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人们最想知道的商界大佬的小秘密
问:“谢尔盖•布林是蝙蝠侠吗?”
A: He's a handsome, unattached billionaire who wears a lot of black and works in a secret lab designing gadgets to enhance human abilities. We'll let you be the judge.
答:他是一位英俊小生,一位不依附于任何人、非常喜欢穿黑色衣物的亿万富豪,整天在一个秘密实验室里鼓捣一些旨在增强人类能力的小玩意。你自己来评判他到底是不是。
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates
微软公司董事长比尔•盖茨
Q: "Does Bill Gates smoke weed?"
问:“比尔•盖茨吸大麻吗?”
A: It was once his drug of choice, according to a 1994 biography.
答:据1994年的传记记载,大麻曾经是他最喜欢的毒品。
Q: "Why does Bill Gates have a mugshot?"
问:“为什么比尔•盖茨有一张被警方拍下的大头照?”
A: He was arrested in Albuquerque for driving Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's car without a license.
答:他曾经因为无照驾车在阿尔伯克基市被捕,他当时开的是微软联合创始人保罗•艾伦的车。
Q: "Bill Gates is the devil."
问:“比尔•盖茨是魔鬼吗?”
A: Oh, now, come on.
答:哦,现在应该不是了。
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg
Facebook公司首席运营官谢丽尔•桑德伯格
Q: "Is Sheryl Sandberg black?"
问: “谢莉尔•桑德伯格是黑人吗?”
A: We're going to go with "no" on that one.
答: 对于这个问题,我们打算给出否定答复。
Q: "Does Sheryl Sandberg have children?"
问:“谢莉尔•桑德伯格有孩子吗?”
A: She has two children. (Hence her suggestion to professional women to Lean In.)
答:她有两个孩子。因此,她在《向前一步》(Lean In)一书中建议职业女性生孩子。
Q: Is Sheryl Sandberg a Republican?"
问:“谢莉尔•桑德伯格是共和党人吗?”
A: Highly unlikely. She has contributed to the campaigns of a number of Democrats, including some guy named Barack Obama.
答:基本不可能。她捐款资助过许多民主党人的竞选活动,包括一个名叫巴拉克•奥巴马的家伙。
Donald Trump, chairman and president, The Trump Organization
特朗普集团董事长兼总裁唐纳德•特朗普
Q: "Is Donald Trump a millionaire or billionaire?"
问:“唐纳德•特朗普是百万富翁还是亿万富翁?”
A: Billionaire, with a big ol' "B."
答:亿万富翁,名副其实的亿万富翁。
Q: "What does Donald Trump eat?"
问:“唐纳德•特朗普吃什么?”
A: Other business executives' lunch, he might say. In all seriousness, though: "All types [of food] -- pastas, steaks," he says. But no alcohol.
答:他可能会说,跟其他企业高管一样的午餐。说正经的:“各种类型的食品——意大利面,牛排,”他说。但不喝酒。
Q: "Does Donald Trump wear a wig?"
问:“唐纳德•川普戴的是假发吗?”
A: Negative -- that's his real hair.
答:不——他的头发是真的。
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
微软公司CEO史蒂夫•鲍尔默
Q: "Why does Steve Ballmer sweat so much?"
问:“为什么史蒂夫•鲍尔默出这么多汗?”
A: As best as we can tell, he's just enthusiastic about his company.
答:我们只能说,他只是太热爱于他的公司了。
Q: "How does Steve Ballmer still have a job?"
问:“史蒂夫•鲍尔默怎么还在上班?”
A: Because his board didn't fire him. However, he formally resigned earlier this year.
答:因为董事会没有解雇他。不过,他已经在今年早些时候已经正式递交了辞呈。
Q: "Does Steve Ballmer do drugs?"
问:“史蒂夫•鲍尔默嗑药吗?”
A: No. Despite his occasionally erratic behavior, the outgoing Microsoft CEO has not been linked to any kind of drug use.
答:不。尽管他偶尔有一些古怪的行为,但这位即将离任的微软CEO一直没有出现与吸毒有关的新闻。
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos
亚马逊公司CEO杰夫•贝佐斯
Q: "Does Jeff Bezos have a glass eye?"
问:“杰夫•贝佐斯是不是安了一只玻璃假眼?”
A: Despite his well-known unflinching gaze, he does not.
答:尽管他以目光格外坚定著称,但他真的没安装假眼。
Q: "How does Jeff Bezos pronounce his name?"
问:“杰夫•贝佐斯怎么念自己的名字?”
A: Say it with us now: "BAY-zohs."
答:我们现在一起学学:“BAY - zohs”。
Q: "What is Jeff Bezos thinking?"
问:“杰夫•贝佐斯正在思考什么事情?”
A: If we knew that, we'd be rich.
答:要是我们知道的话,我们也能成富豪了。
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