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1. Which of the following best reflects the central message of the article?

A. Greenland's independence movement has stalled due to economic concerns

B. Financial incentives are insufficient to override Greenland's political and cultural priorities

C. The US has underestimated the economic cost of acquiring Greenland

D. Greenland's lawmakers are divided over closer ties with the US

无注释原文：

No Amount of Money Can Buy Greenland, Lawmakers Tell Trump

From: Bloomberg

There's no sum of money from Donald Trump that would persuade Greenlanders to join the US, two Greenlandic lawmakers in the Danish parliament said.

Any attempt by the US president to entice the Arctic island with cash is doomed to fail and only risks pushing Greenlanders further away, said Aaja Chemnitz, one of two Greenland representatives in the Danish legislature, where she chairs the committee focused on the territory's affairs.

Trump administration officials have discussed sending direct payments to the island's residents in an effort to lure them to break away from Denmark and join the US, Reuters reported. The amounts under discussion ranged from $10,000 to $100,000 per person, according to the report.

“No amount of money can buy our national soul,” Chemnitz said in an interview in Copenhagen on Friday. “It's disrespectful to think that you can buy a people. What use is a one-off payment when your entire foundation is being torn away?”

While independence from Denmark has long been debated in the land of 57,000 people, opinion polls have shown Greenlanders are overwhelmingly against the idea of joining the US.

Aki-Matilda Hoegh-Dam, another Greenlandic lawmaker in Copenhagen, from the pro-independence Naleraq party, also ruled out entering any cash deal to become American.

“We are not a commodity to be traded as human beings,” she said in a separate interview. “No matter how much money one might offer, it would still be too cheap. It is just as much about dignity.”

Even if Trump floated the idea of making every Greenlander a millionaire, his aggressive rhetoric has caused unease, even fear, among the island's people about the consequences of breaking with Denmark too soon. That concern was reflected in elections in March last year, when three out of four Greenlandic voters backed parties favoring only a slow move toward independence. Chemnitz's Inuit Ataqatigiit party is among them.

Chemnitz said Greenland's culture, identity, language and way of life would be “completely eroded over a very short period of time” if the US were to gain control of the island.

“Unlike the US, Greenland is not a capitalist society,” she said. “For us, it is about community, about our families and social ties. We live in harmony with nature and want to preserve that way of life.”

Trump has repeatedly argued that US control of Greenland is necessary for national security, but the move to detain Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has further heightened concerns about US military ambitions.

Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen has called Trump's rhetoric “completely unacceptable” and told Trump “enough is enough.”

“No more pressure. No more insinuations. No more fantasies of annexation,” he said earlier this week.

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含注释全文：

No Amount of Money Can Buy Greenland, Lawmakers Tell Trump

From: Bloomberg

There's no sum of money from Donald Trump that would persuade Greenlanders to join the US, two Greenlandic lawmakers in the Danish parliament said.

两名格陵兰籍丹麦议会议员指出，特朗普无论出多少钱，都不可能说服格陵兰人加入美国。

persuade /pəˈsweɪd/ 表示“劝服；说服”，英文解释为“to make someone do or believe something by giving them a good reason to do it or by talking to that person and making them believe it”举个🌰：If she doesn't want to go, nothing you can say will persuade her. 如果她不想去，你说什么也劝不动她。

parliament /ˈpɑː.lɪ.mənt/ 表示“议会”，英文解释为“in some countries, the group of (usually) elected politicians or other people who make the laws for their country”

Any attempt by the US president to entice the Arctic island with cash is doomed to fail and only risks pushing Greenlanders further away, said Aaja Chemnitz, one of two Greenland representatives in the Danish legislature, where she chairs the committee focused on the territory's affairs.

丹麦议会中两名格陵兰代表之一、同时担任格陵兰事务委员会主席的阿娅·凯姆尼茨（Aaja Chemnitz）表示，美国总统试图用现金拉拢格陵兰不仅行不通，反而可能加深当地民众对美国的反感。

entice /ɪnˈtaɪs/ 表示“诱惑；诱使；引诱”，英文解释为：to persuade someone to do something or go somewhere, usually by offering them something that they want，短语：entice sb/sth to do sth，举个🌰：Our special offers are intended to entice people to buy. 我们的特价优惠是为了吸引人们购买。

