给你两个亿，你愿意让我骑在你脖子上拍张照吗？【健谈英语】

【头条播报】
A Russian rocket sent Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, his video producer and a Russian cosmonaut to the International Space Station for a 12-day stay, marking the nation's return to space tourism after a decade-long pause. The 46-year-old Japanese fashion magnate has been training at the Space Center before becoming the first space tourist in orbit for more than a decade. Maezawa also plans to take eight people with him on a 2023 mission around the moon operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX.

【分句讲解】
①A Russian rocket sent Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, his video producer and a Russian cosmonaut to the International Space Station for a 12-day stay, marking the nation's return to space tourism after a decade-long pause.
一艘俄罗斯飞船将日本亿万富翁前泽友作，同他的视频制作人，以及一位俄罗斯宇航员送往国际空间站开始为期12天的旅行，这标志着俄罗斯重启暂停十年的太空旅行业务。

1. send v. 送

2. billionaire n. 亿万富翁
billion n. 十亿

3. cosmonaut n. （俄罗斯或前苏联）宇航员
astronaut n. 宇航员
taikonaut n. 中国宇航员

4. decade n. 十年
for decades 几十年来

5. pause n. 暂停，停顿 v. 暂停
pause for breath 停下来喘口气

②The 46-year-old Japanese fashion magnate has been training at the Space Center before becoming the first space tourist in orbit for more than a decade.
在成为十多年来首位太空游客之前，这位46岁的日本时尚大亨在航天中心进行了训练。

1. magnate n. 权贵，要人；富豪，行业大亨
fashion magnate 时尚界的产业大亨
a media/property magnate 媒体/房地产大亨

2. orbit n. 运行轨道 v. 运行
orbit around sth 绕……运动，沿轨道运行

It takes a year for the Earth to orbit around the sun.
地球绕太阳一周需要一年。

③Maezawa also plans to take eight people with him on a 2023 mission around the moon operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX.
前泽还计划在2023年携8人一起绕月飞行，这项飞行任务将由马斯克的太空探索技术公司运营。

1. mission n. 任务，使命（本文指“太空飞行”）