外刊精讲 | 马斯克的“星链”到底有什么用？为什么一打仗，全世界都在抢它？

【欢迎订阅】  每天早上5:30，准时更新。  【阅读原文】  标题：US has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine, Middle East, sources say正文：Well before the throttling this month of Ukraine's military access to Elon Musk's satellite communications system, the Biden and Trump administrations had several times asked SpaceX to turn its Starlink service on or off in various countries, according to six former senior US officials familiar with the matter. During the presidency of Joe Biden, the requests included switching off the service to prevent Iranian proxy militias in Yemen and Lebanon from using Starlink to communicate, and activating the service to provide internet access inside Iran and in Ukraine to support its military.知识点：【throttle】 /ˈθrɒtl/ v. & n.英文释义：throttle (v.) means to deliberately restrict the flow, speed or volume of something; literally, to press on someone's throat so they cannot breathe本义为“掐住咽喉使窒息”（名词throttle 出自throat，本义就是喉咙；动词化后引申为“像掐脖子那样收紧”），网络与工程语境核心义为掐慢、限流、节流核心搭配：throttle back、throttle the connection、throttle bandwidth、at full throttle、a throttled service・The operator began throttling the connection for users who passed their monthly cap.运营商开始对超过月度上限的用户限速。【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。