(〜￣￣)〜
英語罐頭
本文是我的第32篇雙語精讀
在疫情於國外瘋狂肆虐的同時，國外的股市市場也因此遭受瘋狂大崩潰。國外有一篇很有意思的報道，對全球的一些億萬富豪因此次市場奔潰而損失的財富做了個統計。
Following a global stock market crash on March 12, now known as Black Thursday – the greatest single-day fall since the 1987 stock market crash – Mukesh Ambani has lost his place as Asia’s wealthiest man, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Bloomberg also reported that the world's 500 richest people lost a combined US$238.5 billion last week.
隨著被3月12日全球股市奔潰——黑色星期三，自從1987年股市奔潰以來的最大跌幅，根據彭博億萬富翁指數顯示，Mukesh Ambani（穆克什·安巴尼，印度首富）已經失去了他「亞洲首富」的寶座。根據數據顯示，在上周，全球前500的富豪們共因此蒸發了2385億美元。
Now, let’s take a closer look at the Forbes Billionaires numbers to see what it means for some of the world’s best known billionaires.
現在，讓我們看一些這對那些在福布斯排行榜上富豪都意味著什麼。
Jeff Bezos (USA)
The world’s richest man and Amazon founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos, has seen a loss of 7.13 per cent (US$8 billion) from his wealth, down to a mere US$104.4 billion. His divorce with wife MacKenzie Bezos in July 2019 resulted in transferring a quarter of his Amazon stake to her – making her one of the richest women in the world. He currently owns nearly a 12 per cent stake in the company.
傑夫·貝佐斯
全球最大的富豪，亞馬遜創始人兼CEO,傑夫·貝佐斯,已經因此失去了7.13%（80億美元）的財富，剩下僅僅1040億美元。他的前妻麥肯齊·貝佐斯因在2019年7月與他離婚，並因此獲得了他亞馬遜四分之一的股票（史稱最貴的離婚），並一躍成為了全球最大的女富豪。傑夫·貝佐斯現在擁有公司接近12%的股權。
Bill Gates (USA)
Microsoft boss Bill Gates has seen a loss of 5.09 per cent - about US$5.3 billion - which has caused his net worth to dip just below the US$100 billion dollar mark to US$99.2 billion. Gates and his wife Melinda chair the world’s largest private charity organisation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Microsoft founder has so far donated US$35.8 billion worth of the company’s stock to the foundation. He owns about 1 per cent of shares in the company and has invested in different stocks and assets, making him the second wealthiest man in America.
比爾蓋茨
微軟老闆比爾蓋茨因此失去了5.09%（大概53億美元）的財富，這讓他的財富凈值下降到了1000億美元以下，現總值992億美元。比爾蓋茨與他的妻子梅琳達掌管著世界上最大的慈善機構，比爾及梅琳達·蓋茨基金會。作為微軟創始人，他已經把價值358億美元的公司股份捐獻給了慈善基金會。比爾蓋茨現持有的微軟股份僅達1%，並且他還投資了各種股票與資產，這使他只能落居成為全美國第二的富豪。
Warren Buffett (USA)
CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett’s net worth is now US$71.5 billion after losing 6.83 per cent (US$5.2 billion). Buffet pledged to give away more than 99 per cent of his fortune. In 2019 he donated US$3.6 billion to charitable causes, making good on his promise in 2010 when he and Bill Gates launched the Giving Pledge that encourages billionaires to donate half their wealth to charitable causes.
沃倫巴菲特
伯克希爾·哈撒韋公司的CEO，沃倫巴菲特的財富在失去6.83%（大約52億美元）後，凈值715億美元。巴菲特曾承諾會將自己99%的財富饋贈出去。在2019年，他為慈善事業共捐贈了36億美元，兌現了他在2010年與比爾蓋茨共同提倡的捐贈誓言（the Giving Pledge）。此誓言旨在鼓勵更多的億萬富翁為慈善事業捐贈一半財富。
Mark Zuckerberg (USA)
If you think that consumer goods, services and retail are the most affected – think again. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has seen one of the biggest percentage losses among his billionaire peers with 9.05 per cent to his wealth. His net worth decreased to US$57.4 billion after losing US$5.7 billion. He still owns about 15 percent of Facebook stock. The company has come in for criticism for facilitating fake news.
馬克扎克伯格
假如你認為這次風波影響最大的是消費品行業，服務業和零售業的話，那請你再重新思考一下。Facebook創始人馬克扎克伯格已經是億萬富翁裡面財富損失率最多之一，他失去了他財富的9.05%。在失去57億美元之後，他只剩下574億美元的財富凈值。他仍然Facebook股份的15%。由於前段時間的假新聞時間，Facebook已經面臨著各種批判的聲音。
Jack Ma (China)
E-commerce is another area that has suffered in the current global economic climate. Alibaba co-founder and owner of the South China Morning Post, Jack Ma, lost US$1.7 billion, reducing his net worth to US$39.4 billion. The former English teacher stepped down as Alibaba’s executive chairman in September 2019.
馬雲
電子商務是另外一個遭受現在全球經濟形勢所影響的行業。阿里巴巴創始人兼南華日報股東，馬雲，財富失去了17億美元之後剩下394億美元。在2019年9月，這位鄉村英語老師已經卸去了阿里巴巴執行長一職。
不知道因此蒸發掉這麼多財富的富豪們心裏面現在是什麼感受，或許對他們而言，這些只是數字上的變動而已。然而，這裡面的每一個數字，對於平民來說，都會是一輩子都難以想像的財富吧。
這是英語罐頭，每天我都會分享最實用的英語知識
日積月累，你也能成為英語大神
假如你想學習更多英語知識，歡迎關注我！