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🤔️小作业：

1. Which of the following statements about the sale of Nvidia chips to China is true, according to the passage?

A. Trump approved the sale of all types of Nvidia chips to China.

B. The sale of advanced AI chips was supported by Trump's administration.

C. Some Republicans opposed the sale of older generation chips.

D. Trump planned to profit from the sale of older chips.

无注释原文：

Nvidia C.E.O. Hitches Ride With Trump to China After Last-Minute Invite

From: The New York Times

President Trump welcomed Jensen Huang, the chief executive of the chip giant Nvidia, late Tuesday onto Air Force One as he headed to Beijing for a summit.

Mr. Huang, who leads the world's most valuable company, had been omitted from a list of business leaders slated to travel to China. But after seeing reports that Mr. Huang wasn't coming, Mr. Trump called him on Tuesday morning and extended an invitation, said a person familiar with the call.

Mr. Huang flew to Alaska late Tuesday and boarded Air Force One during a layover. For nearly a year, he has been lobbying officials in Washington and Beijing to allow Nvidia to sell its artificial intelligence chips to China.

“Jensen is currently on Air Force One,” Mr. Trump said in a social media post. He said it was an honor to have the Nvidia chief executive, who he called “the Great Jensen Huang,” and other business leaders “journeying to the Great Country of China.”

On Monday, the White House released a list of 16 chief executives, including Tim Cook of Apple, Larry Fink of BlackRock and leaders of other companies pushing for deals with China. It did not include Mr. Huang.

That omission was noted across Silicon Valley and Washington. Mr. Huang has forged a strong relationship with Mr. Trump and has acted as a go-between for the administration between Washington and Beijing. His company's chips have been critical to the A.I. boom that is reshaping the global economy, and are coveted by governments and companies across the world.

Selling A.I. chips to China has been contentious in Washington.

Last summer, Mr. Trump approved the sale of an older generation of Nvidia chips to China and planned to take a cut of those sales.

Some Republicans have supported legislation that would limit the scope of those sales, and last year, members of Mr. Trump's own administration intervened to discourage him from permitting the sale of even more advanced A.I. chips for national security reasons.

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含注释全文：

Nvidia C.E.O. Hitches Ride With Trump to China After Last-Minute Invite

From: The New York Times

President Trump welcomed Jensen Huang, the chief executive of the chip giant Nvidia, late Tuesday onto Air Force One as he headed to Beijing for a summit.

周二晚些时候，特朗普在“空军一号”上迎来了芯片巨头英伟达首席执行官黄仁勋。他即将前往北京举行峰会。

giant /ˈdʒaɪ.ənt/表示“巨头，大公司”，英文解释为“Giant is often used to refer to any large, successful business organization or country.”如：Japanese electronics giant, Sony 日本的电子业巨头——索尼公司。

📍这个词来自希腊神话中的“巨人”（Gigantes），表示在某个领域或行业内非常强大或巨大的实体。

类似的还有：

📍mogul /ˈməʊɡəl/表示“（尤指新闻、影视界的）大人物；大亨”，英文解释为“A mogul is an important, rich, and powerful businessman, especially one in the news, film, or television industry.”如：an international media mogul一位国际传媒大亨。

📍magnate /ˈmæɡneɪt, -nɪt/ 表示“大亨，巨头”，英文解释为“a rich and powerful person in industry or business”

📍tycoon /taɪˈkuːn/ 表示“巨头，大亨（工商界）”，英文解释为“someone who is successful in business or industry and has a lot of money and power”如：property tycoon 房地产大亨。

📍conglomerate /kənˈglɒmərɪt/ 表示“联合大公司；企业集团”，英文解释为“A conglomerate is a large business firm consisting of several different companies.”如：the world's second-largest media conglomerate 世界第二大传媒集团。

📍behemoth /ˈbiːhɪmɒθ/ 表示“巨头（指规模庞大、实力雄厚的公司或机构）”，英文解释为“a very big and powerful company or organization”

📍titan /ˈtaɪ.tən/表示“巨人；巨头”，英文解释为“If you describe someone as a titan of a particular field, you mean that they are very important and powerful or successful in that field.”

Mr. Huang, who leads the world's most valuable company, had been omitted from a list of business leaders slated to travel to China. But after seeing reports that Mr. Huang wasn't coming, Mr. Trump called him on Tuesday morning and extended an invitation, said a person familiar with the call.

