The world's richest man might seem to have it all, but Bill Gates has one regret. The self-madebillionaire said he felt stupid for not knowing any foreign languages。
世界首富比尔·盖茨看上去似乎是坐拥万千,但是他有一个遗憾。这名白手起家的亿万富翁坦言,他觉得自己不会一门外语真是大大的失策。
Speaking in his third Ask Me Anything question-and-answer session for online forum Reddit,the Microsoft founder revealed that he wished he spoke French, Arabic or Chinese。
在在线论坛Reddit上的“随便问我点啥的问答环节,他回答了这第三个问题,这名微软创始人坦言,他希望他会说法语、阿拉伯语或是汉语。
He said: 'I took Latin and Greek in high school and got A's and I guess it helps myvocabulary。
他说:“我在高中的时候选修过拉丁文和希腊语,并拿到了A的好成绩,我猜这对我的词汇量很有帮助。
'I keep hoping to get time to study one of these - probably French because it is the easiest. Idid Duolingo for a while but didn't keep it up.'
我希望继续有时间学习其中一门语言——可能是法语,因为法语最好学。我有一阵子用Duolingo语言学习应用学过,但是没坚持下去。
Gates, who is worth $79.3billion, praised Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for stunning anaudience in Beijing when he spoke fluent Mandarin。
身价793亿美金的盖茨,赞扬了脸书的创始人马克·扎克伯格——用一口流利的汉语让北京的观众惊艳四座。
He said: 'Mark Zuckerberg amazingly learned Mandarin and did a Q&A with Chinesestudents - incredible.'
他说:“马克·扎克伯格学习了汉语真是太惊奇了,而且难以置信,他还和中国学生进行问答。
During the session yesterday, the 59-year-old said that he loves BBQ sauce but avoids itbefore TV appearances because he tends to spill it, his biggest splurge is having a private jetand he enjoys Indian and Thai food。
在昨天的问答环节,59岁的盖茨说,他很喜欢烧烤酱,但是在电视上露面之前他不会吃,因为他会洒出来,他最值得炫耀的就是有一架私人飞机,而且他喜欢印度菜和泰国菜。
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