(单词翻译:单击)
中英文本
Blood Line
血统
Mohammed bin Salman unveils an absurd answer to the question "What's next?"
穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼对“下一步是什么？”这个问题给出了荒谬的答案
By Robert F. Worth
文/罗伯特·F·沃尔斯
To the rest of the world, Saudi Arabia may look like a quasi-medieval kingdom where women still struggle for basic rights, where bearded clerics run the courts and where convicts are routinely beheaded by sword in public.
在其他国家看来，沙特阿拉伯看起来像是一个准中世纪的王国，那里的妇女仍在为基本权利而斗争，那里留着胡须的神职人员管理着法庭，罪犯通常在公共场合被剑斩首。
But the Saudi monarchy - like its neighbors in Dubai and Abu Dhabi - has long cherished dreams of leapfrogging into a high-tech future.
但是沙特的君主制——就像它在迪拜和阿布扎比一样——长期以来一直怀有跃进高科技未来的梦想。
The last Saudi king created plans for six new cities in the desert, all billed as transformative steps toward a world beyond oil.
上一任沙特国王为沙漠中的六座新城市制定了计划，所有这些都被宣传为朝着“不仅是石油”的世界迈出的变革性一步。
Now the Saudis have announced a fantasy that makes all their previous efforts look tame.
现在沙特宣布了一个空想，使他们之前的所有努力看起来都很平淡。
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler, released a short film in January outlining his plans for the Line, a postmodern ecotopia to be built on the kingdom's northwest coast.
实权领导人穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼王储在一月份发布了一部短片，概述了他对The Line的计划——在沙特西北海岸修建的后现代生态乌托邦。
It will be a narrow urban strip 106 miles long with no roads, no cars and no pollution.
它将成为一条106英里长的狭窄的城市地带，没有道路，没有汽车，没有污染。
M.B.S., as the crown prince is known, plans to pour $500 billion into the Line and related projects, which is a lot of money even by Saudi standards.
众所周知，MBS计划向该项目投入5000亿美元，即使按照沙特的标准，这也是一大笔钱。
He calls the Line a "civilizational revolution" to be inhabited by one million people "from all over the world."
他把该项目称为“文明革命”，将有100万“来自世界各地”的人居住。
Why anyone would want to move there, and why a city should be shaped like a strand of capellini, is anyone's guess.
为什么有人会想搬到那里，为什么一个城市应该被规划成天使细面的形状，人们都在猜测。
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重点讲解
1.struggle for 为……而斗争
You have to let us struggle for ourselves, even if we must die in the process.
你得让我们为自己拼搏，哪怕我们会在这个过程中死去。
2.de facto 实际上存在的
The general took de facto control of the country.
这位将军实际上控制了整个国家。
3.plan to 计划
I planned to fly out next month.
我本来计划的是下个月出发。
4.a strand of 一串
Pauline wore a silk dress with a strand of pearls.
保利娜穿了一条带有一串珍珠的丝绸连衣裙。
