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VOA慢速英语:Forbes’ Yearly Billionaires List Hits Record High

2017-03-28来源:VOA

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短语讲解：

1. The entrepreneur has $72.8 billion, according to Forbes.

according to 根据，按照
例句：According to etiquette, you should stand up to meet a guest.
按照礼节你应该站起来接待客人。

2. The rest of the top ten is filled with familiar names. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, at the age of 32, is in fifth place.

at the age of 在…岁时
例句：Children enter primary school at the age of 7.
孩子们7岁进小学。

3. All 10 have two things in common – they are white and they are men.

in common 共有
例句：We happened to discover we had a friend in common
我们凑巧发现我们有一个共同的朋友。