早安英文 第87期:那些美国富豪是怎么白手起家的?

 The Pursuit of Happiness 《当幸福来敲门》

hit or miss 不确定的

cut out for it 天生合适

self made 白手起家

Some examples of people who really went from rags to riches:

在美国，一些人白手起家的例子：

Howard Schultz, the guy is worth $2B today, he’s the CEO and founder¹ of Starbucks. He was raised in Brooklyn in the really bad part of town.

霍华德·舒尔茨，当前身价为2亿美元，他身为星巴克的CEO和创始人。从小就生活在布鲁克林一个比较贫穷的地方。

Oprah Winfrey - 2.9B She was raised by a single parent in times when racism² was a much bigger problem than it is today.

奥普拉·温弗瑞(美国著名的脱口秀主持人）——身价2.9亿美元。她自小在一个单亲家庭长大，而且那个时候的种族主义比现在严重多了。

Obama president - single parent home.

奥巴马总统同样也来自一个单亲家庭。

Is entrepreneurial spirt a positive influence on people in America?

企业家的精神对于当今的美国来说，有什么好的影响吗？

Being an entrepreneur requires so much natural talent that if you are pushing your child to do this when he’s really not cut out for it, he’ll always be a failure.

成为一个企业家需要一些天赋，如果你强迫你孩子做一个他并不擅长的事情，那失败就是必然的。

1 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

2 racism   

n.民族主义；种族歧视(意识)

参考例句：

• He said that racism is endemic in this country.他说种族主义在该国很普遍。
• Racism causes political instability and violence.种族主义道致政治动荡和暴力事件。