比爾·蓋茲 vs 普通美國人 - 差距有多大 - 名人對比：英語精讀講義

William Henry Gates the 3rd, aka Bill Gates, 用詞

威廉·亨利·蓋茲三世，即比爾·蓋茲，

currently ranks in first place on the Forbes list

目前在富比士榜單上位居榜首，

of the world's billionaires

是全球億萬富豪中的首富，

with an estimated worth of $86.9 billion.

估值約為869億美元。

Nicknamed Trey throughout his early childhood,

他在童年早期被稱為「特雷」（Trey），

the man who co-founded Microsoft and created the Windows operating system

這位聯合創立了微軟並開發了Windows作業系統的男人，

seemed destined as a precocious yet sometimes troubled youth 文法

似乎注定要從一個早熟但偶爾惹麻煩的少年，

to become a pioneer of computer technology.

成為電腦技術的先驅。

Gates could be said to be the apotheosis of computer programming, 文法

可以說蓋茲是電腦程式設計的巔峰化身，

a demigod of geekdom,

是極客界的半神，

but what does this prevailing pioneer have in common with us common folks? 片語搭配

但這位主流先驅與我們這些普通人有什麼共同點呢？

Let us find out.

讓我們一探究竟。

In this episode of the Infographics Show,

在本集《Infographics Show》中，

Bill Gates versus the average American.

比爾·蓋茲對比普通美國人。

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別忘了訂閱並點擊小鈴鐺，

so that you could be part of our notifications squad.

這樣你就能加入我們的通知小分隊啦。

Born on October 28th, 1955 in Seattle,

他於1955年10月28日出生於西雅圖，

baby Bill, the second of three children,

嬰兒比爾在三個孩子中排行老二，

weighed in at 9 lb 13 oz. 片語搭配

出生時體重為9磅13盎司。

This is just over 2 lb above the average weight of an American newborn.

這比美國新生兒的平均體重僅高出2磅多一點。

His father, also named Bill Gates,

他的父親也叫比爾·蓋茲，

was a successful lawyer and his mother, Mary,

是一位成功的律師，而他的母親瑪麗，

was a prominent businesswoman.

是一位傑出的女商人。

The Gates ancestry is German, Irish, and Scottish Irish.

蓋茲擁有德國、愛爾蘭和蘇格蘭-愛爾蘭血統。

As a white American,

作為一名美國白人，

Gates belongs to 72.4% of other white Americans

蓋茲屬於另外72.4%的美國白人群體，

that currently make up the US population.

他們目前構成了美國人口的主體。

His German and Irish ancestry

他的德國和愛爾蘭血統

also make him part of the two largest ancestral groups

也使他成為美國最大的兩個祖先群體的一部分，

in America at 17.1% and 12% respectively.

在美國分別佔17.1%和12%。

Notwithstanding Gates's unarguable status as a superlative genius, 文法

儘管蓋茲作為頂尖天才的地位無可爭議，

the parts of his body outside of his brain are very much average.

但除了大腦之外，他身體的其他部分都非常普通。

Gates stands at 5 ft 9 and a half inches,

蓋茲身高5英尺9.5英寸，

which is just above the American average for a man.

僅略高於美國男性的平均身高。

His figure is on the slight side 慣用語

他的身形偏瘦，

with him weighing in at around 141 lb.

體重約為141磅。

The average weight for an American male

美國男性的平均體重

is somewhere between 167 lb and 185 lb.

大約在167磅到185磅之間。

Although according to normal weight range ratios,

不過根據正常體重範圍比例，

Mr. Gates can feel assured that he fits snugly

蓋茲先生可以放心，他完全符合

within the parameters of what is considered a safe weight. 片語搭配

被認為是安全體重的參數範圍。

With light brown hair, blue eyes, and size 9 shoes,

淺棕色的頭髮，藍色的眼睛，穿9號的鞋，

Gates has the most common hair color in the USA

蓋茲擁有美國最常見的頭髮顏色

and the second most common eye color.

以及第二常見的眼睛顏色。

He also departs from the average man regarding shoe size

在鞋碼方面他也偏離了普通男性的標準，

with size 10 being the median for an American male.

10號才是美國男性的中位數。

Where Bill Gates overrides his rather normal physical characteristics 文法

比爾·蓋茲超越其相當普通的身體特徵的地方，

is in the realm of his intelligence.

