时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:2018年VOA慢速英语(七)月


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Anyone who wishes to truly get away from life on Earth may want to consider becoming a citizen of Asgardia. The nation hopes to build a permanent settlement on the moon.


Asgardia was founded in 2016. Its organizers say it has about 200,000 citizens. It also has a constitution and an elected parliament 1. Asgardia’s leader is Igor Ashurbeyli. He is a Russian engineer, computer scientist and businessman. He was inaugurated 3 June 25.


Asgardians have big plans. They want to build up a population of 150 million people within 10 years. They also plan to operate space ships in outer space where humans can live permanently 4.


Ashurbeyli gave his first speech as president to several hundred people in Vienna, Austria. In the speech, he said “This day will certainly be recorded in the annals of the greatest events in the history of humankind.”


He added, “We have thus established all branches of government. I can therefore declare with confidence that Asgardia – the first space nation of the united humankind – has been born.”


Asgardia is named after Asgard, a world in the sky in the ancient mythology 5 of Northern Europe.


Organizers say Asgardia has citizens who now live in more than 200 countries. A person can become a citizen online for free.


Asgardians say they want to interest the 2 percent of the world’s population that is “most creative.”


Ashurbeyli said he wants to have satellites providing worldwide Internet access in five to seven years. He also wants space ships operating in 10 to 15 years, and to establish a permanent settlement on the moon within 25 years.


Asgardians now pay a yearly 6 membership 7 fee of about $125. The nation plans to collect taxes on businesses and private income. But it says those taxes will be kept very low.


I’m Jonathan Evans.


Words in This Story


inaugurate 2 – v. to introduce someone, such as a newly 8 elected official into a job or position with a formal ceremony


annals –n. historical records


mythology – n. the myths of a particular group or culture



1 Parliament
n.议会,国会
  • She won a seat in Parliament at the election.她在选举中赢得了议会中的席位。
  • The drug was banned by an act of parliament.议会的法案明令禁止该药品。
2 inaugurate
vt.为..举行就职典礼,为展览会揭幕,开创
  • We inaugurate a new era of customizing english teaching.我们开创定制英语教学新时代。
  • To inaugurate a new situation of spiritual civilization construction.开创精神文明建设的新局面。
3 inaugurated
为…举行就职典礼( inaugurate的过去式和过去分词 ); 为…举行仪式,为…举行落成[开幕]仪式; 开创,创始
  • Mr. Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation. 普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。
  • Concord inaugurated a new era in airplane travel. 协和飞机开创了空中旅行的新纪元。
4 permanently
adv.永恒地,永久地,固定不变地
  • The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
  • The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。
5 mythology
n.神话,神话学,神话集
  • In Greek mythology,Zeus was the ruler of Gods and men.在希腊神话中,宙斯是众神和人类的统治者。
  • He is the hero of Greek mythology.他是希腊民间传说中的英雄。
6 yearly
adj.每年的,一年一度的;adv.一年一次地
  • The flower show is a yearly event in our town.我们镇上的花展一年举行一次。
  • The yearly rental of her house is 2400 yuan.她这房子年租金是2400元。
7 membership
n.成员资格,会员全体,从属关系
  • I must renew my membership of the sailing club.我必须延续我的航海俱乐部会员的资格。
  • He made up his mind to apply for membership in the Party.他决心申请入党。
8 newly
adv.新近,最近;重新,再度;以新的方式
  • Have you reviewed for this newly published novel?你给这本新出版的小说写书评了吗?
  • It is a newly planted tree and it has not established yet.这是一颗新栽的树,还没有扎下根来。
学英语单词
adder subtractor
allelomorph
allotments for annual expenditures
americorp
amorphous silicon gemanium film
aphthonite
Arphaxad
babysits
bearing designation
beer on draft
bowl end
Bulbophyllum polyrrhizum
carbided catalyst
casing-lower half
clarum
clasen
clustering wool machine
cold-starting heavy-oil engine
common receiver point
computer aided performance analysis
contusion collar
corpora Wolffianum
counter pressing riveting
cozying
crepitation
cryptoreic
cyberanarchism
deutchman
draweecompany
early maturity culture
eightyninecentsday
elcott
electrosyntheses
embosom
Endomyces capsulatus
epinephelus poecilonotus
Etak Navigator
extended stored procedure
falterings
far-field noise
flatrock
flying jacket
free of both foreign and internal debts
front fork spring
Gagere
have a lot to do with
hemapheism
hidden-line image
homonucleotide
index of a radical
jab artist
jubil
kanjifying
land allotment system
lescot
level cap
Lignac-Fanconi syndrome
marci
mastiff
message text
mewl
Nahala
nahant
NCDAI
neck scarf
non sliding vane pump
nondispersive medium
NOT THERE
palline poisoning
perchlorhydria
peripheral moraine
peritonsillitis
plow into
podospora hyalopilosa
PPDD
Pseudosasa yuelushanensis
putback
quoin stone
rate of regulating speed in stability
refiners
resanding
rises to
saint jamess
service conductor
stannoidite
staphylhaematoma
stationary pawl
Sterculiaceae
swollen cellulose
trigonometric identities
trolley-wheel
Ulysses S. Grant
unguentiferous
universal diagnostic x-ray apparatus
UNPC
ventilating circuit
viseite
wagenseil
water-cooled cylinder
xirtam
zantedeschia
zeigler