英语新闻听写 超级英雄也纳税

Wait Superheroes Pay Taxes?

慢着！超级英雄也纳税？

This Monday was the last day to file your taxes in 2016, and some of America’s favorite fictional¹ comic book heroes are dreading² the task.

本周一是美国2016年纳税申报的最后一天，这可急坏了美国人最喜爱的几位漫画英雄。

Bruce Wayne, otherwise known as Batman, is a billionaire who owns Wayne Enterprises.

布鲁斯·韦恩，也就是蝙蝠侠，他是一位坐拥整个韦恩集团的亿万富翁。

He owns a company estimated to have a $23 billion dollar net worth.

其名下公司的净资产就高达230亿美元。

That being said Wayne most likely owes quite a bit of money to the US Federal Government.

如此看来，韦恩可是欠联邦政府一大笔钱呢。

Then there is Iron Man who owns Stark³ Industries.

接下来就是大名鼎鼎的史塔克企业继承人——钢铁侠了。

His Iron Man suits alone are worth a billion each.

据说，他的一套钢铁侠装备就高达十亿美元。

It seems some of our more well to do superheroes are screwed.

看来这些富豪级的超级英雄们也要破产了。

1 fictional   

adj.小说的，虚构的

参考例句：

• The names of the shops are entirely fictional.那些商店的名字完全是虚构的。
• The two authors represent the opposite poles of fictional genius.这两位作者代表了天才小说家两个极端。

2 dreading   

v.害怕，恐惧，担心( dread的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• She was dreading having to broach the subject of money to her father. 她正在为不得不向父亲提出钱的事犯愁。
• This was the moment he had been dreading. 这是他一直最担心的时刻。

3 stark   

adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地

参考例句：

• The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
• He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。