在於他的智力領域。

While Gates's IQ has been a matter of debate, 片語搭配

儘管蓋茲的智商一直備受爭議，

it's thought to be in the region of 160. 片語搭配

但人們認為大約在160左右。

Gates, however, has never confirmed this publicly.

然而，蓋茲從未公開證實過這一點。

When asked by NDTV in 2012 what his IQ was,

2012年被NDTV問及他的智商時，

he skirted around the answer stating, 片語動詞

他避而不談，表示

"I did well" when he took IQ tests adding,

做智商測驗時「我考得不錯」，並補充道：

"I'm good at those goofy questions."

「我擅長那些古怪的問題。」

But just for fun, let's say Gates's IQ is 160.

不過為了有趣，我們假設蓋茲的智商是160。

That would put him way above the average American of 98.

那將使他遠高於美國人98的平均智商。

It would also secure him a place in the world's high IQ society 片語搭配

這也能確保他在世界高智商協會中佔據一席之地，

putting him in the 99.99th percentile of eggheads. 用詞

將他置於聰明人中99.99%的頂尖位置。

Not surprisingly then, we learn that at his school, Lakeside Prep, 表達脈絡

因此不足為奇的是，我們得知在他的學校湖濱預備學校，

he used what was then considered a far-out machine 用詞

他用當時被認為是極具前瞻性的機器

to create a computer versus human game of tic-tac-toe.

製作了一個人機對戰的圈圈叉叉遊戲。

The school was so impressed they allowed 文法

學校對此印象深刻，以至於允許

him to write the code for scheduling classes.

他為課程表撰寫程式碼。

Gates, a rebellious iconoclast from a young age,

蓋茲，這個從小就很叛逆的打破傳統者，

then was said to have written the code

據說當時撰寫了程式碼，

so that he was put in classes with a disproportionate number of interesting girls.

以便讓自己被安排在有大量有趣女孩的班級裡。

This went against averageness in every way as in those days

這在各個方面都顯得非同尋常，因為在那個年代，

not only was kids writing code unbelievable, 文法

孩子寫程式不僅令人難以置信，

but most humans didn't know what computer code was.

而且大多數人都不知道什麼是電腦程式碼。

He made $4,200 from the school for his first computer program

他為學校撰寫第一個電腦程式賺了4200美元，

when he was just 17.

那時他才17歲。

That was in 1972

那是在1972年，

when the average yearly American wage was $7,133.

當時美國人均年薪為7133美元。

He also got banned from programming at school 文法

他還曾被學校禁止寫程式，

with his friend and co-founder of Microsoft, Paul Allen,

和他的朋友、微軟共同創辦人保羅·艾倫一起，

as the two had exploited the code to get more computer time. 用詞

因為兩人曾利用程式漏洞獲取更多上機時間。

In spite of his disregard for school rules, 文法

儘管他無視學校規定，

Gates did remarkably well on his SATs,

蓋茲在SAT考試中表現非常出色，

scoring a 1590 out of 1600.

在1600分滿分中考了1590分。

This put him in the 99th percentile of test takers

這使他躋身所有考生的前1%，

with only 1,149 other students from 1.67 million testers

在167萬名考生中，只有另外1149名學生

being able to do as well as he did. 文法

能和他考得一樣好。

Incidentally, his good friend Paul Allen 表達脈絡

順帶一提，他的好朋友保羅·艾倫

and future business partner did even better,

兼未來的商業夥伴表現更好，

attaining a perfect score.

拿到了滿分。

On seeing the young Gates's proclivity for programming, 片語搭配

在看到年輕的蓋茲對寫程式的熱愛後，

he was granted a place at Ivy League Harvard University. 片語搭配

他被常春藤盟校哈佛大學錄取。

As of 2013, 65.9% of Americans achieve entrance at university level.