对比：

📍seduce 表示“引诱，诱惑”，英文解释为“to persuade or cause someone to do something that they would not usually consider doing by being very attractive and difficult to refuse”举个🌰：I wouldn't normally stay in a hotel like this, but I was seduced by the fabulous location. 我一般不会住在这样的旅馆，但还是被其地点所诱。

arctic /ˈɑːk.tɪk/ 表示“北极的”，或者表示“极其寒冷的”，英文解释为“belonging or relating to the Arctic”

the Arctic /ˈɑːk.tɪk/ 表示“北极，北极地区”，英文解释为“the very cold area around the North Pole”举个🌰：Polar bears live in the Arctic. 北极熊生活在北极地区。

doom /duːm/ 作名词，表示“死亡；毁灭；厄运；劫数”，英文解释为“death or destruction; any terrible event that you cannot avoid”举个🌰：She had a sense of impending doom (= felt that sth very bad was going to happen). 她预感到厄运已经逼近。

作动词，表示“使注定；使必然发生”，英文解释为“to make someone or something certain to do or experience something unpleasant, or to make something bad certain to happen”举个🌰：Are we doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past? 我们注定要重复过去的错误吗？

doomed /duːmd/ 作形容词，表示“注定失败（或灭亡、毁灭）的”，英文解释为“certain to fail, die, or be destroyed”举个🌰：This is a doomed city. 这是一座注定要毁灭的城市。

legislature /ˈledʒ.ɪ.slə.tʃʊər/ 表示“立法机构”，英文解释为“the group of people in a country or part of a country who have the power to make and change laws”

territory /ˈter.ɪ.tər.i/ 表示“领土；领域；领地；活动范围”，英文解释为“(an area of) land, or sometimes sea, that is considered as belonging to or connected with a particular country or person”举个🌰：He was shot down in enemy territory. 他在敌方领土上被击落。

📍《消失的她》你觉得怎么样？文中也出现了这个词：Chinese mystery drama “Lost in the Stars” was the top-grossing film on the planet over the latest weekend – despite playing only a single territory. 尽管只在一个地区上映，中国悬疑电影《消失的她》（Lost in the Stars）上周末仍成为全球票房收入最高的电影。其中，playing only a single territory表示这部电影仅在一个特定的地区或市场上映，而没有在其他地方上映。这是一种特殊的用法，可能在标准的英语语法中看起来有些不寻常，但在电影行业的上下文中是常见的。在这个上下文中，说一部电影plays a territory就是说该电影在某个地区被上映或展示。当然，你也可以使用介词，比如说playing in a single territory，这样的表达方式也是正确的，意思完全相同。但在电影行业的行话或者新闻报道中，常常会省略介词，因为这样的说法更简洁。

Trump administration officials have discussed sending direct payments to the island's residents in an effort to lure them to break away from Denmark and join the US, Reuters reported. The amounts under discussion ranged from $10,000 to $100,000 per person, according to the report.

路透社报道称，特朗普政府官员曾讨论向格陵兰居民直接发放现金，以此诱使他们脱离丹麦、加入美国。相关金额据称在每人1万至10万美元之间。

lure /lʊər/ 作动词，表示“引诱，诱惑，诱导”，英文解释为“to persuade someone to do something or go somewhere by offering them something exciting”举个🌰：She was lured into the job by the offer of a high salary. 她受高薪诱惑接受了那份工作。

该词作名词除了表示“诱饵”，还可以表示“诱惑力；魅力”，英文解释为“A lure is an attractive quality that something has, or something that you find attractive.”举个🌰：The excitement of hunting big game in Africa has been a lure to Europeans for 200 years. 在非洲捕捉大型猎物所带来的刺激，200年来一直吸引着欧洲人。

“No amount of money can buy our national soul,” Chemnitz said in an interview in Copenhagen on Friday. “It's disrespectful to think that you can buy a people. What use is a one-off payment when your entire foundation is being torn away?”

凯姆尼茨周五在哥本哈根接受采访时表示：“再多的钱也买不到我们的民族灵魂。认为可以用钱买下一个民族，本身就是一种不尊重。一次性的补偿，在整个根基被摧毁的情况下，又有什么意义？”

one-off /ˌwʌnˈɒf/ 表示“一次性的”，英文解释为“happening only once”举个🌰：They gave him a one-off payment to compensate for the extra hours that he had to work. 他们一次性支付给他一笔钱作为他必须加班的补偿。

While independence from Denmark has long been debated in the land of 57,000 people, opinion polls have shown Greenlanders are overwhelmingly against the idea of joining the US.

