On November 2, Tesla CEO Musk, the world's richest man, posted a "seven-step poem" by Cao Zhi on Chinese on Twitter and Weibo: "Boiling beans burns beans, and beans cry in the kettle." Ben is born from the same root, and he is too anxious to fry. ”
Musk's sudden release of an ancient poem in the end of the purpose, triggering Speculation at home and abroad netizens. In addition, he also added the word "humankind" in front of the poem, which made the majority of netizens even more confused.
Some see this as a response to "forced donations" by UN officials.
According to CNBC, the United Nations World Food Programme recently publicly asked the world's richest people to donate money to solve the global famine problem, and also named Musk and called on him to donate $6 billion to help solve the global food crisis.
There has also been speculation that he is talking about two cryptocurrencies – a competition between Dogecoin and Shiba Inu.
Some foreign netizens concluded after using machine translation: This is a recipe!
"Boiling beans and burning beans, purple grass (a plant) that cries in the pot has the same root, so why are you so anxious?"
In order to solve the doubts of foreign netizens, we will come to the previous version of Mr. Xu Yuanchong's translation:
written while taking seven paces
—cao zhi
pods burned to cook peas;
peas weep in the pot,
“grown from the same trees,
why boil us so hot?”
It is worth mentioning that immediately after the microblog was issued, it received tips from a number of Weibo netizens to "slightly express their hearts". Some netizens commented: I would like to know what kind of mentality is the person who pays the world's richest man?
There are also many big platforms that are "borrowing the topic to play" and have reported on this matter. IKEA is no exception to the heat.
Xiaobian really feels that "Musk" can be renamed "Marsh"!
Okay, let's take a look at the Global Times report on this incident!
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conjecture rises on elon musk’s post of ancient chinese poem, including taiwan question - global times
conjecture (猜测) rises on elon musk’s post of ancient chinese poem
Speculation about elon Musk's release of ancient Chinese poems is heating up
tesla ceo elon musk posted an ancient chinese poem about two royal brothers who fought out of jealousy (忌妒), on both twitter and sina weibo on tuesday, a rare move that has raised conjecture of oblique (间接的) meanings as well as banter (玩笑) from netizens.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk posted an ancient Chinese poem about two royal brothers fighting over jealousy on Twitter and Sina Weibo on Tuesday, a rare move that drew speculation and ridicule from netizens about its implicit meaning.
Royal adj Royal; King's
Rare adj is rare; rare
netizen n netizen (net + citizen)
titled with the english word “humankind”, musk’s post was followed by a well-known poem written in chinese dubbed (被称为) “quatrain of seven steps”.
Musk's post was titled with the English word "humankind, followed by a famous poem written in Chinese called "Seven Steps."
title v [noun verb] (to the book, music, etc.) with a title, set the title
the poem is believed to have been written by cao zhi (192 — 232), a prince of the state wei in the three kingdoms period (220 — 280) of chinese history. he was also the younger brother of cao pi, the emperor of wei at that time.
It is believed that the poem was written by Cao Zhi (192-232), the crown prince of the State of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history. He was also the younger brother of Emperor Cao Pi of Wei.
be believed to be sth 被认为是… according to a historical legend, cao pi was initially an underdog during the race for the throne. after winning the race, cao pi had sought opportunity to kill cao zhi, a brother regarded as more talented than him. cao pi asked cao zhi to compose a poem within seven footsteps to explain his innocence and why his life should be spared.
According to historical legend, Cao Pi was initially at a disadvantage in his struggle for the throne. After seizing the throne, Cao Pi took the opportunity to kill his younger brother Cao Zhi, who was considered more talented than him. Cao Pi asked Cao Zhi to write a poem within seven steps, explaining his innocence and why he should spare his life.
initially adv [academic word] begins; initially; initially (initially + -ly)
underdog n disadvantaged; under + dog before the game
Etymology Story:
The word underdog first appeared in the mid-19th century as an illegal dogfight, in which the dog that loses the battle.
In modern English, underdog refers to the least favored competitor in a battle or competition, and also refers to a person who is in adversity or disadvantage.
