今天，埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）开始为特朗普拟成立的政府效率部（Department of Government Efficiency，DOGE）招募人才。招聘要求，超级高智商、愿意每周工作80小时以上的人才。
🤔️小作业：
1. Why might the recruitment process for DOGE be considered unconventional?
A) It involves high salaries for successful applicants.
B) It is open to international candidates only.
C) Applications require a paid subscription to X.
D) There is no need to provide a résumé for application.
A) It is a direct financial investment in cryptocurrency.
B) It highlights a playful or ironic naming choice by Musk.
C) It indicates the job will involve cryptocurrency development.
D) It shows that DOGE is funded by profits from dogecoin investments.
无注释原文：
Want to Work for Elon Musk's Government-Efficiency Team? There's a Catch
From: The Wall Street Journal
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's new government-efficiency department is now soliciting applications on X. Take note: you need to subscribe to the social-media platform to apply.
President-elect Donald Trump asked Musk, who owns X, and Ramaswamy, a biotech company founder, to lead cost-cutting efforts and streamline government bureaucracy. The new group, called the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, will operate outside of the federal government, Trump has said, and will work with the White House Office of Management and Budget to implement its recommendations.
DOGE said Thursday thousands of Americans have expressed interest in helping out. Musk and Ramaswamy will review the top 1% of applicants.
“We need super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting,” the department said on X.
The department instructed interested applicants to send their résumés to the DOGE account on X via direct message. Only X premium subscribers are able to message the DOGE account. Premium subscriptions cost $8 or $16 a month in the U.S., depending on the tier selected.
Musk, the world's wealthiest man, has previously said he aims to cut federal spending by at least $2 trillion. Outside analysts have said that would be a difficult aim to achieve.
Responding to one commenter, Musk emphasized that the job wouldn't be easy.
“Indeed, this will be tedious work, make lots of enemies & compensation is zero,” he said. “What a great deal!” he added, alongside a laughing emoji.
It wasn't clear whether Musk meant the roles would be unpaid. The DOGE account didn't respond to a request for comment.
Ramaswamy, a former Republican presidential candidate, said the job stands in contrast to many government officials who “make more money than the value they create.”
Professionals in banking and medicine are no stranger to these kinds of hours, with attempts in both industries to restrict hours from exceeding 80 a week. JPMorgan Chasenow limits junior investment bankers' hours to 80 a week in most cases. Medical residents can work up to 80 hours a week when averaged over four weeks, according to guidelines implemented by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education about two decades ago.
Musk has developed a reputation as a boss who demands long work hours. In the early days of Musk's ownership of X, previously known as Twitter, he emailed staffers telling them they need to work “long hours at high intensity” or leave. Musk himself has said he works seven days a week and takes little time off.
Musk personally spent $200 million to elect Trump, The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week, citing people familiar with the matter. He is now a close ally of the president-elect.
DOGE mirrors the name of dogecoin, the cryptocurrency Musk has frequently promoted online. The price of dogecoin has surged since Musk's role with the department was announced.
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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本主要为华尔街日报官方译文，部分为机器翻译，仅供参考
含注释全文：
Want to Work for Elon Musk's Government-Efficiency Team? There’s a Catch
From: The Wall Street Journal
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's new government-efficiency department is now soliciting applications on X. Take note: you need to subscribe to the social-media platform to apply.
马斯克（Elon Musk）和拉马斯瓦米（Vivek Ramaswamy）新成立的政府效率部门目前正在社交媒体平台X上招募人才。但只有付费订阅用户才能提交申请。
solicit
solicit /səˈlɪsɪt/ 1）表示“招徕（嫖客）；拉（客）”，英文解释为“to offer to have sex with people in return for money”
2）表示“索求，请求…给予（援助、钱或信息）；征求；筹集”，英文解释为“to ask sb for sth, such as support, money, or information; to try to get sth or persuade sb to do sth”举个🌰：They were planning to solicit funds from a number of organizations. 他们正计划向一些机构募集资金。
🎬电影《傲慢与偏见》（Pride and Prejudice）中的台词提到：Mrs Bennet, I was hoping, if it would not trouble you, that I might solicit a private audience with Miss Elizabeth. 班奈特太太 若不会太麻烦 我想私下和伊莉莎白小姐谈谈。
subscribe
subscribe /səbˈskraɪb/ 表示“订阅，订购（产品）；（为某项服务）定期付费；定期捐助”，英文解释为“to pay money to an organization in order to receive a product, use a service regularly, or support the organization”举个🌰：2.3 million people subscribe to this online music service. 有230万人订购了这个在线音乐服务。
President-elect Donald Trump asked Musk, who owns X, and Ramaswamy, a biotech company founder, to lead cost-cutting efforts and streamline government bureaucracy. The new group, called the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, will operate outside of the federal government, Trump has said, and will work with the White House Office of Management and Budget to implement its recommendations.
