我們都聽過(guò)這樣的一個(gè)成功富豪的故事，他們從學(xué)校輟學(xué)，在沒有完成學(xué)業(yè)的情況下創(chuàng)造出上百萬(wàn)甚至是上億的財(cái)富。但是這是常規(guī)嗎？ 《隨身英語(yǔ)》關(guān)注世界頂級(jí)富豪的成功路。你也會(huì)成為他們中的一員嗎？

課文內(nèi)容

詞匯：success?成功

Have you ever fancied sailing around the world in your own yacht or buying a holiday home in the Caribbean? Well, before you get too excited, it may help to find out if you have what it takes to become a?billionaire.

你有沒有幻想過(guò)開著自己的游艇環(huán)游世界，或者在加勒比海買一套度假屋?好吧，在你過(guò)于興奮之前，弄清楚你是否具備成為億萬(wàn)富翁的條件可能會(huì)有所幫助

We've all heard stories of?school drop-outs?who have?made their fortune, but are they the norm or an exception to the rule? Do they tend to be?university graduates?or?self-made?entrepreneurs? Are they married or single?

我們都聽說(shuō)過(guò)輟學(xué)者發(fā)家致富的故事，但他們是常態(tài)還是例外呢?他們是大學(xué)畢業(yè)生還是白手起家的企業(yè)家?他們結(jié)婚了還是單身?

Thanks to a recent analysis of people in Forbes Top 100 Billionaires List, we can now find out what the world's?mega rich?have in common. We know which star sign is the most popular amongst multi-millionaires, what percentage wear glasses and even how many are bald!

多虧了最近對(duì)福布斯前100位億萬(wàn)富翁名單上的人的分析，我們現(xiàn)在可以發(fā)現(xiàn)世界上的超級(jí)富豪有什么共同之處。我們知道哪個(gè)星座在百萬(wàn)富翁中最受歡迎，戴眼鏡的比例是多少，甚至有多少人禿頂!

If you are deciding whether or not to go to university, it may help you to know that 76% of the richest people in the world have a degree. According to this study, of those 76%, 47% have a bachelor's degree, 23% have a master's and 6% have a doctorate.? Don't lose hope if you aren't very academic though. It's worth noting that many of those on the list did not?pass all their exams with flying colours. Microsoft?founder?Bill Gates?dropped out of?Harvard University after two years of study. And Chinese business?magnate?Jack Ma, failed his university entrance exams three times before going on to complete his degree and make his millions.

如果你正在決定是否上大學(xué)，了解一下世界上76%的富人都有學(xué)位，這可能會(huì)對(duì)你有所幫助。根據(jù)這項(xiàng)研究，在這76%的人中，47%擁有學(xué)士學(xué)位，23%擁有碩士學(xué)位，6%擁有博士學(xué)位。如果你的學(xué)術(shù)水平不高，也不要失去希望。值得注意的是，名單上的許多人并沒有以優(yōu)異的成績(jī)通過(guò)所有考試。微軟創(chuàng)始人比爾·蓋茨在哈佛大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)兩年后輟學(xué)。中國(guó)商業(yè)巨頭馬云在大學(xué)入學(xué)考試中失敗了三次，才完成了他的學(xué)位，并賺了數(shù)百萬(wàn)美元。

Another interesting trend is that the world's?high-fliers?are much more likely to be married - only 12% of billionaires are unmarried. You are also more likely?to make it?if you were born under the most popular star sign, Aquarius, than if you are a Cancer - the least popular sign on the zodiac. Finally, the percentage of billionaires who are bald is quite high – so don't worry if you're losing your hair, you may get to sail that yacht around the Caribbean after all!

另一個(gè)有趣的趨勢(shì)是，世界上最有抱負(fù)的人結(jié)婚的可能性要大得多——只有12%的億萬(wàn)富翁未婚。如果你出生在最受歡迎的星座——水瓶座，你也比出生在最不受歡迎的星座——巨蟹座更有可能成功。最后，億萬(wàn)富翁中禿頂?shù)谋壤喈?dāng)高，所以如果你正在脫發(fā)，不要擔(dān)心，畢竟你可能會(huì)駕駛游艇繞加勒比海航行!

詞匯表

a billionaire 億萬(wàn)富翁
a school drop-out 一個(gè)中途退學(xué)的人
make ones fortune 靠個(gè)人努力發(fā)財(cái)致富
university graduate 大學(xué)畢業(yè)生
self-made 靠自己努力的，白手起家的
entrepreneur 企業(yè)家
mega rich 巨富
pass your exams with flying colours 優(yōu)異成績(jī)通過(guò)考試
founder 創(chuàng)始人
drop out of (school, university) 離開，退出（學(xué)校，大學(xué)）
magnate 富豪
high-flier 抱負(fù)極高的人，成功人士
to make it 功成名就

測(cè)驗(yàn)與練習(xí)

1. 閱讀課文并回答問(wèn)題。

1. What was the purpose of the analysis of billionaires?

2.? True or false??About one quarter of the billionaires analysed are not university graduates.??

3.? How did Bill Gates make his fortune?

4. ?According to the study, why does when you were born affect how likely you are to become rich?

5.??What do Bill Gates and Jack Ma have in common? ?

2.?請(qǐng)你在不參考課文的情況下完成下列練習(xí)。選擇一個(gè)意思合適的單詞填入句子的空格處。

1. Well done! You passed your driving test with __________?.?

high fliers ? ? ? ? ?colours flying ? ? ? ? ?flying colours ? ? ? ? ?flying high

2. Steve Jobs was the __________ of Apple.

founder ? ? ? ? ?finder ? ? ? ? ?starter ? ? ? ? ?builder

3. You should think carefully before you __________?school. You may regret it when you're older.

drop off ? ? ? ? ?drop over ? ? ? ? ?drop in to ? ? ? ? ?drop out of

4. He's a __________?millionaire: his family were too poor to help him start his business.

magnate ? ? ? ? ?self-made ? ? ? ? ?drop-out ? ? ? ? ?entrepreneur

5. He's made a __________?from selling oil.

money ? ? ? ? ?millions ? ? ? ? ?billionaire ? ? ? ? ?fortune

答案

1.?閱讀課文并回答問(wèn)題。

1. What was the purpose of the study??To find similarities between the top 100 richest people in the world

2. ?True or false??About one quarter of the billionaires analysed are not university graduates.?True

3.? How did Bill Gates make his fortune??

He started the computer company, Microsoft.

4. According to the study, why does when you're born affect how likely you are to make lots of money??

They found that certain zodiac signs are more common than others in the rich list.

5.? What do Bill Gates and Jack Ma have in common??

They went on to become very successful even though they didn't excel in their academic lives.

2.請(qǐng)你在不參考課文的情況下完成下列練習(xí)。選擇一個(gè)意思合適的單詞填入句子的空格處。

1. Well done! You passed your driving test with?flying colours.

2. Steve Jobs was the?founder?of Apple.

3. You should think carefully before you?drop out of?school. You may regret it when you're older.

4. He's a?self-made?millionaire: his family didn't have any money to help him start his business.

5. He's made a?fortune?from selling oil.

文章來(lái)源BBC，侵權(quán)刪，本文僅用于英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)。