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The Secret Group of Scientists and Billionaires Pushing a Manhattan Project for Covid-19
新冠疫情的「曼哈頓計劃」:科學家和億萬富翁聯手的秘密抗疫戰
🗽A dozen of America’s top scientists and a collection of billionaires and industry titans say they have the answer to the coronavirus pandemic, and they found a backdoor to deliver their plan to the White House.
十多位美國頂尖科學家、一群億萬富翁和產業巨頭說,他們擁有針對冠狀病毒大流行的解決方案,還透過私下途徑,將方案轉達給了白宮。
-billionaire 億萬富翁
-titan 巨人;巨頭
-backdoor 後門的;祕密的
🧪The eclectic group is led by a 33-year-old physician-turned-venture capitalist, Tom Cahill, who lives far from the public eye in a one-bedroom rental near Boston’s Fenway Park. He owns just one suit, but he has enough lofty connections to influence government decisions in the war against Covid-19.
這個成員非常多元的小組由33歲的卡希爾(Tom Cahill)領導。卡希爾是從醫生轉行的風險投資家,住在波士頓芬威球場(Fenway Park)附近一間只有一房的出租套房裡。雖然他只有一套正式服裝,但他擁有許多有力人脈來影響政府抗擊新冠肺炎的決策。
-eclectic 折衷的;兼容並蓄的
-venture 冒險事業,投機活動;企業
-lofty 極高的;高尚的
🌡These scientists and their backers describe their work as a lockdown-era Manhattan Project, a nod to the World War II group of scientists who helped develop the atomic bomb. This time around, the scientists are marshaling brains and money to distill unorthodox ideas gleaned from around the globe.
這些科學家及其支持者將他們的工作描述為封鎖時代的曼哈頓計劃,以表達對二戰時期協助開發原子彈的科學家之敬意。這次,科學家們利用知識和金錢,從來自全球的非常規想法中去蕪存菁。
-marshal 安排;整理;引領
-distill 蒸餾;精鍊
-unorthodox 非正統的;非常規的
-gleaned 搜集(消息、材料);拾(落穗)
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❓Quiz: Some America’s top scientists and a collection of ______ and industry ______ say they have the answer to the coronavirus pandemic.
有些美國頂尖科學家跟一群億萬富翁和產業巨頭說,他們擁有針對冠狀病毒大流行的解決方案。
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B. billions / giant
C. billionaires / titans
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