2019.07.14

周日 Sunday

wealth
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n. 財富；大量；富有

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It may come as no surprise that a strong majority of Americans support a wealth tax — a higher tax rate for a small number of millionaires and billionaires.

大多數美國人支持財富稅--對少數百萬富翁和億萬富翁征收更高的稅，這可能沒什么值得驚訝的。

But what might be a surprise is that some of those millionaires and billionaires are calling for a wealth tax themselves.

但是讓人驚訝的是，某些百萬富翁和億萬富翁自己也在號召征收財富稅。

Abigail Disney is one of those people.

阿比蓋爾·迪士尼就是其中的一個。

Her grandfather was Roy Disney, co-founder of the multibillion-dollar entertainment conglomerate that bears her family name — though she currently has no formal role with the company.

她的外祖父是羅伊·迪士尼，也就是價值數十億的娛樂企業(yè)迪士尼的合伙創(chuàng)始人--雖然她目前在公司還沒有正式職位。

The activist and filmmaker has been speaking out on the issue of income inequality, and specifically at Disney.?

這位活動家和電影制作人在公開反對收入不平等，特別是針對迪士尼。

She was one of 18 people in the top one-tenth of the wealthiest 1% who first signed a recent letter to the 2020 presidential candidates supporting a tax for households with $50 million or more in assets.

最富有的千分之一群體中的18人簽署了聯名信，呼吁2020年總統(tǒng)候選人支持對資產超過5000萬美元的家庭征收稅款，她也是其中之一。

"Nothing in history ever moved forward just because people advocated for their own interests," Disney tells All Things Considered. "Things really change when people are traitors to their class, and my class needs some really good traitors these days."

“歷史上沒有什么事情是因為人們都提倡對自己有利的事情而進步的?！钡鲜磕釋Α锻ūP考慮》節(jié)目說道?！爱斎藗兪亲约弘A級的叛徒時，事情才真正發(fā)生改變。這年頭，我的階級需要一些很好的叛徒?！?/div>

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今日詞匯

wealth
?[welθ]?
n. 財富；大量；富有

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He came in search of wealth, status, and power.

他來尋找財富、名望和權力。

He was intensely eager, indeed avid, for wealth.??

他嗜財如命。

文中wealth tax，指“財產稅”。