他发表此番言论之时，正值最近几天比特币和其他加密货币大跌之际，加之全球市场普遍崩盘，使疫情刚开始时积累下的大部分收益化为乌有。彼时，有一大批投资者下注电子货币。
The price of bitcoin recently traded just above $20，000 on Wednesday. It has lost more than two-thirds of its value since its record high in November， the fourth worst selloff in the cryptocurrency's 13-year history. Further waves of reckoning have swept through the cryptocurrency industry this week.
周三，比特币的最近交易价仅略高于2万美元。自去年11月创下价格高位纪录以来，比特币已贬值逾三分之二。这是加密数字货币13年历史上第四严重的抛售。本周，几波清算浪潮进一步席卷了整个加密货币行业。
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比尔·盖茨所说的“expensive digital images of monkeys“指的是“THE BORED APE YACHT CLUB (BAYC is a collection of 10，000 Bored Ape NFTs—unique digital collectibles living on the Ethereum blockchain.)“
生词好句
1.crypto
英[?kr?pt??]美[?kr?pto?]
n.加密货币（全称：cryptocurrency）
2.Greater Fool Theory
博傻理论
3.notion
英[?n???n]美[?no??n]
n.概念，想法
4.overvalued assets
被高估的资产
拓展:
undervalued assets 被低估的资产
value UK /?v?lju?/ US /?v?lju?/
v.估值，估价
failure UK /?fe?lj?/ US /?fe?lj?r/
w UK /?d?blju?/ US /?d?blju?/
5.immensely
英[??mensli]美[??mensli]
adv.极端地，非常，极大地（very much， extremely）
6.executive
英[?ɡ?zekj?t?v]美[?ɡ?zekj?t?v]
n.高管
拓展:
chief executive 首席高管
chief executive officer 首席执行官
7.skepticism
英[?skept?s?zm]美[?skept?s?zm]
n.怀疑的态度
拓展:
express skepticism about something
=be skeptical about something 对某事持怀疑态度
8.NFT
非同质化代币（全称：Non-Fungible Token）
9.surge
英[s??d?]美[s?r?d?]
vi.（本文）激增，陡增，剧烈上升（to increase suddenly and strongly）；涌动，汹涌（to move quickly and with force in a particular direction）；（感情的）突然涌现，涌起
拓展:
New Oriental stock has surged recently.
新东方最近股价暴涨。
Gas prices surged to new record high of $5 per gallon in the US.
在美国油价飙到了5刀每加仑。
Flood waters surged into their homes.
洪水涌入了他们的家门。
They surged up the stairs of the Capitol building and crashed through doors and windows.
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