夏說英文晨讀 (關注教書匠小夏 公眾號同步更新)人類首個“萬億富豪”即將誕生!1萬億美元是什麼概念?| E0610(朗讀版)
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▍原文 Elon Muskis poised tobecome the world’s firsttrillionaire.Musk already owns $273 billion in stock andoptionsthanks tohis role as Tesla CEO. But if theinitial public offeringof SpaceX—his rocket and artificial intelligence company—goes as plannedon Friday, he could soon be worth an additional $841 billion.If one were to spend$1 million every hour every day, it would still take more than a century to spend $1 trillion. ▍語言點 1. be poised to do something(本文)離結果只差最后一步;準備好了、蓄勢待發 2. trillionaire /trɪljəˈner/ n. 億萬富翁 由trillion(萬億)+ aire(富人)構成 3. thanks to 由於;多虧 4. option /ˈɒpʃən/(本文)n. 期權(一種在未來以特定價格買入或賣出股票的權利) 5. initial public offering (IPO) 首次公開募股,上市 6. go as planned 某事按計劃進行,進展順利 7. If one were to do something 假設某人做某事(虛擬語氣,描述極小概率或現實中幾乎不可能發生的事) 搜索【友鄰優課】微信小程序,收聽晨讀即可領取:《晨讀短文100篇電子資料》 關注公眾...