高考英语词汇积累系列：流行话题阅读语境识词4500 UNIT 30 MEET THE TEN RICHEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD IN 2000 （I） WORD版.doc

1、Unit 30Meet the Ten Richest People in the World in 2000 (I)10. Michael DellAge: 34. Nationality: American. Marital Status: Married. Children: 4. Worth: $16.5 Billion.Just barely squeezing in at number ten is the youngest of all of our billionaires, the young pup who founded Dell Computers. Mike drop

2、ped out of University of Texas at 19, and started selling PC s by mail order. The day his former classmates were graduating, his sales had already hit $70 million a year. Today he sells $2 million a day, and has passed IBM in annual sales. The bastard.9. Phillip F. AnschutzAge: 59. Nationality: Amer

3、ican. Marital Status: Married. Children: 3. Worth: $16.5 Billion.Phil the kind of guy whose father was a rich oil billionaire, but decided he didnt like the family business. Phil preferred real estate and railroads. Rather than just being born lucky, Anschutz is a savvy businessman. He has interests

4、 in fiber optics companies, huge cattle ranches, and lots of downtown Denver real estate interests. But lets face it: the biggest chunk was inherited.8. Amir Jaber Al-Ahamed Al-Jaber AlsabahAge: 77. Nationality: Kuwaiti. Worth: $17 Billion.The mans money is in oil, investments, property, and the swe

5、at of his people. And this is just whats left over since we kicked Saddam Hussein out of the neighborhood. Imagine the filthy stinking riches that he had prior to the burning of thousands of his oil wells. This is why we recommend Microsoft or oil baron as the best way to becoming a billionaire. You

6、re born, you inherit oil fields, you live the easy life in the Middle East. you just cant beat it.7. Steven Anthony BallmerAge: 43. Nationality: American. Marital status: Married. Children: 2. Worth: $19.5 Billion.Steven actually lived down the hall from Bill Gates at Harvard, and is now the Preside

7、nt and Chief Executive Officer of Mr. Bills little venture. Many revere im for the supposed monopoly Microsoft Corp. now holds, because of his perseverance and amazing business know-how.6. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al NahyanAge: 66. Nationality: Abu Dhabian. Worth: $20 Billon.Sheikh Zayeds home countr

8、y of Abu Dhabi has grown over the last half century into one of the richest in the United Arab Emirates. Educated by local clerics and later by wandering tribesmen in the desert, the Sheikhs defining achievement has been the management of supply and distribution of water. This is an important thing in the desert, so you can imagine he is quite popular there.