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考研英语时文赏读（144）：贝佐斯蝉联富豪榜榜首

　　Forbes announces its list of 400 wealthiest Americans

　　《福布斯》公布了美国400富豪榜

　　Forbes on Wednesday released its annual list of the 400 wealthiest Americans, who have a combined net worth of a staggering $2.96 trillion, according to the outlet.

　　《福布斯》于本周三公布了美国年度400富翁榜。据统计，上榜富豪的总资产净值达到了令人震惊的2.96万亿美元。

　　Amazons founder and CEO Jeff Bezos held onto the number one spot for a second consecutive year, with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates came in second on the list.

　　亚马逊创始人兼首席执行官杰夫贝佐斯连续第二年蝉联榜首，微软联合创始人比尔盖茨位居第二。

　　Bezos touts a net worth of $114 billion, a significant decrease from last years $160 billion due to the terms of his high-profile divorce with wife MacKenzie Bezos.

　　由于和前妻麦肯齐贝佐斯高调离婚，贝佐斯今年的净资产为1140亿美元，与去年的1600亿美元相比大幅下降。

　　She was awarded 25% of the couples Amazon shares and made the list for the first time this year, clocking in at number 15, with a $36.1 billion fortune.

　　离婚后的麦肯齐贝佐斯获得了亚马逊25%的股份，她于今年首次上榜，以361亿美元的资产排在第15位。

　　Gates touts a $106 billion fortune in the number two spot, having donated $35.8 billion to charity so far.

　　盖茨以1060亿美元的资产排名第二位，迄今为止他已经向慈善机构捐出了358亿美元。

　　Gates and his wife, Melinda Gates, chair the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation the worlds biggest private charitable foundation, according to Forbes.

　　据《福布斯》称，盖茨和他的妻子梅琳达盖茨是世界上最大的私人慈善基金会（比尔和梅琳达盖茨基金会）的主席。

　　Investor Warren Buffett, Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison round out the top five wealthiest Americans.

　　股神沃伦巴菲特、Facebook首席执行官兼联合创始人马克扎克伯格和甲骨文公司联合创始人拉里埃里森跻身美国富豪榜前五名。

　　The youngest person to make the list is 29-year-old Snap, Inc CEO Evan Spiegel, with the oldest being 96-year-old media magnate Sumner Redstone.

　　最年轻的上榜者是29岁的Snap公司的首席执行官埃文斯皮格尔，最年长的则是96岁的媒体大亨萨姆纳雷斯通。

　　Fifty-six women made the 2019 list one less woman than listed in 2018.

　　2019年美国400富翁榜上的女性为56位，比2018年少了一位。

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　　重难点词汇：

　　staggering adj. 惊人的，令人震惊的

　　consecutive adj. 连贯的；连续不断的

　　magnate n. 巨头；大资本家；大亨；富豪

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