尽管在这片仅有5.7万人口的土地上，脱离丹麦的议题长期存在，但民调显示，格陵兰人普遍反对加入美国。

opinion poll /əˈpɪn.jən ˌpəʊl/ 表示“民意调查，民意测验”，英文解释为“an occasion when people are asked questions to discover what they think about a subject”

overwhelmingly /ˌoʊvərˈwelmɪŋli/ 表示“压倒性地；不可抵抗地”，英文解释为“strongly or completely; in an overwhelming way”举个🌰：The team were overwhelmingly defeated in yesterday's game. 在昨天的比赛中这支球队遭遇了惨败。

Aki-Matilda Hoegh-Dam, another Greenlandic lawmaker in Copenhagen, from the pro-independence Naleraq party, also ruled out entering any cash deal to become American.

另一位在哥本哈根任职、来自亲独立政党纳莱拉克（Naleraq）的格陵兰议员阿基-马蒂尔达·赫格-达姆（Aki-Matilda Hoegh-Dam）也拒绝接受任何金钱交易以换取美国身份。

rule sth/sb out 1）表示“把…排除在外；拒绝考虑”，英文解释为“to decide or say officially that something is impossible or will not happen, or that something or someone is not suitable”举个🌰：The police haven't yet ruled out murder. 警察尚未排除谋杀的可能性。

2）表示“使…成为不可能，使…不可能发生；防止”，英文解释为“to prevent something from happening”举个🌰：This recent wave of terrorism has ruled out any chance of peace talks. 最近的这一波恐怖行动已经使得任何和谈的机会都化为泡影。

“We are not a commodity to be traded as human beings,” she said in a separate interview. “No matter how much money one might offer, it would still be too cheap. It is just as much about dignity.”

她在另一采访中说：“我们不是可以被交易的人类商品。不管出多少钱，都是廉价的。这同样关乎尊严。”

commodity /kəˈmɒd.ə.ti/ 1）表示“商品，货物”，英文解释为“a substance or product that can be traded, bought, or sold”举个🌰：The country's most valuable commodities include tin and diamonds. 该国最有价值的商品包括锡和钻石。

2）表示“宝贵品质”，英文解释为“a valuable quality”举个🌰：If you're going into teaching, energy is a necessary commodity. 如果你要干教师这一行，必须要有充沛的精力。

dignity /ˈdɪɡ.nə.ti/ 表示“庄重，端庄；尊严”，英文解释为“calm, serious, and controlled behaviour that makes people respect you”举个🌰：He is a man of dignity and calm determination. 他是个沉稳、冷静而果断的人。

Even if Trump floated the idea of making every Greenlander a millionaire, his aggressive rhetoric has caused unease, even fear, among the island's people about the consequences of breaking with Denmark too soon.

即便特朗普提出让每个格陵兰人成为百万富翁的设想，他咄咄逼人的言辞仍让岛上民众对过早与丹麦决裂的后果感到不安，甚至恐惧。

作名词，表示“彩车，花车”，英文解释为“a large vehicle with a flat surface that is decorated and used in festivals”如：carnival floats 狂欢节彩车。

1）作动词，表示“漂浮”，英文解释为“to stay on the surface of a liquid and not sink”举个🌰：An empty bottle will float. 空瓶子能浮起来。

2）表示“（使）漂流；（使）浮动；（使）飘动；（使）飘移”，英文解释为“to (cause to) move easily through, or along the surface of a liquid, or to (cause to) move easily through air”举个🌰：We spent a lazy afternoon floating down/along the river. 我们沿河漂流而下，懒洋洋的度过了一个下午。

3）熟词僻义，表示“提出，提请考虑（想法或计划）”，英文解释为“to suggest an idea or a plan for other people to consider”举个🌰：They floated the idea of increased taxes on alcohol. 他们建议提高酒税。

🎬电影《阿罗哈》（Aloha）中的台词提到：And frankly, just floating the idea of you and me as a couple... 坦白讲 只要随便想想如果我们成了一对的话...