截至2013年，65.9%的美國人能進入大學。

Getting into Harvard, however,

然而，考入哈佛

is no easy feat with the admission rate for 2020 standing at 5.22%. 慣用語

絕非易事，2020年的錄取率僅為5.22%。

This didn't seem to have much impact on our young soon-to-be entrepreneur,

這對我們這位即將成為企業家的年輕人似乎沒有多大影響，

who dropped out of Harvard

他從哈佛休學，

to devote himself to what would become one of the world's most recognizable corporations. 片語搭配

投身於後來成為全球最著名的公司之一的事業中。

Dropping out of university in the USA

在美國，從大學休學

is perhaps more common than you may have thought

也許比你想像的更常見，

with more than half of enrolled university students

有超過一半的在校大學生

deciding not to finish their degree

決定不完成他們的學位，

in one sitting at least. 慣用語

至少不會一口氣讀完。

When Gates and Allen started Microsoft in 1975,

當蓋茲和艾倫在1975年創辦微軟時，

Gates was just 20 years old.

蓋茲才20歲。

While the tech industry is renowned for some of its most successful entrepreneurs

儘管科技產業以一些最成功的企業家

to have started young,

年少創業而聞名，

this is still today a fairly ripe age to start a company.

但在今天，這仍然是創辦公司的一個相當成熟的年紀。

While today we don't associate Bill Gates with a devil-may-care reckless attitude, 用詞

雖然今天我們不會把比爾·蓋茲與滿不在乎的魯莽態度聯繫在一起，

two years after leaving Harvard

但離開哈佛兩年後，

the young man was arrested for driving without a license

這個年輕人因無照駕駛而被捕，

and speeding and two years later arrested again for driving without a license

還涉嫌超速，兩年後又因無照駕駛再次被捕，

and not stopping at a stop sign.

並且在停車標誌前沒有停車。

He joins one in three Americans that have a police record.

他加入了擁有警方紀錄的三分之一美國人的行列。

Aside from his brushes with the law, 慣用語

除了與法律的摩擦之外，

Gates was making hay while most of the world wasn't even aware the sun was shining 慣用語

蓋茲在大多數人甚至都沒意識到陽光燦爛時就已抓緊時機，

on a place we now know as Silicon Valley.

在那個我們現在稱之為矽谷的地方大展宏圖。

Gates built IBM's MS-DOS operating system in the early '80s,

蓋茲在80年代初開發了IBM的MS-DOS作業系統，

giving him his first windfall of $50,000,

給了他第一筆5萬美元的意外之財，

a measly sum in retrospect considering what was about to happen. 表達脈絡

回想起來，考慮到即將發生的事，這是一筆微不足道的數目。

He held onto the copyright of the software 片語動詞

他保留了該軟體的版權，

and when PCs started becoming a feature in households all over the world,

當個人電腦開始成為全世界家庭的標配時，

the Microsoft empire is on its way to becoming a technology monopoly. 文法

微軟帝國正走在成為科技壟斷企業的路上。

Soon after Microsoft created its first Windows operating system in 1985,

在1985年微軟推出首個Windows作業系統後不久，

90% of PCs worldwide would be running it. 文法

全球90%的個人電腦都在運行它。

Still,

儘管如此，

it's thought that only about 8% of American households

據信，當時只有大約8%的美國家庭

had a PC back then.

擁有個人電腦。

Windows 1.0 was $99 and it would make Gates a small fortune. 慣用語

Windows 1.0售價99美元，這讓蓋茲發了一筆小財。

Windows 1.0 became Windows 10 in 2016

2016年，Windows 1.0演變成了Windows 10，

and billions of dollars had been made by a once-precocious little Bill.

而曾經早熟的小比爾賺取了數十億美元。

He's donated billions to charity,

他向慈善機構捐贈了數十億美元，

appeared on the Simpsons as every tech geek seems to do,

像每個科技極客似乎都會做的那樣出現在了《辛普森家庭》中，

and throughout it all he's held onto a childish curiosity.

而在這一切中，他始終保持著孩子般的好奇心。

When asked about religion and the meaning of life,

當被問及宗教和生命的意義時，

Gates has been vague, once saying,

蓋茲含糊其辭，曾說道：

"The mystery and the beauty of the world is overwhelmingly amazing

「這個世界的神祕和美麗令人驚嘆不已，

and there's no scientific explanation of how it came about." 片語動詞

而目前還沒有科學的解釋來說明它是如何產生的。」

Gates's doubt in divinity doesn't reflect the average American,

然而，蓋茲對神性的懷疑並不能代表普通美國人，

however,

畢竟，

with the Pew Research Center reporting in 2014 that 92% of Americans

皮尤研究中心在2014年報告稱，92%的美國人

believed in the existence of God

相信上帝的存在，

with 63% of Americans

其中63%的美國人

feeling absolutely sure that God exists.

