Name: 億萬富翁為何要蓋地下碉堡？⏲️ 6分鐘學英文 (Why are billionaires building bunkers ⏲️ 6 Minute English)
Uploaded: 2026-01-30T17:21:06.000Z
Duration: 6 min 33 s

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I'm Neil and today we're joined by Hannah from the what in the World podcast.

我是 Neil，今天我們請到 What in the World 節目的 Hannah。

So, Neil, do you think you're good at preparing for the future or for unexpected events?

所以，Neil，你覺得自己擅長為未來或突發事件做準備嗎？

We're talking about all kinds of events now, I think I'm pretty organized, but

我們現在在聊各種各樣的事件，我覺得我還挺有條理的，但是

I only have enough food to last me about a week.

我只有夠吃大約一個星期的食物。

And today we're talking all about preppers.

而今天我們要聊的就是準備者。

A prepper is someone who believes that disaster is likely to happen soon and so they prepare for it.

準備者是指那些相信災難很可能會很快發生，所以他們會為此做好準備的人。

A prepper might learn survival skills or they might build a bunker, an underground shelter.

準備者可能會學習求生技巧，或是建造地堡、地下避難所。

And recently many famous billionaires from the tech industry have made the news for building luxury bunkers.

最近有許多來自科技產業的億萬富翁，因為建造豪華地堡而登上新聞。

So what these bunkers need to do is to keep you safe from danger.

所以這些地堡需要做的就是讓你們遠離危險。

But they're also like something out of a spy film.

但它們也像間諜片裡的情節一樣。

They're huge and they've got cool features like gyms or home cinemas.

它們非常巨大，還配備了健身房或家庭劇院等酷炫設施。

They allow someone to live a comfortable life while staying safe from danger.

它們能讓人們在遠離危險的同時，也能過上舒適的生活。

We're going to be talking about these luxury bunkers, the people building them and what they're so afraid of.

我們要來聊聊這些豪華地堡、建造它們的人，以及他們到底在害怕什麼。

But first, Neil, I've got a question for you.

不過首先，Neil，我有一個問題想問你。

Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, is building a property in Hawaii which is reported to include a huge underground bunker.

Meta 的執行長 Mark Zuckerberg，他旗下擁有 Facebook、Instagram 和 WhatsApp，正在夏威夷建造一處房產，據報導其中包含一個巨大的地下避難所。

So, Neil, how much is he reportedly spending on the project?

所以，Neil，據說他為這個專案花了多少錢？

Is it A, $10 million, B, $50 million or C $100 million?

是 A、一千萬美元，B、五千萬美元，還是 C、一億美元？

Well, Hannah, I don't know, but he's a pretty rich guy, So I think 100 million.

嗯，Hannah，我不知道，但他可是個超級有錢人，所以我猜是一億。

Well, I will reveal the answer at the end of the programme.

嗯，我會在節目最後揭曉答案。

Hannah, you've been looking into these luxury bunkers like the one Mark Zuckerberg is reported to be building on.

Hannah，妳一直在研究這些豪華地堡，就像 Mark Zuckerberg 據說正在建造的那種。

Well, I was joined by BBC reporter Natalia Jimenez to talk about preppers and I started off by asking whether she had ever considered building a bunker and, and

嗯，我和 BBC記者 Natalia Jimenez 一起聊了準備者，我一開始就問她有沒有考慮過建造地堡，還有

I love this question because I've actually been thinking about it for a while.

我很喜歡這個問題，因為我其實已經想了很久了。

When you watch TV in the us, when you turn on a kind of US TV channel, what happens is that there's usually some ads about freeze dried food.

在美國看電視的時候，打開美國的電視頻道，通常會有一些關於凍乾食品的廣告。

They pop up quite regularly and it's all about kind of the prepper mentality.

這些廣告出現的頻率很高，而且都是關於準備者心態的。

What are you going to do when the apocalypse happens.

當啟示錄來臨時，妳打算怎麼做？

Natalia has thought about building a bunker and getting prepared because she sees adverts for freeze dried food that would last a long time on TV in the us.

Natalia 有考慮過建造地堡並做好準備，因為她在美國的電視上看到會放很久的凍乾食品廣告。

When she talks about the adverts, she says, I'm not kidding, which means I'm not joking.

當她提到廣告時，她說「我沒有在開玩笑」，這表示我不是在開玩笑。

Natalia says that these adverts are part of the prepper mentality.

Natalia 說這些廣告是準備者心態的一部分。

A mentality is a person's way of thinking about things.

心態就是一個人思考事情的方式。

So the prepper mentality would mean thinking about things like a prepper.

所以準備者心態就是像準備者一樣思考事情。

Part of the prepper mentality is to question what you would do if the apocalypse happens.

