时间:2019-02-15 作者:英语课 分类:美国文化脱口秀


英语课

   扎克伯格承诺捐出450亿美金,像巴菲特、比尔盖茨一样把绝大部分身家捐予慈善用途。为什么美国富豪热衷裸捐?是他们的觉悟比中国富豪高吗?今天我们就聊聊美国富豪的三观。


  关键词:
  A trending topic on global social media: 全球社交媒体的热题
  Facebook founder: FB创始人
  Mark Zuckerberg: 马克扎克伯格
  99% of his Facebook stock: 他拥有的99%Facebook股票
  Valuation:市值
  45 billion dollars: 450亿美金
  Vast majority of their wealth: 绝大部分的身家
  A greater cause: 伟大、远大的理想
  Newborn daughter: 新出生的女儿
  Pledge: 承诺(捐出)
  Donate money: 捐款
  Billionaires:百亿富豪
  Multi-billionaires: 身家好几百亿的富豪
  Moral responsibility: 道德责任
  Admirable: 令人敬佩的
  Some mock Zuckerberg's donation: 有美国网友讽刺扎克伯格的捐款行为
  Skeptical:怀疑
  Intention: 动机
  Promote equality: 推动平等
  Haters: 喷子、充满负能量的人
  He's donating the money gradually: 他会逐步捐出
  Overnight: 一夜间
  Over the course of his lifetime: 在他有生之年
  Philanthropy/charity: 慈善
  Well-established tradition: 悠久的传统
  Rich people give money for the greater good: 有钱人捐钱给社会公益事业
  The Rockefeller family: 洛克菲勒家族
  Mentally/psychologically:心理上、精神上
  Legacy: 遗产, 更多指精神遗产
  Materialistic: 物质的
  To leave a lasting effect: 留下持久的影响
  Circle of friends: 朋友圈、社交圈
  Material possession: 物质财富
  Global impact: 全球性的影响
  Foundation: 基金会
  Initiative: 很多慈善类组织的名字会用某某Initiative, 比如扎克伯格和太太的Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative
  Devoted husband:专一的丈夫
  Think tank: 智囊团
  None of this means anything:这一切都没有意义
  They don't feel fulfilled on a spiritual level: 他们在精神层面感到不满足
  Conscience: 良心
  Give back to society: 回馈社会
  Tax benefits: 税收优惠
  Loopholes: 漏洞
  Tax breaks: 减税
  Tax write-offs for charitable donations: 捐款可以得到相应的税收减免
  Regular person: 老百姓、一般人
  Incentive: 激励、鼓励
  CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility): 企业社会责任
  Follow suit: 加入某个行列
  Eradicate Malaria: 消除疟疾
  At-risk youth: 问题少年
  Positive impact: 积极的意义

学英语单词
advanced ship's operation control system
agroxone
amphamphoterdiplopia
anacreontically
anti-solar point
Ashford
Austral faunal region
baking-powder
bank current account
beauty making appliance
bento box
binocular observation
bird cottage
broadband ISDN, B ISDN
Bromus arvensis
burn out
Capricorn C.
cascade tax
charrack
cheap money policy
check crossed specially
cicatrizes
coal rank semifusinite
cold loop accident
constructional waterfall
contraceptive medicine
Cooperiapunctata
crossties
dapinate
deauthorising
donation capital
e-folding time
far-reaching
fazackerly
field-intensifying metal
frequency of rotation
full radiator
general average expenditure
gizenga
glass-lined
grant functional transmission
guindi
heave the gorge at
hex bolts
ignition hazard
invalid filenames
Jedi Knights
Kaech'ǒngang
lattice friction
leasing machine
leroi joness
lower jiao being organ of draining
manual flow control
margin of preference
maricultural science
Mehaïguène, Oued
microcrystallizing alloy
mono-bromo-benzene
moon roofs
Moosehorn
multifunctional office
N'Yawk
nazelle
Neodiprion abietis
nsima
outward processing
passive attitude stabilization
Pategi
penetrating pricing
period of verification
pilot operated check valve
platinum filament
pollution loading
pollution standard index
Pruszkow
quench system
RHAWS
San Po Kong
scroll refrigerant compressor
Seloken
shigematsu
spatial cam mechanism
stock register
strong accumulation point
suprasensible
São Jose dos Dourados, R.
television reflect meter
three unit twin
time-division switching system
to hold sway
tractioneers
travelling form
turbo planetary concrete mixer
turn meter
Umpilua
unquiet
unsatisfyings
warranty of legality
water tank of simulated weightlessness
water-base paints
within-group flux
zhoukoudian