马斯克摊上大事，身陷内幕交易漩涡【健谈英语】

【头条播放】
The Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether recent stock sales by Tesla's Chief Executive Elon Musk and his brother, Kimbal Musk, violated insider-trading rules. The commission's investigation began last year after Kimbal Musk, who sits on Tesla's board of directors, sold shares of Tesla valued at 108 million U.S. dollars in November. And then Elon polled Twitter users asking whether he should unload 10 percent of his stake in Tesla. The stock then began to fall about 33 percent since Elon began selling billions of dollars worth of shares.

【分句讲解】
①The Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether recent stock sales by Tesla's Chief Executive Elon Musk and his brother, Kimbal Musk, violated insider-trading rules. 
华尔街日报报道，美国证券交易委员会正在调查马斯克兄弟出售他们持有的股票是否违反内幕交易规则。

1. The Wall Street Journal 华尔街日报（WSJ）

2. report v. 报道；报告

You’d better report this incident to the police.
你最好还是把这个事情报告给警方。

3. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 美国证券交易委员会

security n. 证券；安全
stock/share/stake n. 股份，股票
social security 社会保障
security guard 保安

exchange n. 交易
foreign exchange 外汇交易
currency exchange 货币兑换
exchange rate 兑换汇率

commission n. 委员会；佣金，回扣
She gets 10% commission on each sale.
每笔生意她拿10%的提成。

②The commission's investigation began last year after Kimbal Musk, who sits on Tesla's board of directors, sold shares of Tesla valued at 108 million U.S. dollars in November. 
金博尔·马斯克是特斯拉董事会成员之一，于去年11月出售了价值1亿多美元的特斯拉股票。自那之后，美国证监会开始对他进行调查。

1. be valued at 估价为……

His estate was valued at $150,000.
他的遗产价值15万美元。

2. board of directors 董事会

③And then Elon polled Twitter users asking whether he should unload 10 percent of his stake in Tesla.
随后，埃隆·马斯克在推特用户中进行了调查，询问他是否应该抛售10%的特斯拉股份。

1. poll v. 对……发起投票，对……进行民意调查 n. 民意调查

carry out / conduct a poll 进行一项民意调查

2. unload v. 卸货；脱手，抛售

load v. 装载货物
overload v. 超载

Don't overload the boat or it will sink.
别让船超载了，否则会沉。

④The stock then began to fall about 33 percent since Elon began selling billions of dollars worth of shares. 
自从埃隆·马斯克抛售价值数十亿美元的股票后，特斯拉的股价下跌了33%左右。

1. 金钱数额 + worth of + 物品名称：价值多少钱的某样物品

$10,000 worth of goods 价值1万美元的货物
50,000 pounds worth of antiques 价值五万英镑的古董