文章预览
点击文章末端“ 阅读原文 ” 获取完整电子版 ( PDF + Word + MP3音频) 每天分享一篇经济学人双语精读 全文翻译+全文注释+长难句分析 背景知识+写作技巧+短语+段落大意+词汇精析 本期同步音频 01 经济学人原文 Space travel : A giant leap for billionaires Flying on Elon Musk's spaceship; sponsored by Doritos 【 1 】 ENTHUSIASTS HAVE been paying to fly into space for more than two decades. In 2001 Dennis Tito, an American engineer and investor , paid $ 20 m (more than $ 35 m in today’s money) for a jolly to the International Space Station (ISS). A string of other wealthy passengers followed. Charles Simonyi, another American businessman, even managed to go twice, once in 2007 and again in 2009 . 【 2 】 But it is Jared Isaacman—yet another American businessman—who looks likely to take Mr Simonyi’s frequent- flyer crown. Mr Isaacman has already been to orbit once: he funded
………………………………