SpaceX首席执行官埃隆•马斯克最近在学术期刊《新太空》（New Space）上发表一篇文章，称如果人类永远待在地球上，可能会遭遇生物灭绝的灾难，并声明火星将是人类的避难所。马斯克还在这篇论文中详细地展开了他的火星殖民构想，勾画了人类成为多星球物种（a multi-planetary species）的前景。他说我们应该尽早将部分人类运往火星生存，为人类文明备份（send humans to Mars as a backup drive for civilization）。然而航空领域的科学家却不买账，他们批评（struck a combative tone）此文是野心家的空泛狂想，并没有提出任何可操作的解决方案，亦不拥有可借鉴的学术价值。
今天的句子：
“It’s a wild-eyed investment pitch, pumped up by the enthusiasm of credulous fan boys brought up on comic book sci-fi, wrapped in evangelism of saving humanity from itself and the problems we’ve wrought on this planet, a kind of modern day manifest destiny,” he tweeted in response to the paper.
词汇突破：
1.Wild-eyed 狂热的
2.Pitch 广告语；宣传
3.Pump up 热切期望
4.Credulous 轻信的
5.Evangelism福音主义；传道狂般的热情
6.Wreak造成（巨大的破坏或伤害）过去式：wrought 造成
常见搭配：wreak havoc on...
7.Manifest destiny 命定扩张论; 是19世纪美国人的一种信条，认为对外扩张是美国的天命
确定主干：
he tweeted in response to the paper主句的主干
It’s a wild-eyed investment pitch直接引语的主干
切分成分：
1.pumped up by the enthusiasm of credulous fan boys 后置定语一
2. brought up on comic book sci-fi
= fan boys were brought up on comic book sci-fi
3.wrapped in evangelism of saving humanity后置定语二
4.from itself and the problems状语
5.(that) we’ve wrought on this planet修饰problems的定语从句，省略引导词that
6.a kind of modern day manifest destiny同位语，修饰a wild-eyed investment pitch
参考译文：他推特上对论文回应道：“这是狂热的投资宣传。读科幻漫画长大的粉丝们头脑简单，大肆吹捧。它以福音主义作为包装，要从人类自己的手中拯救人类，回避我们在地球上造成的问题。这是一种现代的命定扩张论。”
明天的句子：
The nation's capital has been captivated for years with the battle over the Redskins' name, but the high court had left the football team's case pending at a federal appeals court in order to hear the challenge brought by band leader Simon Tam and his Portland, Ore.-based foursome.
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