多行星物種
Earlier this year, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced on his personal Twitter page that Space X’s Starship mission to Mars will be realized in our lifetime.
今年稍早，特斯拉和SpaceX執行長伊隆．馬斯克在他的個人推特頁面宣布，SpaceX前往火星的星艦任務將會在我們的有生之年實現。
CEO 執行長=Chief Executive Officerrealize (v.)瞭解,實現
The tweet also included a video showing a simulation of the moment Starship launches from Earth till it lands on Mars, with the last few frames showing astronauts looking at a lit-up base on Mars.
那則推特也包含一個影片，內容是星艦從地球發射後到登入火星期間的模擬，最後幾個鏡頭是太空人看著火星上燈火通明的基地。
tweet (n.)(小鳥的)啾啾叫,推特發文 (v.)在推特發文simulation (n.)模擬；flight simulation 飛行模擬launch (v.)(火箭或太空船)發射升空land (v.)落地,著陸frame (n.)畫面,鏡頭astronaut (n.)太空人
The billionaire once claimed that SpaceX will land the first humans on Mars by 2024, in the hope of establishing a self-sustaining city on Mars.
這名億萬富翁曾經宣稱，SpaceX將在2024年前將第一批人類送往火星，希望能在火星上建立自給自足的城市。
billion (n.)十億；billionaire (n.)億萬富翁million (n.)百萬；millionaire (n.)百萬富翁by+時間點=no later than+時間點establish (v.)創立,建立sustain (v.)維持,支撐
Elon Musk has always been a firm believer that humans will someday become a multiplanetary species.
伊隆．馬斯克堅信人類總有一天會成為多行星物種。
firm (adj.)堅固的,堅定的,堅決的multiplanetary (adj.)多行星的species (n.)物種
One of his biggest goals is to colonize the red planet and make it more habitable for humans.
他最大的目標之一就是要殖民火星，並把它變得更適合人類居住。
colonize (v.)殖民habitable (adj.)適合居住的
He even came up with the idea of nuking the planet to vaporize its ice caps and raise the temperature.
他甚至想出用核彈炸火星的點子，以讓火星的冰帽蒸發並提高溫度。
nuke (n.)核武 (v.)用核武轟炸vapor (n.)蒸氣；vaporize (v.)使蒸發
However, Musk’s Mars dreams do not come without criticism.
然而，也有人批評馬斯克的火星夢。
criticism (n.)批判,批評；constructive criticism 建設性的批評
For example, someone replied to his tweet by asking, “How about spending some of that money on fixing up this planet before we move on to another one?”
例如，有人在他那篇推特問說：「在我們搬去另外一個星球前，何不將部分的錢花在整治這個星球上呢？」
fix up 修理,修補,改換