考研英语时文赏读（144）：贝佐斯蝉联富豪榜榜首

　　Forbes announces its list of 400 wealthiest Americans

　　《福布斯》公布了美国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》于本周三公布了美国年度400富翁榜。据统计，上榜富豪的总资产净值达到了令人震惊的2.96万亿美元。

　　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.

　　亚马逊创始人兼首席执行官杰夫·贝佐斯连续第二年蝉联榜首，微软联合创始人比尔·盖茨位居第二。

　　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.

　　由于和前妻麦肯齐·贝佐斯高调离婚，贝佐斯今年的净资产为1140亿美元，与去年的1600亿美元相比大幅下降。

　　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.

　　离婚后的麦肯齐·贝佐斯获得了亚马逊25%的股份，她于今年首次上榜，以361亿美元的资产排在第15位。

　　Gates touts a $106 billion fortune in the number two spot, having donated $35.8 billion to charity so far.

　　盖茨以1060亿美元的资产排名第二位，迄今为止他已经向慈善机构捐出了358亿美元。

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

　　据《福布斯》称，盖茨和他的妻子梅琳达·盖茨是世界上最大的私人慈善基金会（比尔和梅琳达·盖茨基金会）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”沃伦·巴菲特、Facebook首席执行官兼联合创始人马克·扎克伯格和甲骨文公司联合创始人拉里·埃里森跻身美国富豪榜前五名。

　　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.

　　最年轻的上榜者是29岁的Snap公司的首席执行官埃文·斯皮格尔，最年长的则是96岁的媒体大亨萨姆纳·雷斯通。

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

　　2019年美国400富翁榜上的女性为56位，比2018年少了一位。

　　(全文共218个词)

　　重难点词汇：

　　staggering  adj. 惊人的，令人震惊的

　　consecutive  adj. 连贯的；连续不断的

　　magnate  n. 巨头；大资本家；大亨；富豪