胃轻瘫。胃轻瘫？
That is another big medical word.
那是另一个复杂的医学词汇。
What does that mean for the patients?
这对患者意味着什么？
In simple terms, gastroparesis is stomach paralysis.
简单来说，胃轻瘫就是胃部瘫痪。
It means the muscles in the stomach stop working, so the stomach cannot empty itself of food normally.
这意味着胃部的肌肉停止工作，因此胃无法正常排空食物。
Patients who suffer from this experience chronic vomiting, severe pain, and sometimes need surgery
遭受这种折磨的患者会出现慢性的呕吐、剧烈疼痛，有时甚至需要手术
because their food just sits in their stomach for days.
因为他们的食物会在胃里积存好几天。
Oh, that sounds absolutely horrific.
哦，那听起来绝对太恐怖了。
So in trying to suppress their appetite, they ended up damaging their digestive system permanently.
所以为了抑制食欲，他们最终永久性地损害了自己的消化系统。
It really shows that there is no magical, risk -free shortcut to health. Indeed.
这真正表明，健康没有神奇且无风险的捷径。确实如此。
Real health requires a balance of nutrition, movement, and patience.
真正的健康需要营养、运动和耐心的平衡。
Now, let us move from health choices to a university that is taking a very active and controversial
现在，让我们从健康选择转向一所正在采取非常积极且有争议的
role in guiding student health.
在指导学生健康方面的作用。
Oh, which university is this and what did they do?
哦，这是哪所大学，他们做了什么？
Sichuan University recently published its tuition waiver notification for the upcoming academic year.
四川大学最近发布了下一学年的学费减免通知。
In the document, they made a very clear, bold statement.
在文件中，他们做出了非常明确而强硬的声明。
Any undergraduate student who has consumer -type bad habits specifically listing smoking will have
任何有消费型不良习惯（特别是列出吸烟）的本科生将
their tuition waiver eligibility canceled. Wow.
被取消学费减免资格。哇。
So if you smoke, you do not get your tuition fees waived?
所以如果你吸烟，就不能获得学费减免？
That is a very direct financial punishment for a personal habit.
对于个人习惯来说，这是一种非常直接的经济惩罚。
It is.
确实是这样。
The university explained that tuition waivers are a form of financial aid meant to support students
学校解释说，学费减免是一种经济资助，旨在支持学生
who have genuine financial difficulties.
那些有真正的经济困难的人。
Their logic is, if you have enough money to buy cigarettes regularly, which is an expensive and
他们的逻辑是，如果你有足够的钱经常买烟，而吸烟又是一种昂贵且
unhealthy hobbit, then you do not need financial assistance from the school to pay for your education.
不健康的习惯，那么你就不需要学校的经济资助来支付教育费用。
Honestly, that logic actually makes a lot of sense.
坦白说，那个逻辑其实非常有道理。
Cigarettes are not cheap, and if a student is claiming they cannot afford tuition, but they are
香烟并不便宜，如果一个学生声称自己负担不起学费，但他们却
spending money on smoking, it is a bit of a contradiction.
花钱吸烟，这多少有点矛盾。
But has this cost a debate?
但这是否引发了争议？
It certainly has.
确实如此。
Some people applaud the university for encouraging a healthy, smoke -free campus and making sure
有些人赞赏学校倡导健康、无烟的校园环境，并确保
financial aid goes to those who truly need it.
资助资金发放给那些真正需要的人。
Others, however, argue that a student's personal lifestyle choices, as long as they are legal,
然而，其他人认为，只要学生的个人生活方式选择是合法的，
should not affect their academic rights or financial aid.
就不应该影响他们的学术权利或资助。
It is a fascinating debate.
这是一场耐人寻味的辩论。
It really forces us to ask, should universities act like parents, or should they just stick to education?
这确实迫使我们思考，大学应该像父母一样管理，还是应该仅仅专注于教育？
I would love to hear what our listeners think about that.
我很想听听我们的听众对这件事的看法。
We will definitely ask them later.
我们稍后一定会问问他们。
But first, let us lighten the mood and talk about some social media trends that have been keeping
但首先，让我们放松一下心情，谈谈一些最近一直保持着
people entertained and thinking lately.
让人们感到有趣并陷入思考的社交媒体趋势。
Yes, let's start with the factory ears, or as they are called in Chinese, chang 'er dai.
是的，让我们从“厂二代”（或中文里的“厂二代”）说起。
What is happening with them?
他们身上发生了什么？
Well, for the past year, many young people who are set to inherit their families' manufacturing
好吧，在过去的一年里，许多即将继承家族制造
factories have become very popular on short video platforms.
工厂的年轻人短视频平台上变得非常受欢迎。
They post vlogs about running the factory, inspecting workshops, and showing off their wealthy,
他们发布关于经营工厂、视察车间以及展示他们富有、
hardworking lifestyles.
勤奋的生活方式的日常短视频。
But recently, the internet has turned on them. Really?
但最近，网络舆论开始反转针对他们了。真的吗？
Why are people suddenly unhappy with them?
为什么人们突然对他们不满意了？
Were they not just sharing their daily lives?
他们不只是在分享自己的日常生活吗？
They were, but viewers started looking past the beautiful aesthetic filters and asking real -world questions.