黄仁勋执掌着全球市值最高的公司，但他并未出现在原定随行赴华的商界领袖名单上。一位知情人士透露，特朗普在看到黄仁勋未获邀请的相关报道后，于周二上午亲自致电，向其发出邀请。

omit /əʊˈmɪt/ 表示“疏忽，遗漏；删节，排除”，英文解释为“to fail to include or do something”举个🌰：She was omitted from the list of contributors to the report. 这篇报道的撰稿人中漏掉了她的名字。

slate /sleɪt/ 作动词，表示“预定；计划；安排”，英文解释为“to plan that sth will happen at a particular time in the future”举个🌰：The houses were first slated for demolition five years ago. 这些房子在五年前就确定要拆除了。

📺英剧《追影逐凶》（Chasing Shadows）中的台词提到：There was another boy that was found in a building that was slated for demolition. 另外还有个男孩也是在一座确定要被拆除的建筑里被人发现的。

slate /sleɪt/ 作名词，可以表示“候选名单；（尤指在政治活动中的）候选人名单”，英文解释为“a list of people who are being considered for a particular job or position, especially in politics”举个🌰：His novel was chosen from a slate of ten finalists. 他的小说是从十篇最终候选作品中选出的。

📍在电影行业术语中，slate表示“一系列计划中的电影项目”或“预定上映的片单”。它特指某个公司、院线或市场在特定时间段内计划制作、发行或上映的电影集合。

同义词：lineup（排片表）, roster（名单）, schedule（排期）

Mr. Huang flew to Alaska late Tuesday and boarded Air Force One during a layover. For nearly a year, he has been lobbying officials in Washington and Beijing to allow Nvidia to sell its artificial intelligence chips to China.

黄仁勋于周二晚些时候飞抵阿拉斯加，在“空军一号”经停期间登机。近一年来，他一直在游说中美官员，希望允许英伟达向中国出售人工智能芯片。

威尔·史密斯被禁止出席奥斯卡活动十年文中提到，board作名词，表示“董事会；理事会；委员会”，英文解释为“the group of people who are responsible for controlling and organizing a company or organization”举个🌰：Every decision has to be approved by the board (of directors). 每项决定都必须由董事会通过。

board作动词，表示“（使）上（船、火车或飞机）”，英文解释为“to get onto or allow people to get onto a boat, train, or aircraft”举个🌰：At the airport she boarded a plane to Hangzhou. 在机场她登上了去杭州的飞机。

layover /ˈleɪˌəʊ.vər/ 表示“（尤指飞行途中的）短暂停留”，英文解释为“a short stay in a place that you make while you are on a longer journey to somewhere else”举个🌰：We had a four-hour layover in Chicago. 飞行途中，我们在芝加哥逗留了4个小时。

作动词，表示“游说”；作名词，1）表示“游说团体，游说集团”，英文解释为“a group of people who try to persuade the government or an official group to do something”如：the anti-smoking lobby 反吸烟游说团体。

2）表示“大堂，大厅，门厅”，英文解释为“the (large) room into which the main entrance door opens in a hotel or other large building”

3）表示“（英国议会的）接见厅，会见厅，表决厅”，英文解释为“in the UK parliament, a room where someone meets a member of parliament who they have arranged to talk to, or one of the two passages that members of parliament walk through as a way of voting”

“Jensen is currently on Air Force One,” Mr. Trump said in a social media post. He said it was an honor to have the Nvidia chief executive, who he called “the Great Jensen Huang,” and other business leaders “journeying to the Great Country of China.”

“黄仁勋现在正在‘空军一号'上，”特朗普在社交媒体上发帖称。他表示，很荣幸能邀请到这位英伟达的首席执行官（他称之为“伟大的黄仁勋”）以及其他商界领袖“前往中国这个伟大的国家”。

On Monday, the White House released a list of 16 chief executives, including Tim Cook of Apple, Larry Fink of BlackRock and leaders of other companies pushing for deals with China. It did not include Mr. Huang.

周一，白宫公布了一份由16位首席执行官组成的随行人员名单，包括苹果公司的蒂姆·库克、贝莱德的拉里·芬克，以及其他寻求与中国达成协议的企业领袖，黄仁勋不在其中。

That omission was noted across Silicon Valley and Washington. Mr. Huang has forged a strong relationship with Mr. Trump and has acted as a go-between for the administration between Washington and Beijing. His company's chips have been critical to the A.I. boom that is reshaping the global economy, and are coveted by governments and companies across the world.