絕對確信上帝存在。

There's an anecdote people like to tell

有個軼事人們很喜歡說，

which states that Bill Gates makes so much money, 文法

說比爾·蓋茲賺了那麼多錢，

over $100 a second,

每秒超過100美元，

that it wouldn't be worth his time to pick up a $100 bill 片語搭配

以至於他都不會花時間去撿一張100美元的鈔票，

if he dropped one.

如果他掉了一張的話。

But Gates is no believer in the supposition that lots of money makes you happy.

但蓋茲並不相信很多錢就能讓你快樂的假設。

In fact, he says he's only leaving his children about $10 million from his fortune,

事實上，他說他只會給自己的孩子們留下大約1000萬美元的財產，

once saying,

他曾說道：

"Leaving kids massive amounts of money is not a favor to them."

「給孩子留下巨額財富對他們並沒有好處。」

Regardless, his three children should do okay

無論如何，他的三個孩子應該會過得不錯，

considering the US Census Bureau says

考慮到美國人口普查局稱

the average salary in America is $35,000 a year.

美國人均年薪為35,000美元。

That's $1,400,000 for 40 years hard graft. 用詞

那意味著40年辛勤工作才能賺到140萬美元。

While Gates is not an ostentatious spender, 用詞

雖然蓋茲並不是個喜歡炫耀的揮霍者，

he likes his cars.

但他喜歡他的車。

He said to sometimes drive his Ford Focus to work,

據說他有時開著福特Focus去上班，

but his most cherished vehicle is his $225,000 Porsche 959.

但他最珍視的座駕是價值22.5萬美元的保時捷959。

He owns 23 cars altogether,

他總共擁有23輛汽車，

a few more than the average American household,

比普通美國家庭多出不少，

which owned 1.927 cars in 2013.

2013年普通美國家庭擁有1.927輛車。

According to Gates,

據蓋茲自己說，

his big splurge is his private plane, 用詞

他最大的揮霍是他的私人飛機，

but the Gates's main property was hardly a paltry acquisition. 表達脈絡

但蓋茲的主要房產絕不是一筆微不足道的開銷。

His mansion in King County, Medina

他位於麥地那國王郡的豪宅

is said to be worth a princely $120 million 慣用語

據說價值高達驚人的1.2億美元，

compared to the average house cost in the USA

相比之下，美國平均房價

of $188,900 in 2014 at least.

至少在2014年是188,900美元。

For all his grand accomplishments and indisputable genius, 文法

儘管他取得了偉大的成就和無可爭議的天才地位，

Gates likes to maintain that he is just an average guy. 用詞

蓋茲喜歡堅稱自己只是個普通人。

He says he is fond of indie band Weezer 片語搭配

他說他喜歡獨立樂團Weezer，

and has a liking for watching reruns of the spoof documentary Spinal Tap.

並喜歡看惡搞紀錄片《搖滾萬歲》（Spinal Tap）的重播。

"Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point," 片語搭配

「超過了一定限度，錢對我來說就沒有用處了，」

Gates has said,

蓋茲曾這樣說過，

along with, "I do the dishes every night." 片語搭配

還說道：「我每天晚上都洗碗。」

This is perhaps testament to the fact that the techno god 片語搭配

這或許證明了這位科技天神

keeps his feet firmly on the ground. 慣用語

依然腳踏實地。

So how do you compare to the man from Seattle?

那麼你和這位來自西雅圖的男人相比如何呢？

Let us know in the comments.

請在留言區告訴我們。

And if you like these types of comparisons,

如果你喜歡這類比較，

be sure to check out our other video,

一定要去看看我們的另一部影片，

Donald Trump versus the average American.

唐納·川普對比普通美國人。

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感謝觀看，和往常一樣，

don't forget to like, share, and subscribe.

別忘了按讚、分享並訂閱。

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此外，請考慮訪問我們的Patreon頁面。

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我們目前正在籌集資金僱用更多作者，

so that we can continue bringing you this bi-weekly show.

以便我們能繼續為您帶來這個雙週播出的節目。