候任总统特朗普（Donald Trump）已请X的所有者马斯克和生物技术公司创始人拉马斯瓦米领导削减成本和精简政府官僚机构的工作。特朗普表示，这个名为“政府效率部”（Department of Government Efficiency，简称DOGE）的新部门将在联邦政府体制外运作，并将与白宫管理及预算办公室（White House Office of Management and Budget）合作实施其建议。
biotech
biotech /ˈbaɪ.əʊ.tek/ biotechnology 的缩写，表示“生物技术”，英文解释为“technology or industrial processes using living things such as cells and bacteria, especially in order to produce medical treatments”
streamline
streamline /ˈstriːm.laɪn/ 表示“（常通过简化办事程序）使（机构）效率更高；简化”，英文解释为“to improve the effectiveness of an organization such as a business or government, often by making the way activities are performed simpler”举个🌰：The cost-cutting measures include streamlining administrative procedures in the company. 削减开支的措施包括简化公司的行政管理程序。
bureaucracy
bureaucracy /bjʊəˈrɒk.rə.si/ 表示“官僚作风；官僚主义；官僚体制”，英文解释为“a system for controlling or managing a country, company, or organization that is operated by a large number of officials employed to follow rules carefully”
DOGE said Thursday thousands of Americans have expressed interest in helping out. Musk and Ramaswamy will review the top 1% of applicants.
DOGE周四表示，已有数千名美国人表示有兴趣提供帮助。马斯克和拉马斯瓦米将对排名前1%的申请者进行评估。
“We need super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting,” the department said on X.
该部门在X上表示：“我们需要超级高智商的人，需愿意每周工作80多个小时，从事枯燥乏味的成本削减工作。”
unglamorous
unglamorous /ʌnˈɡlæm.ər.əs/ 表示“无趣的，乏味的；没有吸引力的”，英文解释为“not glamorous (= especially attractive and exciting)”如：unglamorous work/surroundings 乏味的工作/沉闷的环境。
The department instructed interested applicants to send their résumés to the DOGE account on X via direct message. Only X premium subscribers are able to message the DOGE account. Premium subscriptions cost $8 or $16 a month in the U.S., depending on the tier selected.
该部门指示有兴趣的申请者通过私信的方式将简历发送至X上的DOGE账户。只有X的付费订阅用户才能向DOGE账户发送私信。在美国，X的付费订阅费用为每月8美元或16美元，具体取决于选择的套餐。
résumé
résumé /ˈrez.juː.meɪ/ 表示“简历，履历”，英文解释为“a short written description of your education, qualifications, previous jobs, and sometimes also your personal interests, that you send to an employer when you are trying to get a job”
premium
premium /ˈpriːmɪəm/ 1）作形容词，表示“高昂的；优质的；高端的”，英文解释为“very high (and higher than usual); of high quality”，如：premium prices/products 奇高的价格；优质产品。
2）作名词，表示“奖金，津贴；加价；附加费”，英文解释为“A premium is a sum of money that you have to pay for something in addition to the normal cost.”举个🌰：Even if customers want "solutions," most are not willing to pay a premium for them. 即使顾客们想要“解决方案”，大部分人不愿意为此支付附加费。
Musk, the world's wealthiest man, has previously said he aims to cut federal spending by at least $2 trillion. Outside analysts have said that would be a difficult aim to achieve.
世界首富马斯克此前曾表示，他的目标是削减至少2万亿美元的联邦支出。外界分析人士表示，这个目标很难实现。
Responding to one commenter, Musk emphasized that the job wouldn't be easy.
在回复一位评论者时，马斯克强调说，这份工作并不轻松。
“Indeed, this will be tedious work, make lots of enemies & compensation is zero,” he said. “What a great deal!” he added, alongside a laughing emoji.
他表示：“确实，这将是一项乏味的工作，会树敌无数，而且没有报酬。”他还在旁边加了一个大笑的表情符号，并补充说：“真是太划算了！”
tedious
tedious /ˈtiː.di.əs/ 表示“单调乏味的，无趣的”，英文解释为“boring”如：a tedious job 单调乏味的工作。
compensation
compensation /ˌkɒm.penˈseɪ.ʃən/ 1）表示“补偿（或赔偿）物；（尤指）赔偿金，补偿金；赔偿”，英文解释为“If something is some compensation for something bad that has happened, it makes you feel better.”举个🌰：He gained some compensation for her earlier defeat by winning the final open class. 他通过赢得公开赛的决赛获得了对先前失利的一些补偿。
2）表示“报酬（雇员获得的金钱和其他福利的总和）”，英文解释为“the combination of money and other benefits (= rewards) that an employee receives for doing their job”举个🌰：Annual compensation for our executives includes salary and bonus under our incentive plan. 我们的高级管理人员获得的年度报酬包括工资以及按奖励计划发放的奖金。
It wasn't clear whether Musk meant the roles would be unpaid. The DOGE account didn't respond to a request for comment.
