年度風雲人物馬斯克
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has posed on the cover of Time Magazine for 2021 Person of the Year.
特斯拉執行長馬斯克登上美國《時代雜誌》封面成為2021年度風雲人物。
pose(v.)擺姿勢
With a net worth of more than $250 billion, the 50-year-old entrepreneur is the world’s richest man.
今年50歲的馬斯克作為全球首富，身價超過2,500億美元。
worth(n.)價值entrepreneur(n.)企業家
Elon Musk is the founder and CEO of SpaceX.
馬斯克是太空探索科技公司創辦人兼執行長，
found(v.)創立;成立
The aerospace company sent the first privately-developed rocket into orbit in 2018.
這家航太公司於2018年發射了第一個私人開發的火箭。
privately(adv.)私人地send sth. into orbit=將…發射至太空
He also leads Neuralink, a brain-interface technology company whose goal for 2022 is to start implanting its microchips in humans.
他也同時領導大腦晶片公司「Neuralink」，這家公司2022年的目標是開始在人類大腦內植入晶片。
lead(v.)帶領;領導implant(v.)(n.)植入;移植
The magazine describes Elon Musk as “a player in robots and solar, cryptocurrency and climate, brain-computer implants to stave off the menace of artificial intelligence and underground tunnels to move people and freight at super speeds.”
《時代雜誌》雜誌形容馬斯克「是涉獵多個領域的玩家，包括機械人、太陽能、加密貨幣與氣候，突破人工智慧的界線在人腦內植入晶片，並且為了高速運送乘客與貨物而建設地下隧道」。
describe… as…=把…形容作…stave off=抵擋;擊退menace(n.)威脅;危險的事物
With a flick of the zillionaire’s finger, the stock market soars or swoons.
這位巨擘彈指之間即能撼動股市。
flick(n.)輕彈;輕拍zillion(n.)無限大的數目soar(v.)驟升swoon(v.)下跌
He has 66 million followers on Twitter, and there is an army of followers that hangs on every single word he says.
他更擁有6,600萬名推特粉絲，所說的每句話都被大批信徒奉為圭臬。
hang on=注意聽;密切關注