名人传记

I like numbers.

我喜欢数字

It started before I could remember.

从我记事前就开始了

It just felt good,working with numbers.

与数字共处感觉很棒

I was always playing around with numbers in one-way or another.

我一直在以某种方式和数字一起玩耍

And it was fun to have a bunch of guys over and have them betting on which marble would reach the drain first.

有一群家伙在一起 赌谁的弹珠先滚下 真的很有趣

I had a lot of energy as a kid.

小孩要有很多的能量

I,I was inquisitive,and I was the youngest one always in the class, cause I'd skip.

我很有好奇心 我是班级里最年轻的 因为我是跳级的

I've always been competitive.

我一直很好强

I liked to read more than most kids.

我比大多数孩子读书都要多

I really like to read a lot.

我真的很喜欢读很多书

My Aunt Edie gave me a copy of "The World Almanac" and that was heaven to me.

我的姑母给了我一本世界年鉴的复印本 那对我来说太重了

And I can still tell you that Omaha's population was 214,006 in 1930.

我仍然能够告诉你 1930年奥马哈的人口是214,006

Some numbers just kind of stick with you.

某些数字就是与你保持联系

And very early, probably when I was seven or so,

很早的时候 大概7岁时

I took this book out of the Benson Library called "A Thousand Ways to Make a 1,000 dollars."

我从本森图书馆带出一本书 名叫赚一千美元的一千种方法

And one of the ways in this book was having penny weighing machines.

书中的方法之一 就是拥有一台投币体重计

And I sat and calculated how much it would cost to buy the first weighing machine,

我坐下来算了算我要花多少钱去购买第一台体重计

and then how long it would take for the profit from that one to buy another one, and I would sit there

然后赚出的利润购买下一台需要多长时间

and create these compound interest tables to figure out how long it would take me to have a weighing machine for every person in the world.

我会坐在那里做复利表 去计算让世界上每个人拥有一台体重计需要多长时间

词汇解析

1、competitive

竞争的；角逐的

Only by keeping down costs will America maintain its competitive advantage over other countries.

只有通过控制成本，美国才能保持对其他国家的竞争优势。

Japan is a highly competitive market system.

日本实行竞争激烈的市场体制。

好竞争的;好胜的

He has always been ambitious and fiercely competitive.

他一直都雄心勃勃，而且极其好胜。

I'm a very competitive person and I was determined not be beaten.

我非常要强，下定决心不能输给别人。

(商品或服务)具有竞争力的

Only those homes offered for sale at competitive prices will secure interest from serious purchasers.

只有那些价格优惠的住房才会引起真想买房的人的兴趣。

a travel company specialising in amazingly competitive rates for flights.

专门提供极优惠航班折扣的旅游公司

2、compound

(作特殊用途的)大院，有围墙的场地

Police fired on them as they fled into the embassy compound.

当他们逃进使馆大院时，警察向他们开了枪。

a military compound.

军营

复合的;组合的;混合的

a tall shrub with shiny compound leaves.

长有油光闪亮的复叶的高株灌木

the compound microscope.

复式显微镜

(化学中的)化合物

Organic compounds contain carbon in their molecules.

有机化合物的分子中含碳。