时间:2019-02-02 作者:英语课 分类:阅读空间


英语课

   The world's richest man might seem to have it all, but Bill Gates has one regret. The self-made billionaire said he felt stupid for not knowing any foreign languages.


  世界首富比尔·盖茨看上去似乎是坐拥万千,但是他有一个遗憾。这名白手起家的亿万富翁坦言,他觉得自己不会一门外语真是大大的失策。
  Speaking in his third Ask Me Anything question-and-answer session for online forum 1 Reddit, the Microsoft founder 2 revealed that he wished he spoke 3 French, Arabic or Chinese.
  在在线论坛Reddit上的“随便问我点啥”的问答环节,他回答了这第三个问题,这名微软创始人坦言,他希望他会说法语、阿拉伯语或是汉语。
  He said: 'I took Latin and Greek in high school and got A's and I guess it helps my vocabulary.
  他说:“我在高中的时候选修过拉丁文和希腊语,并拿到了A的好成绩,我猜这对我的词汇量很有帮助。
  'I keep hoping to get time to study one of these - probably French because it is the easiest. I did Duolingo for a while but didn't keep it up.'
  我希望继续有时间学习其中一门语言——可能是法语,因为法语最好学。我有一阵子用Duolingo语言学习应用学过,但是没坚持下去。”
  Gates, who is worth $79.3billion, praised Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for stunning 4 an audience in Beijing when he spoke fluent Mandarin 5.
  身价793亿美金的盖茨,赞扬了脸书的创始人马克·扎克伯格——用一口流利的汉语让北京的观众惊艳四座。
  He said: 'Mark Zuckerberg amazingly learned Mandarin and did a Q&A with Chinese students - incredible.'
  他说:“马克·扎克伯格学习了汉语真是太惊奇了,而且难以置信,他还和中国学生进行问答。”
  During the session yesterday, the 59-year-old said that he loves BBQ sauce but avoids it before TV appearances because he tends to spill it, his biggest splurge is having a private jet and he enjoys Indian and Thai food.
  在昨天的问答环节,59岁的盖茨说,他很喜欢烧烤酱,但是在电视上露面之前他不会吃,因为他会洒出来,他最值得炫耀的就是有一架私人飞机,而且他喜欢印度菜和泰国菜。

n.论坛,讨论会
  • They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
  • The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。
n.创始者,缔造者
  • He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
  • According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说,罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
adj.极好的;使人晕倒的
  • His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
  • The finished effect was absolutely stunning.完工后的效果非常美。
n.中国官话,国语,满清官吏;adj.华丽辞藻的
  • Just over one billion people speak Mandarin as their native tongue.大约有十亿以上的人口以华语为母语。
  • Mandarin will be the new official language of the European Union.普通话会变成欧盟新的官方语言。
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