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Bill Gates suggested that long-term investors should avoid “Big Oil.”
比爾蓋茲建議長期投資人應該要避開「石油巨頭」股。
Big Oil石油巨頭=supermajor或super major
During a briefing at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, the Microsoft founder said that Big Oil companies will be worth very little in 30 years as the world transitions from fossil fuels to less-polluting green energy sources.
微軟創辦人比爾蓋茲日前在蘇格蘭格拉斯哥舉行的「COP26氣候峰會」記者會上表示，隨著世界淘汰化石燃料，改採較少污染的綠色能源，大型石油公司在 30年內「將變得一文不值」。
briefing(n.)簡報會;記者會=press conferencesummit(n.)高峰會談transition(n.)(v.)轉變、過渡fossil(n.)化石fossil fuels化石燃料eco-friendly(adj.)環保的;對環境友善的
Oil companies such as BP, Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell have all seen their stock prices fall over the past five years.
英國石油公司（BP）、埃克森美孚和荷蘭皇家殼牌等石油公司的股價在過去五年中都出現了下跌。
see(v.)經歷=witnesss
Major oil and gas companies also suffered huge losses during the COVID-19 pandemic as demand for oil shrank.
在新冠疫情期間，由於石油需求萎縮，就連大型石油天然氣公司也遭受巨大損失。
shrink(v.)(使)縮小、(使)變小(shrink-shrank-shrunk)
Exxon Mobil, the biggest oil and gas producer in America, lost $20 billion in 2020.
美國最大的石油和天然氣生產商埃克森美孚在2020年就虧損了200億美元。
lose-lost-lost損失;虧損
Gates said that he sees a role for oil giants in the shift to clean energy, citing low-carbon hydrogen as an example.
蓋茨表示，他認為石油巨頭可在能源轉型過程中發揮作用，如低碳氫能開發。
shift(n.)轉換;過渡=transitioncite…as an example以…為例hydrogen(n.)氫
Yet, he does not think all of them will stand a chance of surviving, except for those that have diversified into renewables.
然而，他認為除了那些已朝向再生能源發展的企業外，並非所有石油巨頭都有倖存的機會。
stand a chance of…有可能;有機會;有希望…survive(v.)倖存;存活except (for)…除了…之外diversify(v.)多角化經營renewable(adj.)(n.)(能源)可再生的、再生能源renewable energy可再生能源
Gates has been a vocal proponent of investing in sustainable energy and green technologies.
蓋茨一直是投資永續能源和綠色能源技術的堅定支持者。
vocal(adj.)喜歡暢所欲言的;直言不諱的proponent(n.) 提倡者;宣導者=supporter=advocatesustainable(adj.)(環境上)可永續的
In his latest book “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster,” the tech mogul revealed that he sold all of his direct holdings in oil and gas companies and that the trust that manages the Gates Foundation’s funding has also done the same.
這位科技大亨在他的新書《如何避免氣候災難》中透露，他出售了所有直接持有的石油和天然氣公司持股，同時管理蓋茨基金會資金的信託也這麼做。
mogul(n.)大人物;權貴;巨頭media mogul傳媒巨頭holding(n.)私人股份trust(n.)信託基金機構funding(n.)資助;資金提供