美国国家公共电台 NPR 埃隆·马斯克持有Twitter 9%的股份，成为其最大股东

Elon Musk¹ takes a 9% stake in Twitter to become its largest shareholder²

埃隆·马斯克持有Twitter 9%的股份，成为其最大股东

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is one of Twitter's most outspoken⁴ voices. Now he's also the social media company's largest shareholder.

特斯拉首席执行官埃隆·马斯克是推特最直言不讳的声音之一。现在他也是这家社交媒体公司的最大股东。

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马丁内斯，主持人：

Elon Musk is the richest person in the world. The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX is also now Twitter's largest shareholder. News that he took a 9% stake sent Twitter stock soaring. And he's shaking things up again. In a Twitter poll last night, he asked whether users want an edit button. NPR tech correspondent Shannon Bond reports.

埃隆·马斯克是世界上最富有的人。特斯拉和SpaceX的首席执行官现在也是Twitter的最大股东。他持有9%股份的消息使推特股价飙升。他又把事情搞砸了。在昨晚的一次推特民意调查中，他询问用户是否想要编辑按钮。NPR科技记者香农·邦德报道。

SHANNON BOND, BYLINE⁵: Elon Musk has recently used his Twitter account to share photos of SpaceX rockets and Star Wars memes, challenge Russian President Vladimir Putin to a duel⁶ for Ukraine and poll his 80 million-plus followers⁷ about free speech.

香农·邦德，附文：埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）最近使用自己的Twitter账号分享了SpaceX火箭和《星球大战》迷因的照片，挑战俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京（Vladimir Putin）为乌克兰决斗，并对其8000多万粉丝进行了关于言论自由的投票。

SIVA VAIDHYANATHAN: Elon Musk might be the second-most successful crank caller of the 21st century.

SIVA VAIDHYANATHAN：埃隆·马斯克可能是21世纪第二位最成功的怪人。

BOND: That's Siva Vaidhyanathan, a media studies professor at the University of Virginia. He says the most successful crank caller is, of course, Donald Trump⁸, who, like Musk, was adept⁹ at being the loudest voice on Twitter until it banned him. Recently, Musk has taken up a cause championed by Trump, as well as many of his own superfans, the idea that Twitter's limits on what users can say amount to censorship.

邦德：这位是弗吉尼亚大学媒体研究教授西瓦·瓦伊迪亚纳坦。他说，最成功的来电者当然是唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump），他和马斯克一样，擅长在推特上发出最响亮的声音，直到被禁止。最近，马斯克发起了一项由特朗普以及他自己的许多超级粉丝支持的事业，即推特对用户言论的限制等同于审查。

VAIDHYANATHAN: Elon Musk is one of a large number of loud men who are - have been annoyed by Twitter's policies over the years. He just has more money than the rest.

瓦迪希阿纳坦：多年来，埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）一直被推特的政策所困扰，是众多大声喧哗的人之一。他只是比其他人有钱。

BOND: And now he's used some of that money to become Twitter's largest investor¹⁰ despite musing¹¹ recently - on Twitter, of course - about creating an alternative social platform. So what does this mean for Twitter? Brooke Erin Duffy is associate professor of communications at Cornell.

邦德：现在，尽管最近（当然是在Twitter上）在思考如何创建一个替代社交平台，他还是用其中的一些钱成为了Twitter的最大投资者。那么这对Twitter意味着什么呢？Brooke Erin Duffy是康奈尔大学传播学副教授。

BROOKE ERIN DUFFY: You know, Musk has been very open about, well, everything on Twitter. And so what sort of insight is he going to provide through his account on this company?

布鲁克·埃林·杜菲：你知道，马斯克对推特上的一切都很开放。那么，他将通过对这家公司的描述提供什么样的见解呢？

BOND: He could agitate¹² for change. But Vaidhyanathan argues buying the stake might be the point.

邦德：他可以鼓动变革。但Vaidhyanathan认为，购买股份可能是关键。

VAIDHYANATHAN: Like, it's just a new way of trolling, right? It's, like, trolling with your own money.

VAIDHYANATHAN：就像，这只是一种新的方式，对吧？这就像用你自己的钱玩游戏。

BOND: Either way, it keeps Musk where he likes to be, in the Twitter spotlight¹³.

邦德：不管怎样，它都能让马斯克在推特的聚光灯下保持他喜欢的位置。

1 musk   

n.麝香, 能发出麝香的各种各样的植物，香猫

参考例句：

• Musk is used for perfume and stimulant.麝香可以用作香料和兴奋剂。
• She scented her clothes with musk.她用麝香使衣服充满了香味。

2 shareholder   

n.股东，股票持有人

参考例句：

• The account department have prepare a financial statement for the shareholder.财务部为股东准备了一份财务报表。
• A shareholder may transfer his shares in accordance with the law.股东持有的股份可以依法转让。

3 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

4 outspoken   

adj.直言无讳的，坦率的，坦白无隐的

参考例句：

• He was outspoken in his criticism.他在批评中直言不讳。
• She is an outspoken critic of the school system in this city.她是这座城市里学校制度的坦率的批评者。

5 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

6 duel   

n./v.决斗；(双方的)斗争

参考例句：

• The two teams are locked in a duel for first place.两个队为争夺第一名打得难解难分。
• Duroy was forced to challenge his disparager to duel.杜洛瓦不得不向诋毁他的人提出决斗。

7 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

8 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

9 adept   

adj.老练的，精通的

参考例句：

• When it comes to photography,I'm not an adept.要说照相，我不是内行。
• He was highly adept at avoiding trouble.他十分善于避开麻烦。

10 investor   

n.投资者，投资人

参考例句：

• My nephew is a cautious investor.我侄子是个小心谨慎的投资者。
• The investor believes that his investment will pay off handsomely soon.这个投资者相信他的投资不久会有相当大的收益。

11 musing   

n. 沉思，冥想 adj. 沉思的, 冥想的 动词muse的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• "At Tellson's banking-house at nine," he said, with a musing face. “九点在台尔森银行大厦见面，”他想道。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
• She put the jacket away, and stood by musing a minute. 她把那件上衣放到一边，站着沉思了一会儿。

12 agitate   

vi.(for,against)煽动，鼓动；vt.搅动

参考例句：

• They sent agents to agitate the local people.他们派遣情报人员煽动当地的民众。
• All you need to do is gently agitate the water with a finger or paintbrush.你只需要用手指或刷子轻轻地搅动水。

13 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。