是的，但观众开始透过精美的唯美滤镜，提出现实世界的问题。
Now, if you look at the comments section of these factory ears, you'll see hundreds of comments
现在，如果你看看这些“厂二代”视频的评论区，会看到成百上千条评论
asking, Do you pay your workers' social security?
询问：“你们给工人交社会保险（社保）吗？”
Do they get overtime pay?
他们有加班费吗？
Do they get weekends off?
他们周末能休息吗？
Ah, the internet is giving them a massive reality check.
啊，互联网正在给他们施加一次巨大的现实冲击。
It is easy to look cool and business -minded in a 60 -second video, but the audience wants to know if
在60秒的视频里展现出帅气和商业头脑很容易，但观众想知道
the actual workers are being treated fairly.
真正的工人是否得到了公平地对待。
It's like the viewers are saying, don't show us your shiny office.
就像观众在说，别向我们展示你光鲜的办公室。
Show us your employees' benefits. Exactly.
向我们展示你员工的福利吧。确实如此。
The glamour of being a young boss is fading under the spotlight of social justice and labor rights.
年轻老板的光环在社会正义和劳动权力的聚光灯下正在褪去。
It is a very interesting shift in what audiences nail you online.
这反映了网民关注点一个非常有趣的转变。
It absolutely is.
绝对是的。
Now, Caleb, what is this hilarious story about a television grandfather being too handsome?
那么，凯勒布，这个关于电视剧里的爷爷长得太帅的搞笑故事是怎么回事？
I need to know.
我需要了解一下。
This is a trend surrounding a very popular historical drama called Lanchang Rugu.
这是围绕一部名为《兰厂如故》的热播古装剧引发的热潮。
An elegant 66 -year -old veteran actor was cast to play the role of the grandfather.
一位66岁高龄、气质优雅的资深演员被选中饰演爷爷一角。
He wears traditional robes, has beautifully groomed hair, and carries himself with incredible grace.
他身穿传统长袍，头发打理得非常整洁，举手投足间尽显非凡风度。
The viewers are actually complaining.
观众们实际上正在吐槽。
Complaining because he is too good -looking?
吐槽是因为他长得太帅了吗？
Why on earth would that be a problem?
这到底为什么会是个问题呢？
Because they say they cannot focus on the story.
因为他们说自己无法集中注意力看剧情了。
Whenever the grandfather is on screen, viewers are so distracted by his regal appearance and charm
每当爷爷出现在荧幕上，观众都会被他高贵的外表和魅力深深吸引而分心，
that they completely forget to pay attention to the actual plot of the drama.
以至于完全忘了去关注这部剧的实际情节。
The internet is flooded with memes saying, please do not pass such beautiful actors as grandfathers.
网上到处都是梗，写着：请不要让这么帅的演员演爷爷了。
We are losing our minds.
我们都要失去理智了。
That is hilarious.
那太搞笑了。
Usually actors get criticized for not being good -looking enough, but this gentleman is literally too
通常演员会因为不够好看而受到批评，但这位绅士却完全是太
handsome for his character.
帅气而不太符合他的角色设定了。
I guess some people just age like fine wine, and the audience simply cannot handle the sophistication.
我想有些人确实像陈年美酒一样越老越有味道，而观众根本抵挡不住这种成熟韵味。
It is a very lighthearted and sweet debate to end our news segment today.
作为我们今天新闻板块的结尾，这是一个非常轻松又温馨的讨论。
It certainly is.
确实是的。
What a fantastic mix of deep and entertaining stories we had today, Caleb.
凯勒布，我们今天分享的深度故事与有趣故事的结合真是太棒了。
Yes, from the dangers of mental laziness with AI, to the physical struggles of dieting and health,
是的，从过度依赖人工智能带来的思维惰性隐患，到节食与健康方面的身体挣扎，
all the way to the social realities of our digital world.
再到我们数字世界的社会现实。
And with that, we come to the end of our news segment for this morning of September 22, 2026.
至此，我们2026年9月22日早晨的新闻板块就全部结束了。
But before we say goodbye, we have an exciting question for our wonderful community of English
但在道别之前，我们为我们出色的英语学习群体准备了一 个有趣的问题
learners today.
今天的学习者们。
What do you think about Sichuan University's policy?
你对四川大学的这项政策怎么看？
Should universities have the right to cancel tuition waivers for students who choose to smoke?
大学是否有权取消吸烟学生的学费减免资格？
Or is that crossing a line into their personal lives?
或者说这是在越界干涉他们的个人生活？
Please write down your thoughts and practice your English writing in the comments section below.
请在下方评论区写下您的想法并练习英语写作。
You can also read other listeners' answers to see different perspectives.
您也可以阅读其他听众的回答，了解不同的视角。
It is a fantastic way to learn and discuss.
这是学习和讨论的一种绝佳方式。
And remember, we are a listener -supported podcast.
同时请记住，我们是一档由听众支持的播客节目。
If you enjoy our daily news digests and want to support our educational mission, please consider
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subscribing, sharing TalkCast with your friends, or joining our TalkCast membership program.
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叫做 TalkCast。
Thank you so much for spending your morning with us.
非常感谢您与我们共度晨间时光。
Stay healthy, keep your brain active, and we will see you tomorrow.
保持健康，保持大脑活跃，我们明天见。
Have a wonderful day, everyone. Goodbye.
祝大家度过美好的一天，再见。
Goodbye, everyone.
再见，大家。
