英语新闻听写 富人的游戏?贝佐斯投巨资建造万年钟

Jeff Bezos is best known for sitting at the helm of Amazon.

杰夫·贝佐斯因执掌亚马逊而广为人知。

The e-commerce giant is slowly but surely establishing full control over the entire world.

作为电商巨头，它正在掌控全球市场的步伐中前进，虽然速度缓慢但志在必得。

In a few millennia¹, though, we may know Bezos for something else: his role in building a 10,000-year clock.

而几千年后，贝佐斯可能以其他事情著称：他在建造万年钟中所起的作用。

The executive has invested $42 million in this project.

他已经在这个项目中投资了4200万美元。

It's now being built inside a mountain in West Texas.

现在正在德克萨斯州西部的山中建造它。

Standing² 500 feet tall and deriving³ its power from the Earth's thermal⁴ cycles,

该钟高500英尺，以地球的热循环为动力，

Bezos said in a tweet the 10 millenium clock is meant as a "symbol for long-term thinking."

贝佐斯发布推文称万年钟是“长期思考的象征”。

Installation of the impressive piece of hardware has only just begun.

令人赞叹的硬件安装才刚刚开始。

But the concept is actually quite well-established.

但该概念实际上由来已久。

In fact, the project was initially⁵ conceptualized nearly three decades ago.

事实上，该项目在近30年前就已初步概念化了。

1 millennia   

n.一千年，千禧年

参考例句：

• For two millennia, exogamy was a major transgression for Jews. 两千年来，异族通婚一直是犹太人的一大禁忌。
• In the course of millennia, the dinosaurs died out. 在几千年的时间里，恐龙逐渐死绝了。

2 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

3 deriving   

v.得到( derive的现在分词 )；（从…中）得到获得；源于；（从…中）提取

参考例句：

• I anticipate deriving much instruction from the lecture. 我期望从这演讲中获得很多教益。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He anticipated his deriving much instruction from the lecture. 他期望从这次演讲中得到很多教益。 来自辞典例句

4 thermal   

adj.热的，由热造成的；保暖的

参考例句：

• They will build another thermal power station.他们要另外建一座热能发电站。
• Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。

5 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。