正文 第37章 Bill Gates in His Boyhood (4)(2 / 3)

是的,心中有目標,風雨不折腰。

實戰提升篇

核心單詞

recess [ri5ses] n. 休息;休會;學校的假期

recap [5ri:kAp] n. 重述要點 v. 扼要重述;概括

routine [ru:5ti:n] n. 例行公事;慣例

varsity [5vB:siti] n. 大學;大學代表隊

attitude [5Atitju:d] n. 態度,意見,看法

實用句型

I am going to play college basketball. 我要到大學去打籃球。

①用“be going to”表示將來上大學是經過事先考慮好的。

②play basketball 打籃球;類似的表達還有 play volleyball 排球;play table tennis乒乓球;play hockey曲棍球;play tennis網球;play badminton羽毛球;但在樂器前要加the,如play the piano彈鋼琴。

翻譯行不行

1.天安門廣場上人山人海。(a sea of)

2.他們毫不猶豫地就同意了。(without a moment of hesitation)

3.孩子們好奇地盯著魔術師。(in wonder)

第一章 The Master of Investment: Warren Buffett

·Alfred ·

For someone who is such an extraordinarily successful investor,Warren Buffett comes off as a pretty ordinary guy. Born and bred in Omaha,Nebraska,for more than 40 years Buffett has lived in the same gray stucco house on Farnam Street that he bought for $31,500. He wears rumpled,nondescript suits,drives his own car,drinks Cherry Coke,and is more likely to be found in a Dairy Queen than a four-star restaurant.

But the 68-year-old Omaha native has led an extraordinary life. Looking back on his childhood,one can see the budding of a savvy businessman. Warren Edward Buffett was born on August 30,1930,the middle child of three. His father,Howard Buffett,came from a family of grocers but himself became a stockbroker and later a U. S. congressman.

Even as a young child,Buffett was pretty serious about making money. He used to go door-to-door and sell soda pop. He and a friend used math to develop a system for picking winners in horseracing and started selling their“Stable-Boy Selections”tip sheets until they were shut down for not having a license. Later,he also worked at his grandfather’s grocery store. At the ripe age of 11,Buffett bought his first stock.