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2024考研英语同源外刊9月:旧金山外打造未来城市

The mystery surrounding a project to convert farmland into a new green city in California is finally being unraveled. The would-be "mega-city" is the brainchild of a novice developer backed by some of Silicon Valley's most prominent names. But despite the heavyweights behind the project, it has already been embroiled in legal tussles and is being greeted by suspicion from talkative neighbors in and around Fairfield, a city in Solano County about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of San Francisco.

围绕加州一项将农田改造成新绿色城市的项目的谜团终于被揭开了。这座未来的“巨型城市”是一位新手开发者的智慧结晶，他得到了硅谷一些著名人物的支持。但是，尽管该项目背后有重量级人物，但它已经卷入了法律纠纷，并受到了费尔菲尔德市及其周边地区健谈的邻居的怀疑。费尔菲尔德市位于旧金山东北约50英里(80公里)的索拉诺县。

On Friday, the New York Times reported that more than 100 unexplained land purchases by an entity called Flannery Associates LLC were made by Jan Sramek, a 36-year-old former Goldman Sachs trader backed with $800 million from some of the tech's industry's biggest investors. These include Sequoia Capital's former Chairman Mike Moritz, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon, Laurene Powell Jobs and others.

周五，《纽约时报》(New York Times)报道称，36岁的前高盛(Goldman Sachs)交易员简·斯拉梅克(Jan Sramek)通过一家名为弗兰纳里联合有限责任公司(Flannery Associates LLC)的实体购买了100多块不明原因的土地，他从科技行业的一些最大投资者那里获得了8亿美元的资金支持。这些人包括红杉资本(Sequoia Capital)前董事长迈克·莫里茨(Mike Moritz)、LinkedIn联合创始人里德·霍夫曼(Reid Hoffman)、风险投资家马克·安德森(Marc Andreessen)和克里斯·迪克森(Chris Dixon)、劳伦·鲍威尔·乔布斯(Laurene Powell Jobs)等。

According to the Times, Moritz pitched a kind of urban development that could involve novel methods of design, construction and governance — all within driving distance of San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Sramek did not respond to requests for comment. Representatives of the investors, including Andreessen and Dixon, either declined to comment or didn't respond to requests.

据《纽约时报》报道，莫里茨提出了一种城市发展方案，其中可能涉及设计、建设和治理的新方法——所有这些都在旧金山和硅谷的车程范围内。斯拉梅克没有回应记者的置评请求。包括安德森和迪克森在内的投资者代表要么拒绝置评，要么没有回应请求。

 

单词：

elite/ɪˈliːt/ n. 上层集团;(统称)掌权人物，社会精英;

acquire land 收购土地;获取土地;

mystery/ˈmɪstəri/ n. 神秘的事物;难以理解(或解释)的事物，奥秘;

farmland/ˈfɑːrmlænd/ n. 农田;

unravel/ʌnˈræv(ə)l/ vt. 解开，拆散，松开;

would-be/ˈwʊd biː/ adj. 想要成为的;自称的;冒充的;

mega-city/ˈmeɡə ˈsɪti/ n. 巨大的城市;超级都市;

brainchild/ˈbreɪntʃaɪld/ n. 脑力劳动的产物;主意，发明;

novice/ˈnɑːvɪs/ n. 新手;初学者;

back/bæk/ vt. 帮助;支持;

prominent/ˈprɑːmɪnənt/ adj. 重要的;杰出的;

heavyweight/ˈheviweɪt/ n. 有影响力的人(或组织、事物);

embroil/ɪmˈbrɔɪl/ vt. 使卷入(纠纷);使陷入(困境);使纠缠于;

legal tussle 法律纠纷;

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