百万富翁

I know from reading the Hollywood means luxurious houses with vast palm-fringed swimming pools, cocktail bars and furnishings fit for a millionaire.

我从书上知道。好莱坞意味着豪华的住房并配有棕榈环抱的游泳池。高级的酒吧和家具。有着百万富翁的享受。

Hollywood suggests luxurious houses with vast palm-fringed swimming pools. Cocktail bars and furnishings fit for a millionaire.

好莱坞还让人联想起由棕榈树围绕的大游泳池，鸡尾酒会和适合百万富翁的家具陈设。

Hollywood suggests luxurious houses with vast palm-fringed swimming pools, cocktail bars and furnishings fit for a millionaire.

好莱坞意味着豪宅，有四周长着棕榈树的宽大的游泳池，鸡尾酒吧，符合百万富翁身份的陈设。

But that's very one sided. There must be so many incredible renouncers, practitioners, full of wisdom, who actually a millionaire, with a toilet seat make out of solid gold, I'm serious.

但一定还有着很多不可思议的出离者、修行人，他们充满了智慧，而且还是百万富翁，他们连自家的马桶都是纯金的，我是说真的。

Stop dreaming that pipe dream that you will become a millionaire someday without hard work!

别成天幻想着不费劲将来就能成为百万富翁！

In religion other countries are paupers; India is the only millionaire.

在宗教上其它的国家都是穷人，印度是唯一的「百万富翁」。

In religion other countries are paupers; India is the only millionaire.

在宗教上其他的国家都是穷人，印度是唯一的&百万富翁&。

In early April the megabillionaire hosted 150 students from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and offered Fortune the rare opportunity to sit in as he expounded on everything from the Bear Stearns bailout to the prognosis for the economy to whether he'd rather be CEO of GE - or a paperboy.

在4月初，这位超级百万富翁接待了150位宾夕法尼亚大学沃顿商学院的学生并给了《财富》杂志一个宝贵的机会得以听他详述从贝尔斯登的救赎到对美国经济的预测以及他是更愿意当个报童还是GE的CEO之类的问题。

In early April the megabillionaire hosted 150 students from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and offered Fortune the rare opportunity to sit in as he expounded on everything from the Bear Stearns bailout t o the prognosis for the economy to whether he'd rather be CEO of GE - or a paperboy .

在4月初，这位超级百万富翁接待了150位宾夕法尼亚大学沃顿商学院的学生并给了《财富》杂志一个宝贵的机会得以听他详述从贝尔斯登的救赎到对美国经济的预测以及他是更愿意当个报童还是GE的CEO之类的问题。

Speaking for our own shares, Charlie and I have absolutely no complaint about these taxes. We know we work in a market-based economy that rewards our efforts far more bountifully than it does the efforts of others whose output is of equal or greater benefit to society. Taxation should, and does, partially redress this inequity. But we still remain extraordinarily well-treated. Berkshire and its shareholders, in combination, would pay a much smaller tax if Berkshire operated as a partnership or "S" corporation, two structures often used for business activities. For a variety of reasons, that's not 9 www.buffettism.com 巴菲特研究中心 Research Centre for Buffettism feasible for Berkshire to do.

经由我个人最喜爱的漫画短片，Li'l Abner，我有机会可以体会到延迟支付所得税的好处，虽然当时我没有好好地利用那次机会，为了让他的读者觉得自己很优越， Abner 一直快乐地 Li'l 维持单身，直到他为纽约一位女演员 Appassionatta 深深地着迷，但由于她只对百万富翁有兴趣，因此一贫如洗的 Abner 可以说是一点希望都没有，在遭到拒绝之后，Abner 跑去智能老人 Mose 那里请他指点迷津，结果这位圣贤对 Abner 说，很简单你只要能够将身上仅有的一块钱，复制 20 次， Appassionatta 自然就会投入到你的怀抱(1，2，4，8，…。，1，048，576)。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。