英语新闻听写 富人的游戏?贝佐斯投巨资建造万年钟

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Jeff Bezos is best known for sitting at the helm of Amazon.

杰夫·贝佐斯因执掌亚马逊而广为人知。

The e-commerce giant is slowly but surely establishing full control over the entire world.

作为电商巨头，它正在掌控全球市场的步伐中前进，虽然速度缓慢但志在必得。

In a few millennia¹, though, we may know Bezos for something else: his role in building a 10,000-year clock.

而几千年后，贝佐斯可能以其他事情著称：他在建造万年钟中所起的作用。

The executive has invested $42 million in this project.

他已经在这个项目中投资了4200万美元。

It's now being built inside a mountain in West Texas.

现在正在德克萨斯州西部的山中建造它。

Standing² 500 feet tall and deriving³ its power from the Earth's thermal⁴ cycles,

该钟高500英尺，以地球的热循环为动力，

Bezos said in a tweet the 10 millenium clock is meant as a "symbol for long-term thinking."

贝佐斯发布推文称万年钟是“长期思考的象征”。

Installation of the impressive piece of hardware has only just begun.

令人赞叹的硬件安装才刚刚开始。

But the concept is actually quite well-established.

但该概念实际上由来已久。

In fact, the project was initially⁵ conceptualized nearly three decades ago.

事实上，该项目在近30年前就已初步概念化了。