全球首富马斯克变身香水推销员？【健谈英语】

【头条播报】
Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and Tesla, has updated his Twitter bio to “perfume salesman.” That’s an accurate description as he just released Burnt Hair, a new bottled fragrance available via the Boring Company website, Musk’s tunneling enterprise. The fragrance is on sale for $100 a bottle on the company’s website, which described the perfume as “the essence of repugnant desire.”

【分句讲解】
①Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and Tesla, has updated his Twitter bio to “perfume salesman.”
太空探索技术公司（SpaceX）和特斯拉公司的创始人埃隆·马斯克，最近将自己推特上的自我介绍改成了“香水推销员”。

1. founder n. 创始人

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is the founder of Facebook.
马克·埃利奥特·扎克伯格是美国社交网站脸书的创始人。

2. bio n. 自我介绍

biography n. 传记
Walter Isaacson wrote a biography about Steven Jobs.
沃尔特·艾萨克森撰写了一本史蒂夫·乔布斯的传记。

autobiography n. 自传
Nelson Mandela told the extraordinary story of his life in his autobiography Long Walk to Freedom.
纳尔逊·曼德拉为自己写了一本名为《漫漫自由路》的自传。

②That’s an accurate description as he just released Burnt Hair, a new bottled fragrance available via the Boring Company website, Musk’s tunneling enterprise.
“香水推销员”是一个非常精确的描述，因为马斯克正在自己旗下的无聊公司（Boring Company）官网上售卖一款名为烧焦的头发（Burnt Hair）的香水。

1. accurate adj. 准确的，精确的

accurate calculation 精确的计算
accurate information 正确无误的情报

2. description n. 描述

3. release v. 发布，公布

release a report 发布一份报告

4. burnt adj. 烧焦的，烫伤的

burnt toast 烤焦的吐司

5. bottled adj. 瓶装的

bottled water 瓶装水
bottled beverages 瓶装饮料

6. fragrance n. 香水（perfume）；香气，香味（a pleasant smell）

People love the fragrance of flowers and good food.
人们往往喜欢花朵的芬芳以及美食的香气。

odour =odor n. 难闻的味道（an unpleasant smell）
the odour of cigarette smoke 香烟难闻的味道

7. available adj. 可获得的，可购得的

Is this dress available in a larger size?
这件衣服有大一号的吗？

8. via prep. 通过

The file was sent via electronic mail.
这个文件通过电子邮件发送出去了。

9. tunneling n. 挖隧道

tunnel n. 隧道 v. 挖隧道

10. enterprise n. 公司（company）

③The fragrance is on sale for $100 a bottle on the company’s website, which described the perfume as “the essence of repugnant desire.”
这款香水在公司官网上售价为每瓶100美元。官网信息显示，这款香水被形容为“恶欲的本质”。

1. on sale 出售中（for sale）

2. describe sth. as + n./adj. 将……描述成……

be described as + n./adj. 被描述成……
He was described as “tall, dark, and handsome.”
他被描述为“高大黝黑、相貌堂堂”。

3. essence n. 本质，精髓；精油

essence of beauty 美的本质
essence of French living 法国生活方式的精髓

vanilla essence 香草精油
essence of violets 紫罗兰精油

4. repugnant adj. 使人厌恶的，使人反感的

The idea of cheating in an exam is morally repugnant to me.
在考试中作弊的这个想法让我很反感。