本期內容：

Two of the technology industry's leading figures descended on Washington on Thursday as their companies face growing political pressure. The executives, Jeff Bezos of Amazon and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, showed up for different reasons, and in different places. Mr. Bezos led a morning event at the National Press Club, announcing a commitment by Amazon to be carbon neutral by 2040. Later, Mr. Zuckerberg met with President Trump and held discussions on Capitol Hill about election security, privacy and other issues.

technology industry: 科技行業
· industry n. 工業；行業
· industrious adj. 勤奮的，努力的
leading figure: 領軍人物
· historical/political figures: 歷史/政治人物
descend on: 到達；蒞臨（arrive at）
· descend v. 下降；降落
· ascend v. 上升，升高
growing adj. 日益增長的
growing pressure/challenge/burden: 日益增長的壓力/挑戰/負擔
executive n.（公司或機構的）主管領導，管理人員
· CEO (chief executive officer): 首席執行官
show up: 出席
commitment n. 承諾
carbon neutral：碳平衡的（指碳排放量減低為零，或通過環保措施抵消排放）

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