名人传记

And the king readily agreed to it,and by the time he figured out what two to the 64th amounted to,

那国王真的同意了 当他算出第64个格子里总共多少时

he was giving away the entire kingdom.

他就已经把整个王国的粮食给出去了

So it's a pretty simple concept, but over time,it accomplishes extraordinary things.

所以这是一个很简单道理 在结束时就会有非凡的结果

Berkshire is an amazing company.

伯克希尔是一个神奇的公司

Fourth largest company in the "Fortune" 500.

财富杂志500强中最大的公司

He is the only person who has ever, from scratch,built a company that is in the top 10 of the Fortune 500.

他是500强前十名中唯一一个白手起家的人

Berkshire Hathaway. Fine, thank you.

伯克希尔哈撒韦 好 谢谢

Well, Berkshire is a holding company of sorts.

伯克希尔是一家多元化的控股公司

It owns a large number of separate businesses

它拥有大量不同的业务

that operate independently of each other and, to a great extent, from the parent company, Berkshire Hathaway.

很大程度上是与它的母公司 伯克希尔哈撒韦分开运营

All right, well, we're going to get more from you in a second.

我们能在一秒内比你获得更多

So we have maybe 70, maybe 80 businesses,

我们可能有七八十项业务

and we ask them to behave in a way that doesn't hurt our reputation at Berkshire Hathaway, but they run their own lives.

我们让它们以一种不伤害我们名誉的方式 在伯克希尔哈撒韦中运营 但是它们是独立的

Other people do most of the decorating in the office, so various things come in.

其他人在办公室内进行安排 因此有很多不同的事物

Originally, when I moved in in 1962.you can see this

如果你1962年来 你会看见这个

I went down to the South Omaha Library,and I think for a dollar, I got seven copies of old "New York Times" from big times like the Panic of 1907.

我来到南奥马哈图书馆 我用了1美元 拿到了7份旧的纽约时报 有1907年大恐慌时的

词汇解析

1、separate

分开的;单独的;独立的

Each villa has a separate sitting-room.

每栋别墅都有一间独立的起居室。

They are now making plans to form their own separate party.

他们如今正计划组建自己的独立政党。

不同的;各别的

Use separate chopping boards for raw meats, cooked meats, vegetables and salads.

切生肉、熟肉、蔬菜和拌色拉的青菜时要使用不同的切菜板。

Men and women have separate exercise rooms.

男女有各自的健身房。

(使)分开;(使)分离;分割;划分

Police moved in to separate the two groups.

警方介入进来，将两拨人分开。

The pans were held in both hands and swirled around to separate gold particles from the dirt.

双手握住淘选盘不停旋动将沙金和尘土分开。

2、decorate

装饰;装点;点缀

He decorated his room with pictures of all his favorite sports figures.

他用自己最喜欢的几位体育明星的照片装饰房间。

Use shells to decorate boxes, trays, mirrors or even pots.

用贝壳来装点盒子、托盘、镜子甚至是花盆。

粉刷;油漆;裱糊

When they came to decorate the rear bedroom, it was Jemma who had the final say.

他们装修后面的卧室时，是耶马最后说了算。

The boys are planning to decorate when they get the time.

小伙子们正打算有时间油漆一下。