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确实如此。许多人不喜欢交税因为他们不能从中立即获益。一些非常富有的人总是尝试尽可能的少交税。但是一位亿万富翁认为,税收非常重要,为政府处理贫困问题创造了条件。这个人就是微软创始人比尔.盖茨。他赚了很多钱,退休后和他的妻子建立了基金来帮助穷人。英国广播公司问他在减少贫困方面,富人应当做些什么。让我们来听听他的回答。他说富人应当做什么呢?这个词是个形容词。
Well, their obligation of course is to pay their taxes, but our advice to them is that they all look at taking their wealth and being philanthropic - both in their own country and to help the global poorest. That’s a full-time work Melinda and I do, we find it very fulfilling, we love seeing the progress.
他们的责任当然是交税,但是我们的建议是他们应当拿出一部分钱,更加乐善好施——不但是在他们自己的国家而且要帮助全世界的穷人。这是梅琳达和我全力以赴正在做的事。我们发现这让我们非常满足,我们喜欢这一过程。
So rich people have to be ‘philanthropic’! It means they have to help poor people by giving their money.
所以富人们应当乐善好施。这意味着他们要给穷人钱,来帮助穷人。
And he says he and his wife find this giving to the poor ‘fulfilling’, in other words, it makes them happy and satisfied.
他说他和他的妻子发现帮助穷人令他们非常满足,换句话说,这令他们感到非常高兴和满意。
Well, that’s his message to the very, very, very, very rich in the world! To the… 1%!
这是他对世界上最最最最富裕的,那1%的人的建议。
The 1%...Well, you want the answer to my quiz question now, don’t you?
提到1%,你现在是不是想知道刚刚问题的答案呀?
Yes. You asked me how much of the global wealth is owned by the richest 1% of the world’s population.
是的。你问我1%的富人掌握世界上多少财富。
And the options I gave you were: 38%, 48% or 58%.
我给你的选项是:38%, 48%或58%。
And I guessed 38% based on the fact that I couldn’t imagine them earning more than that.
我猜38%,因为我想象不到他们能挣得比这还多。
I like your thinking, Harry, but I’m afraid the correct answer is actually (b) 48%. The wealthiest 1% will soon own more than the rest of the world’s population – that’s according to a study by anti-poverty charity Oxfam.
我很欣赏你的思考,但是答案其实是(b) 48%。根据扶贫慈善组织牛津饥荒救济委员会的一项研究,世界上最富裕的1%的人口所掌握的财富马上要超过其余人口所拥有的财富总额。
I think it’s truly shocking that such a small number of people can own so much.
这太令人震惊了。这么少的人居然拥有这么多的财富。
You’re right. It’s an amazing statistic. OK, well, we’re almost out of time but let’s remind ourselves of some of the words that we’ve said today, Harry.
没错。这是个令人惊奇的数据。好了,我们的时间也快到了。我们再回忆一下今天提到的一些词。
standard of living
生活水平
inequality
不平等
minimum wage
最低工资
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