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【欢迎订阅】  每天早上5:30，准时更新。  【阅读原文】  标题：Singapore goes after companies over toxic hazeSmog-choked city-state is threatening groups behind land burning in Indonesia正文：Singapore is trying to hold companies to account as it grapples with its worst air pollution in a decade, but the smog-choked city-state is running into the limits of prosecuting cross-border environmental laws.The government has in recent days threatened legal action against 10 businesses, several with deep ties to Singapore, that it says are behind wildfires in neighbouring Indonesia that have produced the haze. It has also raised questions about whether other companies listed on the local bourse may be involved, and has threatened to target company profits,access to financing and standing with investors.知识点：【hold sb to account】 /hoʊld ˈsʌmbədi tu əˈkaʊnt/ phrasal v.英文释义：hold someone to account means to require someone to explain their actions and accept responsibility for them本义为"把某人按在账本前"（account 源自古法语acont、拉丁语 computare，com- 一起+ putare 清点，本义"算账"），问责语境核心义为追究责任、要求某人交代清楚核心搭配：hold politicians to account、be held to account for sth、hold the government to account、call sb to account・Voters expect the media to hold elected officials to account between elections.选民期待媒体在两次选举之间对民选官员进行问责。・The company was held to account for the waste it had dumped into the river.该公司因向河中倾倒废弃物而被追究责任。【节目介绍】  《早安英文-每日外刊精读》，带你精读最新外刊，了解国际最热事件：分析语法结构，拆解长难句，最接地气的翻译，还有重点词汇讲解。  所有选题均来自于《经济学人》《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《华盛顿邮报》《大西洋月刊》《科学杂志》《国家地理》等国际一线外刊。  【适合谁听】  1、关注时事热点新闻，想要学习最新最潮流英文表达的英文学习者  2、任何想通过地道英文提高听、说、读、写能力的英文学习者  3、想快速掌握表达，有出国学习和旅游计划的英语爱好者  4、参加各类英语考试的应试者（如大学英语四六级、托福雅思、考研等）  【你将获得】  1、超过1000篇外刊精读课程，拓展丰富语言表达和文化背景  2、逐词、逐句精确讲解，系统掌握英语词汇、听力、阅读和语法  3、每期内附学习笔记，包含全文注释、长难句解析、疑难语法点等，帮助扫除阅读障碍。