考研英語時文賞讀（144）：貝佐斯蟬聯(lián)富豪榜榜首

　　Forbes announces its list of 400 wealthiest Americans

　　《福布斯》公布了美國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》于本周三公布了美國年度400富翁榜。據(jù)統(tǒng)計，上榜富豪的總資產(chǎn)凈值達(dá)到了令人震驚的2.96萬億美元。

　　Amazon's 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.

　　亞馬遜創(chuàng)始人兼首席執(zhí)行官杰夫·貝佐斯連續(xù)第二年蟬聯(lián)榜首，微軟聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人比爾·蓋茨位居第二。

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

　　由于和前妻麥肯齊·貝佐斯高調(diào)離婚，貝佐斯今年的凈資產(chǎn)為1140億美元，與去年的1600億美元相比大幅下降。

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

　　離婚后的麥肯齊·貝佐斯獲得了亞馬遜25%的股份，她于今年首次上榜，以361億美元的資產(chǎn)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.

　　蓋茨以1060億美元的資產(chǎn)排名第二位，迄今為止他已經(jīng)向慈善機(jī)構(gòu)捐出了358億美元。

　　Gates and his wife, Melinda Gates, chair the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — the world's biggest private charitable foundation, according to Forbes.

　　據(jù)《福布斯》稱，蓋茨和他的妻子梅琳達(dá)·蓋茨是世界上最大的私人慈善基金會（比爾和梅琳達(dá)·蓋茨基金會）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”沃倫·巴菲特、Facebook首席執(zhí)行官兼聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人馬克·扎克伯格和甲骨文公司聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人拉里·埃里森躋身美國富豪榜前五名。

　　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.

　　最年輕的上榜者是29歲的Snap公司的首席執(zhí)行官埃文·斯皮格爾，最年長的則是96歲的媒體大亨薩姆納·雷斯通。

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

　　2019年美國400富翁榜上的女性為56位，比2018年少了一位。

　　(全文共218個詞)

　　重難點詞匯：

　　staggering  adj. 驚人的，令人震驚的

　　consecutive  adj. 連貫的；連續(xù)不斷的

　　magnate  n. 巨頭；大資本家；大亨；富豪