VOA慢速英语:Alibaba Buys South China Morning Post

newspaper – n. a set of large sheets of paper that have news stories, information about local events, advertisements, etc., and that are folded together and sold every day or every week

accurate – adj.  free from mistakes or errors

negative – adj. harmful or bad : not wanted

outlay – n. an amount of money that is spent

stance – n. a publicly stated opinion — usually singular

frayed – v. to cause (a cloth or other material) to become worn down at the end or edge : to separate the threads of (a material)

depleted – v.  to use most or all of (something important) : to greatly reduce the amount of (something)

obscene – adj. very offensive in usually a shocking way

subversive – adj. secretly trying to ruin or destroy a government, political system, etc.

intolerant – adj.  not willing to allow some people to have equality, freedom, or other social rights

outsize – adj. very large in size