1. I always knew I was goingto be rich 我一直知道我会富有
【1】I always knew I was going to be rich. 我一直知道我会富有。
【2】I don’t think I ever doubted it for a minute.我一分钟都没怀疑过。
【3】Einstein is reputed to have said that “compound interest is theeighth wonder of the world”. Or something like that.
据说爱因斯坦曾说过,“复利是世界的第八大奇迹”,或者类似的话。
【4】And it goes back to that story, you probably learned when you werein grade school. 这总会追溯到那个故事,你可能在学校里听说过的故事。
【5】Where somebody did something for the king. 有人为国王做了一些事情,
【6】And the king said, “what can i do for you ?”国王说,我能为你做什么。
【7】And he said, “Well, lets take a chessboard, and put one kernel ofwheat on the first square, and then double it on the second, and double it onthe third.”
他说,“拿个棋盘,第一个格子里放一颗谷粒,第二个格子放两颗,第三个格子里再翻倍。”
【8】And the king readily agreed to it, and by the time he figured outwhat two to the 64th amounted to, he was giving away the entire kingdom.
那国王立即同意了,而当他算出从第2个格子到第64个格子里总共是多少时,他就已经把整个王国的粮食给出去了。
【9】So it’s a pretty simple concept, but over time, it accomplishesextraordinary things. 这是一个很简单的概念,但是随着时间的推移,就会有非凡的结果。
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