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
artificial dielectric
autonomous potentials
balenciagas
balmaseda
Belenus
bird-dogs
blackfellers
Bodenwerder
botraille
burnable absorber
C. E. D.
cabinlift
Calcimar
cannabidiolic acid
cast ewe
centineo
cinnamyl cinnamate
Cirat
clausocalanus furcatus
compound extract
Congo franc
containment annulus
continuous muller
cordesman
corrector loop
cristine
critical volumn
crossword puzzle
crowstons
cruisegoer
cylindrical grinder with wide grinding wheel
dc cable
dealigning
Dhofar
diploma of graduation
Doctyl
drosses
eleemosynar
embedment depth
end burner
end-of-excerpt
Esenguly
extra-hard cold work
feigl
field discharge protection
folliculosebaceous cystic hamartoma
foredoomed
Frankfort on the Main
globosities
gluceth
go to great ends
goldleaf electrometer
ground power
hardening modulus
Hoya multiflora
hypochordal arch
I-FI
immediate execution mode
in bonded system
interphase exchange coefficient
introitus vaginarum
Iranianise
kangaroo system
learning counseling
Li Shizhen
lithophyl
malonyl urea
methylacryloyl-
nonallegorical
partial double hull boat
pearlite (perlite)
peppernel
preparative layer chromatography
quartz exhalite
ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter
rector
regional degeneration
removal of impurities from station circuit
rod cluster control changing fixture
runaway chain reaction
scare-fly
scrimpings
sculptural relief
self respect
sergeancies
sharklet
sinusoidal projection
sporas
spring for rocker shaft
start-stop pattern
susanas
switching signal
taking me out
threshing time
Titov Seamount
Toundourou
tunnelway
unselfconsciously
versus analysis
visualisers
waterperries
wide angled lens