时间:2019-02-15 作者:英语课 分类:美国文化脱口秀


美国文化脱口秀 第279期:美国富豪的觉悟比中国高? - 英语课
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  1. 1 美国文化脱口秀 第279期:美国富豪的觉悟比中国高? 英语课
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   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
anisogamont
anthologises
approved or held covered
astrogeodetic plumb line deflection
Atrato, R.
back-doors
baobei
benzonaphthothiophene
bioenvironmental integrity
bruininks
burning of contact material
carpet grasses
cheapishly
chocolate extract
chronic-care
cinnamomum pedunculatum var. augustifolium hemsl.
coalite tar
cogniscible
control of short term capital
coyotes
cryptospora
CSMA
cultivated vegetation
deep sea anchoring
domainwall mobility of magnetic bubble
double deck induction motor
dronabinol
Dutch auction
efferent lymphatics
eke out something
Erb-Landouzy disease
fiber glass mat
flow calibration facility
forced gear engagement
full factor
full penetration corner joint
grid effect
ground telemetering station
Guemar
helium bleed line
huntsong
incoherent signal
incondite
interactive computer graphic system
islamic revolution
kovalik
lensia hotspur
lift increment
lock-in-clause
log-log transformation
machine-hours at cargo work
machinereadable data
make a show of something
management analysis center
max.
Megaphyton
mgpa
mineo
mode evolution
mongrelization
morphine-like peptides
muthannas
neato burrito
Neill's parabola
nonconventional
nothing to do
open-air drying
Parmesans
photovoltaic
poeciloblastic (poikiloblastic)
Pooled Income Fund
printing blue
programmer quality
psococerastis ficivorella
Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
rearchitect
remuage
retrograde menstruation
Salrin
sealed strip
series copper refining
shobas
single-carrrier fm mode
single-channel image
single-grain structure
Sirenidae
soams
speedlimit device
split across
spontaneous electric activity
state the case
swamp eel
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich
test tube with rim
Tetraena mongolica
traverse-wise
ultra low emissions vehicle
usualis
wonga
wrong-headedly
yendo
zero temperature coefficient point