Seek opportunity to do sth look for opportunities to do something
regard ... As will... Think; put ... As
compose a poem 作诗
innocence n innocence; innocence (from innocent)
Spare v [familiar words] [formal terms] forgiveness; forgiveness; let go
the poem uses beans and stalks (秸秆), which are born from the same roots, as a metaphor (隐喻) for brothers who share the same blood. it also uses stalks and beans to imply the contentious (可能引起争论的) relationship between cao zhi himself and cao pi, who brutalized (残酷对待) his younger brother for the power.
The poem uses beans and straw from the same root as a metaphor for brothers who share the same blood. It also uses straw and beans to hint at a disputed relationship between Cao Zhi himself and Cao Pi, who maimed his younger brother for power.
Blood n [familiar words] bloodline; family
imply v [academic word] implies; implies
the post of the world’s richest man has received over 19,600 comments on twitter and 4,000 comments on weibo, five hours after posting. it is still unclear what musk’s implying through the poem. some people believe it has something to do with un’s calls for donations.
The post, the world's richest man, received more than 19,600 Tweet comments and 4,000 Weibo comments five hours after it was posted. It's unclear what Musk implies through the poem. Some believe that this is related to the United Nations appeal for contributions.
unclear adj unclear; uncertain (un- + clear)
a call for sth's appeal to something
last week, the director of the un world food programme (wfp) david beasley called on world’s top billionaires to donate money to help save millions of people who are at the risk of starvation.
Last week, David Beasley, director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), called on the world's top billionaires to donate to help save millions of people facing famine.
Call on sb to do sth appeal / publicly ask someone to do something
donate v (especially to charity) donation, gift (from donation)
be at the risk of having... danger
starvation n starvation; starvation; starvation (starve starvation + -ation)
coincidentally, after musk posted the chinese poem, he said in another weibo post that “if wfp can describe exactly how $6b will solve world hunger, i will sell tesla stock (股票) right now and do it.” he said the same thing in a twitter thread.
Coincidentally, after Musk posted the Chinese poem, he said in another Weibo post, "If the World Food Programme can explain exactly how $6 billion will solve the global famine problem, I will immediately sell Tesla stock and then donate." He said the same thing in a tweet.
Coincidentally adv [academic words] [sentence adverbs] coincidentally
(coincidental coincidence + -ly)
thread n [familiar words] (online discussion boards on the same topic) A series of posts
many chinese netizens were excited about the billionaire’s rare move of using the chinese poem that they are familiar with.
Many Chinese netizens were thrilled by the billionaire's rare use of their familiar Chinese poetry.
be familiar with familiar / familiar...
“you should name this poem ‘humanbeans’,” said another weibo user.
"You should name the poem 'humanbeans,'" said another Weibo user.
maybe he just wanted to show off how good his chinese is, which he believes is cool, said another.
Maybe he just wanted to show off how good his Chinese was, he thought it was cool, said another.
Show off to show off; show off; show off
Post-school testing
1. Fill in the blank space with an appropriate word or the correct form of the word in parentheses.
1. he can hardly wait to show ___________ how well he speaks chinese.
2. i have written a couple of books including one ___________ (title) tricks of the trade: a consumer survival guide.
3. the climate here is quite pleasant, the temperature ___________ (rare), if ever, reaching 30℃ in summer.
4. things have begun to improve since schools were called ___________ to reduce learning load.
5. in 1963 the un set up the world food programme, one of whose purposes is to relieve worldwide ___________ (starve).
2. According to the Chinese prompts, translate the following sentences.
1. I want to find an opportunity to thank him.
2. She risked her life to save thousands of children.
3. As far as I know, Musk is familiar with Chinese poetry.
4. Education is considered to be the most important issue facing the Government.
5. I regard environmental protection as my responsibility.
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一、1. off 2. titled 3. rarely 4. on / for 5. starvation
二、1. i’d like to seek opportunity to thank him.
2. she saved thousands of children at the risk of her own life.
3. as far as i know, musk is very familiar with chinese poem.
4. education is believed to be the most important issue facing the government.
5. i regard protection of the environment as my duty. / protection of the environment is regarded as my duty.