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
accoasted
adductor opercular muscle
AFS
alarcos
aneurin hydrochloride
Anosibe
background scheduler
Belhomert
binary product generator
binomial sampling
bolometric magnitudes
Borovitsa
cage design
camera levelling
chelatings
chrominancesubcarrier reference
clardy
container ferry
cure time
cut-off control
deferentivesical
despouse
diopside vogesite
direct transcendental singularity
Domagaya L.
double squirrelcage motor
droxtal
dubery
earthdrake
edup
eightpenny
electric vehicles
enemas
eye fillet
feazings
feed and bleed procedure
feline picornavirus
fixed credit
folded thrust
front face
gather heart
germination energy
GPRS mobility management and session management
gynogonidia
hydrophobic adsorbent
idol worshipers
inside dial indicator
intersection of left ideals
inverting amplifier
involute milling cutter for straight bevel gear
isobathytherms
knottier
loose sheet
marisela
medialess
Midir
Monotype unit system
Myvicin
neoautochthon
Niuatoputopu
non-dispersive X-ray fluorescence
non-preferred
noncapped
not fool around
office model
ophthalmometer
or symbol
orthohemipyramid
oxide ramp profile
Paraujana
peak base
Pegaline
pentaphosphate
periods of play
physalospora obtusa(schw.)cooke
planned tooth
Polypodium ensatum Thunb.
power equalizer
progressive copy turning
quarry waster
quaternion field
rare volume
salvarsanized sera
Schlippe's salt
sp vol
spillages
stern counter
stir-frieds
straight river
stromoconolith
subcostal cross vein
sylvicola distinctus
tangles
tie band
tiret
tofteland
Turlupins
uncrunching
Viburnum lutescens
villards
weakly guiding fiber
West Glamorgan