英语新闻听写 贝佐斯称亚马逊注定要倒闭

Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in 1994.

杰夫·贝佐斯在1994年创立了亚马逊。

The tech behemoth is currently the most valuable company in the world this week.

这周，这家科技巨头是世界上最有价值的公司。

It has made him the richest man in modern history.

这让他成为现代史上最富有的人。

But Business Insider reports that the billionaire seems convinced that Amazon is doomed¹ to die.

但据“Business Insider”报道，这位亿万富翁似乎确信亚马逊注定要消亡。

Bezos has talked about the firm's inevitable² demise³ three times over the past five years.

贝佐斯在过去的五年里曾三次谈到该公司必然会倒闭。

The statements are strikingly unusual for a CEO of a major company.

对于一家大公司的CEO来说，这一言论是非同寻常的。

Senior executives are normally unflinchingly positive about their firm's prospects⁴.

高管们通常十分看好他们公司的前景。

It's as if a fear of failure, and talking about that fear of failure, propels Bezos on.

似乎正是对失败的恐惧以及谈论这一失败的恐惧，才促使贝佐斯不断向前的。

1 doomed   

命定的

参考例句：

• The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。
• A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。

2 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

3 demise   

n.死亡；v.让渡，遗赠，转让

参考例句：

• He praised the union's aims but predicted its early demise.他赞扬协会的目标，但预期这一协会很快会消亡。
• The war brought about the industry's sudden demise.战争道致这个行业就这么突然垮了。

4 prospects   

n.希望，前途(恒为复数)

参考例句：

• There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
• They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。