英语新闻精读练习20220513

今天的英语新闻精读练习的内容是：

Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter’s ban of Donald Trump

马斯克表态：将撤销推特对特朗普的禁令

英语原文: 

Elon Musk has said he would reverse Twitter’s decision to ban former US president Donald Trump from the platform, describing the decision as “morally wrong and flat out stupid”. “I would reverse the permaban [on Trump],” said Musk, who has agreed to buy the social media platform for roughly $44bn. “Obviously I don’t own Twitter yet, so this is not a thing that will definitely happen.”

生词:

reverse v. 撤销，推翻

ban n. 禁止，禁令

Donald Trump n. 唐纳德·特朗普，亦称唐纳德·川普（美国第45任总统）

former  adj. 前……；

morally adv. 道德上，道义上

flat out stupid  愚蠢至极

definitely adv. 肯定地，当然；明确地，确定地

译文对照:

Elon Musk has said he would reverse Twitter’s decision to ban former US president Donald Trump from the platform, describing the decision as “morally wrong and flat out stupid”.

埃隆·马斯克称，他将撤销推特对美国前总统唐纳德·特朗普的禁令。他将这一决定描述为“在道德上是错误的，且极其愚蠢”。

“I would reverse the permaban [on Trump],” said Musk, who has agreed to buy the social media platform for roughly $44bn.

“我会撤销(对特朗普的)永久禁令，”他表示。马斯克现已同意以约440亿美元的价格收购这家社交媒体平台。

“Obviously I don’t own Twitter yet, so this is not a thing that will definitely happen.”

“显然,我现在还没有拥有推特,所以这也不一定会发生。”

文章原文来自《金融时报》 (Financial Times), 这里只是截取了文章的一部分进行精读、学习.

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