夏说英语新闻晨读 第9期:亲爹完爆干爹

 本期内容：

Celebrating the birth of his first child, Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, promised to put 99% of his shares in the company (worth around $45 billion at today’s prices) into a charitable foundation. His lengthy¹ letter announcing the plan, published on Facebook on Tuesday, quickly won more than 1m “likes”. Mr Zuckerberg will retain a controlling stake.

词义解析:

charitable foundation: 慈善基金

lengthy letter: 长信

retain：保有

controlling stake: 控制权股票

1 lengthy   

adj.漫长的，冗长的

参考例句：

• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
• The professor wrote a lengthy book on Napoleon.教授写了一部有关拿破仑的巨著。