[To learn English] Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, said on Saturday he would cover the paychecks of U.S. Transportation Security Administration officers during their second unpaid work stoppage in six months amid a protracted federal funding lapse. The budget impasse over funding for the TSA’s parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security, is in its fifth week. Screeners and other TSA personnel are days away from missing a second full paycheck, but are being pressured to show up ⁠as screening times at some airports stretch on for hours. 全球首富、亿万富翁企业家埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）周六表示，鉴于联邦政府资金断供的局面持续已久，他将为美国运输安全管理局（TSA）的安检人员垫付薪资，以应对他们在六个月内遭遇的第二次无薪停工。 围绕TSA上级机构——美国国土安全部——资金拨款的预算僵局目前已进入第五周。安检员及其他TSA工作人员即将面临第二次全额薪资无法到账的困境，但与此同时，由于部分机场的安检等候时间已长达数小时，他们正面临着必须坚守岗位的巨大压力。 LearnEnglishLeave a remark