 📍2020年，侃爷宣布竞选美国总统文中卫报（The Guardian）也用了这个词：Indeed, the rapper has floated the idea of running for president before. 事实上，这位说唱歌手之前就提出过竞选总统的想法。

rhetoric /ˈretərɪk/ 表示“辞令；巧辩；（尤指）花言巧语，浮夸之词；煽动性语言”，英文解释为“language that is used to persuade or influence people, especially language that sounds impressive but is not actually sincere or useful”举个🌰：The speech was dismissed by some people as merely rhetoric. 有些人认为这场演讲只是华而不实的空谈。

That concern was reflected in elections in March last year, when three out of four Greenlandic voters backed parties favoring only a slow move toward independence. Chemnitz's Inuit Ataqatigiit party is among them.

这种担忧在去年3月的选举中有所体现，当时四分之三的格陵兰选民支持主张缓慢推进独立的政党，凯姆尼茨所在的因纽特人共同体党（Inuit Ataqatigiit）便是其中之一。

Chemnitz said Greenland's culture, identity, language and way of life would be “completely eroded over a very short period of time” if the US were to gain control of the island.

凯姆尼茨表示，如果美国控制格陵兰，其文化、身份、语言和生活方式将在极短时间内被“彻底侵蚀”。

erode /ɪˈrəʊd/ 表示“降低，削弱”，英文解释为“If the value of something erodes or is eroded by something such as inflation or age, its value decreases.”举个🌰：Competition in the financial marketplace has eroded profits. 金融市场的竞争降低了利润。

还可以指“（气候）侵蚀，腐蚀；（岩石、土壤）风化”等，英文解释为“if the weather erodes rock or soil, or if rock or soil erodes, its surface is gradually destroyed”

“Unlike the US, Greenland is not a capitalist society,” she said. “For us, it is about community, about our families and social ties. We live in harmony with nature and want to preserve that way of life.”

她说：“与美国不同，格陵兰并非资本主义社会。对我们来说，更重要的是社区、家庭和社会纽带。我们与自然和谐共处，并希望守护这种生活方式。”

capitalist /ˈkæp.ɪ.təl.ɪst/ 表示“资本主义的”，英文解释为“based on the system of capitalism (= an economic and political system in which property, business, and industry are controlled by private owners rather than by the state, with the purpose of making a profit)”如：a capitalist economy/country 资本主义经济/国家。

preserve /prɪˈzɜːv/ 表示“保护，维护；保留；保养”，英文解释为“to keep something as it is, especially in order to prevent it from decaying or being damaged or destroyed”如：to preserve the environment 保护环境。

作名词，preserve /prɪˈzɜːv/ 同reserve， 表示“（尤指野生动物）保护区”

Trump has repeatedly argued that US control of Greenland is necessary for national security, but the move to detain Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has further heightened concerns about US military ambitions.

特朗普多次声称，美国控制格陵兰对国家安全至关重要，但近期拘押委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗的行动，进一步加剧了外界对美国军事野心的担忧。

detain /dɪˈteɪn/ 1）表示“拘留；扣押”，英文解释为“When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.”举个🌰：Police have detained two suspects in connection with the attack. 警方拘留了2名与该袭击事件有关的嫌疑人。

2）表示“耽搁；留住；阻留”，英文解释为“To detain someone means to delay them, for example, by talking to them.”举个🌰："Thank you. We won't detain you any further." “谢谢您。我们不再耽搁您了。”

📍词根“tain-”来自拉丁语“tenere”，意味着“持有，保留”，前缀“de-”表示“向下”，整体表示“向下持有”，即“拘留”或“扣留”。近义词：arrest（逮捕），同根词：detention（拘留），常用短语：be detained for questioning（被拘留接受询问）

Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen has called Trump's rhetoric “completely unacceptable” and told Trump “enough is enough.”

格陵兰总理延斯-弗雷德里克·尼尔森（Jens-Frederik Nielsen）称特朗普的言论“完全不可接受”，并直言“够了”。

“No more pressure. No more insinuations. No more fantasies of annexation,” he said earlier this week.

他在本周早些时候表示：“不要再施压，不要再影射，也不要再幻想吞并。”

insinuation /ɪnˌsɪn.juˈeɪ.ʃən/ 表示“旁敲侧击的话；影射；暗示”，英文解释为“something that sb insinuates”举个🌰：She resented the insinuation that she was too old for the job. 她憎恶暗示她太老不适合这项工作的话。

annexation /ˌæn.ekˈseɪ.ʃən/ 表示“吞并，兼并（领土或国家）”，英文解释为“possession taken of a piece of land or a country, usually by force or without permission”

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