Pre-reading

Question: What does Holmes’ company do?

Intensive Reading

Elizabeth Holmes is American. She starts a company in 2003. The name of the company is Theranos.

伊丽莎白·霍尔姆斯是一名美国人。2003年，她创立了一家公司。公司名为Theranos。

The company makes special blood tests. The tests need very little blood. They can find many diseases. The tests are new and exciting. People say that Holmes is the new Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs starts the company Apple.

该公司专做检测。检测只需很少量的血液。他们可以发现多种疾病。这种检测新颖且令人激动。人们说霍尔姆斯是新一代乔布斯。乔布斯创立了苹果公司。

Holmes gets 700 million dollars from investors. They believe her. They give her money. She becomes a billionaire.

霍尔姆斯从投资者那里拿到了7亿美元。他们相信她。他们给她钱。她成为了亿万富豪。

In 2015, scientists and journalists believe that the tests are not good. They don’t believe in the technology. Now people know that Holmes doesn’t tell the truth. She only wants money. She will go to court. She can spend up to 80 years in prison.

2015年，科学家和记者认为这些检测不太行。他们不相信这项技术。现在人们知道霍尔姆斯一开始没有讲真话。她只想要钱。她将走上法庭。她可能被监禁长达80年。

Notes:

1. blood test：验血，test泛指各种形式的检验检测考试等，进行检验/检测/考试一般用take a test。

2. investor：n. /?n?vest?(r)/ 投资人，动词形式为invest，“在……上投资/投入……”表述为invest sth. in/on sth.

3. billionaire：n. /?b?lj??ne?(r)/ 亿万富翁，millionaire为百万富翁，另外还有一个词zillionaire指的是超级富豪，带有幽默口吻。

Exercise:

请根据文章内容，回答下述问题：

Why do people call Holmes the New Jobs?