这一缺席在硅谷和华盛顿都引发了广泛关注。黄仁勋与特朗普建立了密切关系，并在中美之间扮演着中间人的角色。英伟达的芯片对于重塑全球经济格局的人工智能热潮至关重要，受到世界各国政府和企业的竞相追捧。

omission /əʊˈmɪʃ.ən/ 表示“疏忽，遗漏，疏漏”，英文解释为“the act of not including something or someone that should have been included, or something or someone that has not been included that should have been”举个🌰：There are some serious errors and omissions in the book. 这本书里有几处严重的的错误和疏漏。

forge /fɔːdʒ/ 1）表示“努力地缔造；艰苦干成；努力加强”，英文解释为“If one person or institution forges an agreement or relationship with another, they create it with a lot of hard work, hoping that it will be strong or lasting.”举个🌰：They agreed to forge closer economic ties. 他们同意建立更密切的经济联系。

2）表示“伪造（纸币、文件或画作等）”，英文解释为“If someone forges something such as paper money, a document, or a painting, they copy it or make it so that it looks genuine, in order to deceive people.”举个🌰：He admitted three charges including forging passports. 他承认了包括伪造护照在内的3项罪名。

3）表示“（尤指努力地）制造，生产”，英文解释为“to make or produce something, especially with some difficulty”举个🌰：The accident forged a close bond between the two families. 事故使两个家庭紧密地联系在了一起。

go-between /ˈɡəʊ.bɪˌtwiːn/ 表示“中间人，掮客”，英文解释为“someone who takes messages between people who are unable or unwilling to meet”举个🌰：The ambassador has offered to act as a go-between for the two countries involved in the conflict. 大使主动提出愿在发生冲突的两国间担当中间人。

coveted /ˈkʌvətɪd/表示“令人垂涎的；梦寐以求的”，英文解释为“You use coveted to describe something that very many people would like to have.”举个🌰：The Booker Prize is the most coveted British literary award. 布克奖是最令人向往的英国文学奖。

covet /ˈkʌvət/ 作动词，即表示“贪求；垂涎，觊觎”，英文解释为“to have a very strong desire to have something that someone else has”，举个🌰：She always coveted power but never quite achieved it. 她一直贪求权力，但从未得逞。

Selling A.I. chips to China has been contentious in Washington.

在美国，对华出售人工智能芯片一直是一个充满争议的议题。

contentious /kənˈtɛnʃəs/ 表示“引起争议的”，英文解释为“A contentious issue causes a lot of disagreement or arguments.”举个🌰：Sanctions are expected to be among the most contentious issues. 制裁预计位居最具有争议的问题之列。

Last summer, Mr. Trump approved the sale of an older generation of Nvidia chips to China and planned to take a cut of those sales.

去年夏天，特朗普批准向中国出售上一代英伟达芯片，并计划从这些销售中抽成。

Some Republicans have supported legislation that would limit the scope of those sales, and last year, members of Mr. Trump's own administration intervened to discourage him from permitting the sale of even more advanced A.I. chips for national security reasons.

一些共和党人支持立法限制这些芯片的销售范围，而去年，特朗普自己政府内的成员出于国家安全考虑，曾出面劝说他不要批准出售更先进的人工智能芯片。

legislation /ˌledʒ.ɪˈsleɪ.ʃən/ 表示“法律；立法”，英文解释为“a law or set of laws suggested by a government and made official by a parliament”举个🌰：The government has promised to introduce legislation to limit fuel emissions from cars. 政府许诺将通过立法来限制汽车尾气排放。

intervene /ˌɪn.təˈviːn/ 1）表示“干预，介入”，英文解释为“If you intervene in a situation, you become involved in it and try to change it.”举个🌰：She might have been killed if the neighbours hadn't intervened. 要不是邻居介入，她可能会没命了。

2）表示“插话”，英文解释为“If you intervene, you interrupt a conversation in order to add something to it.”举个🌰：He intervened and told me to stop it. 他插话，不让我再说下去。

3）表示“干扰”，英文解释为“If an event intervenes, it happens suddenly in a way that stops, delays, or prevents something from happening.”举个🌰：The boat arrived on Friday mornings unless bad weather intervened. 除非受到恶劣天气的干扰，船于星期五上午到达。

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