目前尚不清楚马斯克的意思是否是这些职位将没有报酬。DOGE账户没有回复通过X上的私信发送的置评请求。
Ramaswamy, a former Republican presidential candidate, said the job stands in contrast to many government officials who “make more money than the value they create.”
拉马斯瓦米表示，这份工作与许多“收入超过其创造价值”的政府官员形成了鲜明对比。
Professionals in banking and medicine are no stranger to these kinds of hours, with attempts in both industries to restrict hours from exceeding 80 a week. JPMorgan Chasenow limits junior investment bankers' hours to 80 a week in most cases. Medical residents can work up to 80 hours a week when averaged over four weeks, according to guidelines implemented by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education about two decades ago.
银行和医药行业专业人员对该工时并不陌生，这两个行业都曾试图限制每周工时不得超过80小时。摩根大通银行将初级投资银行从业者的工作时间限制在每周80小时以内。根据美国研究生医学教育认证委员会（Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education）大约二十年前实施的指导方针，医学住院医师每周平均工作时间不超过80小时。
exceed
exceed /ɪkˈsiːd/ 表示“超过，超出（数量）；超越（规定的范围）”，英文解释为“to be greater than a number or amount, or to go past an allowed limit”举个🌰：The final cost should not exceed ￥100. 最终的花费不应超出100元。
📍词根“-ceed”表示"走，去"，前缀“ex-”表示"出，超出"。近义词：surpass（超过），同根词：proceed（进行），succeed（成功）
resident
resident /ˈrez.ɪ.dənt/ 表示“居民；住户”，英文解释为“a person who lives or has their home in a place”如：a resident of the UK/Australia 英国/澳大利亚居民，还可以表示“（美国的）高级专科住院实习医生；住院医生”，英文解释为“a doctor who is still training, and who works in a hospital”
accreditation
accreditation /əˌkred.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/ 表示“官方认可；鉴定合格”，英文解释为“the fact of being officially recognized, accepted, or approved of, or the act of officially recognizing, accepting, or approving of something”举个🌰：The committee has established new procedures for the accreditation of degrees. 委员会制定了新的学位认证程序。
Musk has developed a reputation as a boss who demands long work hours. In the early days of Musk's ownership of X, previously known as Twitter, he emailed staffers telling them they need to work “long hours at high intensity” or leave. Musk himself has said he works seven days a week and takes little time off.
马斯克这人以要求员工长时间工作出了名。在马斯克收购X公司（原推特）早期，他曾给员工发邮件，告诉他们需要“长时间、高强度”工作，否则就离职。马斯克自己也说过，他每周工作七天，几乎没有休息时间。
Musk personally spent $200 million to elect Trump, The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week, citing people familiar with the matter. He is now a close ally of the president-elect.
《华尔街日报》本周早些时候援引熟悉内情人士的话报道称，马斯克个人花费了2亿美元选举特朗普。他现在是当选总统特朗普的亲密盟友。
ally
ally /ˈæl.aɪ/ 表示“（尤指战时的）同盟国，盟友”，英文解释为“a country that has agreed officially to give help and support to another one, especially during a war”举个🌰：The US is one of Britain's staunchest allies. 美国是英国最忠实的盟友之一。
📍the Allies 特指“（第二次世界大战期间的）同盟国”，英文解释为“the countries, including the US, the UK, the USSR, and France, that fought against the Axis countries in the Second World War”
DOGE mirrors the name of dogecoin, the cryptocurrency Musk has frequently promoted online. The price of dogecoin has surged since Musk's role with the department was announced.
DOGE的名称与狗狗币（dogecoin）一样，这是马斯克经常在网上推广的一种加密货币。自宣布马斯克将领导该部门以来，狗狗币的价格一路飙升。
cryptocurrency
cryptocurrency /ˈkrɪptoʊkɜːrənsi/ 表示“（公共网络的，而非政府发行的）加密电子货币（使用加密法确保付款安全支付及收取）”，实际就是加密货币，英文解释为“a digital currency produced by a public network, rather than any government, that uses cryptography to make sure payments are sent and received safely”如：cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin 诸如比特币一类的加密电子货币。
surge
surge /sɜːdʒ/ 1）作动词，表示“急剧上升；飞涨；剧增”，英文解释为“If something surges, it increases suddenly and greatly, after being steady or developing only slowly.”举个🌰：The company's profits have surged. 公司的利润激增。
2）表示“涌动，蜂拥向前”，英文解释为“to move quickly and powerfully”举个🌰：An angry crowd surged through the gates of the president's palace. 愤怒的人群涌进了总统府的大门。
3）作名词，表示“剧增”，英文解释为“A surge is a sudden large increase in something that has previously been steady, or has only increased or developed slowly.”举个🌰：An unexpected surge in electrical power caused the computer to crash. 突然出现的电压剧增导致电脑死机。
🎬电影《雷神2：黑暗世界》（Thor: The Dark World）中的台词提到：But she will not survive the amount of energy surging within her. 但她体内涌动的能量太大 她撑不住的。
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