準備者心態的一部分就是質疑如果啟示錄發生了，你會怎麼做。

An apocalypse refers to a serious event which causes destruction and change.

啟示錄指的是會造成毀滅和改變的嚴重事件。

So lots of people do think about preparing for bad things.

所以很多人確實會想到為壞事做準備。

And for tech billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg, they're able to spend a lot of money preparing for disaster.

而像 Mark Zuckerberg 這樣的科技產業億萬富翁，他們有能力花很多錢為災難做準備。

So do you think they know something we don't?

所以你認為他們知道一些我們不知道的事情嗎？

Let's hear from Natalia again, speaking to me on what in the world.

讓我們再聽聽 Natalia 在「What in the world」節目中對我說的話。

So the reasons include nuclear tensions, AI risk, climate disaster, essentially any world ending event.

所以原因包括核子緊張、AI 風險、氣候災難，基本上任何可能終結世界的事件。

But secondly, it's also a mark of societal status.

但其次，這也是一種社會地位的象徵。

So no matter what happens, no matter what comes our way, if you're a tech billionaire, you're going to be able to live through that comfortably without compromising your lifestyle, without compromising the standard that you have.

所以不管發生什麼事，不管我們遇到什麼，如果你是科技界的億萬富翁，你都能舒適地度過，不會犧牲你的生活方式，不會犧牲你的標準。

So because these tech billionaires are essentially building the future, the fact that they're so afraid of it, quote unquote, is telling within itself.

所以因為這些科技界的億萬富翁基本上在建造未來，他們卻如此害怕它，引號引號，這本身就說明瞭一些問題。

So while tech billionaires are worried about things like climate disaster or AI, Natalia says that luxury bunkers are also a mark of social status or status, as we would say in the uk.

所以當科技界的億萬富翁擔心氣候災難或 AI 的時候，Natalia 說豪華地堡也是一種社會地位或身份的象徵，就像我們在英國說的那樣。

Someone's status is the amount of respect or importance given to them by other people.

一個人的地位就是其他人給予他們的尊重或重視的程度。

With their bunkers, tech billionaires would be able to survive without compromising their luxury lifestyle.

有了他們的地堡，科技界的億萬富翁就能在不犧牲他們奢華生活方式的情況下生存下來。

That means without lowering their standard of living.

這意味著不降低他們的生活水準。

Ok, so now I need to know the answer to that quiz question you gave me, Hannah.

好的，現在我需要知道妳給我的那個小測驗題的答案了，Hannah。

So my question was Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, is building a property in Hawaii which is said to include a huge underground bunker.

所以我的問題是，Meta 的執行長 Mark Zuckerberg 正在夏威夷建造一處房產，據說其中包含一個巨大的地下避難所。

How much is he reported to be spending on the project?

他據報在這個專案上花了多少錢？

Well, I think I gave option c, which was $100 million.

嗯，我記得我選了 C 選項，也就是一億美元。

The property is said to include a large underground bunker, although Zuckerberg says it's just a little shelter.

據說這處房產包含一個大型地下避難所，不過 Zuckerberg 說那只是一個小小的避難所。

Ok, it's time to recap the language we've learned during the programme, starting with Prepper, someone who thinks disaster is likely to happen soon and so prepares for it.

好的，是時候來複習一下我們在這個節目學到的詞彙了，從 Prepper 開始，也就是認為災難很可能會很快發生，是以為此做準備的人。

Your mentality is the way you think about things.

你的 mentality (心態) 是你看待事情的方式。

An apocalypse (啟示錄) 指的是一個造成破壞和改變的嚴重事件。

Your status or status in society is the amount of respect and importance other people give you.

你的 status (地位) 或社會地位是指其他人給予你的尊重和重視的程度。

And if you compromise something like your lifestyle, you lower the standard of it.

而且如果你犧牲了像是你的生活方式，你就降低了它的標準。

That's it for this episode of Six Minute English.

這就是本集的 Six Minute English 節目。

但是，Hannah，大家還可以在哪裡找到更多內容呢？

Well, you can listen to us wherever you get your BBC podcasts, or you can watch us on the BBC World Service YouTube channel.

嗯，你可以在任何收聽 BBC podcast 的地方聽我們，或者在 BBC World Service 的 YouTube 頻道上觀看我們。

Just search for what in the World in the studio or click on the link in the notes for this programme.

只要在節目中搜尋 What in the World，或點擊我們節目說明裡的連結。

And don't forget to test what you've learned in this programme with the quiz on our website, bbclearningenglish.com Goodbye for now.

別忘了在我們的網站 bbclearningenglish.com 上透過測驗來測試你學到的內容。掰掰。

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這是來自 BBCLearningEnglish.com 的六分鐘英語。