金融英语速读：吉姆罗杰斯,我的第一桶金.doc
(完整版)课文THEMILLIONPOUNDBANKNOTE
THE MILLION POUND BANK NOTEAct I, Scene 3 NARRATOR : It is the summer of 1903. Two old and wealthy brothers, Roderick and Oliver, have made a betOliver believes that with a millio n pound bank n ote a man could survive a month in London.His brother Roderick doubts it. At this moment, they see a penniless young mawandering on the pavement outside their house It is Henry Adams, an America nbus in essma n, who is lost in London and does not know what he should do. RODERICK: Young man, would you step in side a mome nt, please?HENRY: Who? Me, sir?RODERICK: Yes, you.OLIVER: Through the front door on your left.HENRY: (A serva nt opens a door) Tha nks.SERVANT: Good morning, sir. Would you please comein? Permit me to lead the way, sir.OLIVER: (He nry en ters) Tha nk you, James. That will be all.RODERICK: How do you do, Mr... er...?HENRY: Adams. He nry Adams.OLIVER: Come and sit dow n, Mr. Adams.HENRY: Tha nk you.RODERICK: You're an America n?HENRY: That's right, from San Fran cisco.RODERICK: How well do you know london?HENRY: Not at all, it's my first trip here.RODERICK: I wonder, Mr. Adams, if you'd mind us asking a few questions.HENRY: Not at all. Go right ahead.RODERICK: May we ask what you're doing in this country and what your pla ns are?HENRY: Well, I can't say that I have any plans. I'm hoping to find work. As a matter offact, I Ianded in Britain by accident .OLIVER: How is that possible?HENRY: Well, you see, back home I had my own boat. A bouta month ago, I was sailingout of the bay ... (his eyesstare at what is left of the b rother's dinner on table)OLIVER: Well, go on.HENRY: Oh, yes. Well, towards ni ghtfall I found myself carried out to sea by a strong一wind. It was all my fault . I did n't know whether I could survive un til morning.The next morning rd just about_ given myself up for lost when I was spotted by a ship.And it was the ship that brought you to En gla nd.Yes. The fact is that I earned my passage by working as an unpaid hand, which accounts for my appearanee. I went to the American embassy to seek help, but ... (The brotherssmile at each other.)Well, you must n't worry about that. It's an adva ntage.rm afraid I don't quite follow you, sir.Tell us, Mr. Adams, what sort of work did you do in America? I worked for a mining company. Could you offer me some kind of work here? Patie nee, Mr. Adams. If you don't mind, may I ask you how much money you have? Well, to be hon est, I have none. (happily) What luck! Brother, what luck! (claps his hands together) Well, it may seem lucky to you but not to me! On the contrary , in fact. If this is your_idea_of some_k in d_of_joke,_I_ don't think it's very funny. (He nry sta nds up to leave) Now if you'll excuse me, I think I'll be on my way. Please don't go, Mr. Adams. You must n't think we don't care about you. Oliver, give him the letter. Yes, the letter. (gets it from a desk and gives it to Henry like a gift) The letter. (tak ing it carefully) For me? For you. (He nry starts to ope n it) Oh, no, you must n't ope n it. Not yet. You can't ope n it un til two o'clock. Oh, this is silly. Not silly. There's money in it. (calls to the serva nt) James? Oh, no. I don't want your charity. I just want an hon est job. We know you're hard-work ing. That's why we've give n you the letter. James, show Mr. Adams out. Good luck, Mr. Adams. Well, why don't you expla in what this is all about? You'll soon know. (looks at the clock) In exactly an hour and a half. This way, sir. Mr. Adams, not until 2 o'clock. Promise? Promise. Goodbye.OLIVER:HENRY: RODERICK: HENRY:RODERICK:HENRY:RODERICK:HENRY:OLIVER:HENRY:RODERICK:OLIVER:HENRY:RODERICK:HENRY:RODERICK:HENRY:RODERICK:OLIVER:HENRY:RODERICK:SERVANT:RODERICK: HENRY:THE MILLION POUND BANK NOTEAct I, Scene 4 (Outside a restaura nt Henry looks at the en velope without ope ning it and decides to go in. He sits down at a table next to the front window.) (seeing Henry's poor appearanee) That one's reserved. This way, please, (to the waiter) Take this gentleman's order, Horace. (after sitting down and putting the letter on the table) I'dlike some ham and eggs and a nice big steak. Make itextra thick. I'd also like a cup of coffee and apin eapple dessert .Right, sir. I'm afraid it'll cost a large amount of mon ey. I un dersta nd. And ni have a large glass of beer. OK. (The waiter leaves and soon retur ns with all the food.) My goodness! Why, look at him. He eats like a wolf. We'll see if he's clever as a wolf, eh? (having just finished every bit of food) Ah, waiter. (waiter returns) Same thing again, please. Oh, and ano ther beer. Agai n? Everyth in g? Yes, that's right. (sees the look on the waiter's face) Anything wrong? No, not at all. (to the owner) He's asked for more of the same. Well, it is well-k nown that America ns like to eat a lot. Well, we'll have to take a cha nee. Go ahead and let him have it. (readi ng the bill after the meal) All right. That's two orders of ham and eggs, two extra thick steaks, two large glasses of beer, two cups of coffee and two desserts. (looki ng at the clock on the wall) Would you mind wait ing just a few minu tes? (in a rude manner ) What's there to wait for? All right, Horace. I'll take care of this. (to owner) That was a won derful meal. It's amaz ing how much pleasure you get out of the simple things in life, especially if you can't have them for a while. Yes, very in teresti ng. Now perhaps, sir, if you pay your bill I can help the other customers. (look ing at the clock on the wall aga in) Well, I see it's two o'clock. (he ope ns the en velope andholds a milli on pound bank note in his han ds. Henry is surprised but the owner and waiter are shocked) rm very sorry. But ... I ... I don't have anything smaller.(still shocked and n ervous) Well .. er... just one mome nt. Maggie, look! (the hostess screams, the other customers look at her and she puts a hand to her mouth) Do you think it's genuine ?Oh, dear, I don't kno w. I simply don't know.OWNER:HENRY: WAITER:HENRY:WAITER:HOSTESS:OWNER:HENRY:WAITER:HENRY:WAITER:OWNER:WAITER:HENRY:WAITER:OWNER:HENRY:OWNER:HENRY: OWNER: HOSTESS:OWNER: Well, I did hear that the Bank of En gla nd had issued two no tes in this amount ... Any way, Idon't think it can be a fake. People would pay too much attention to a bank note of this amount. No thief would want that to happe n.HOSTESS: OWNER: But he's in rags !Perhaps he's a very stra nge, rich man. (as if he has discovered someth ing for the first time)Why, yes! That must be it!HOSTESS: OWNER:(hits her husba nd's arm) And you put him in the back of the restaura nt! Go and see him at on ce. (to Henry) rm so sorry, sir, so sorry, but I cannot cha nge this bank no te. HENRY:OWNER:But it's all I have on me. Oh, please, don't worry, sir. Does n't matter at all. We're so very glad that you even en tered our little eati ng place. In deed , sir, I hope you'll come here whe never you like. HENRY:OWNER:Well, that's very kind of you. Kind, sir? No, it's kind of you. You must come whe never you want and have whatever you like. Just having you sit here is a great honor! As for the bill, sir, please forget it. HENRY:OWNER:Forget it? Well ... tha nk you very much. That's very nice of you. Oh, it's for us to thank you, sir and I do, sir, from the bottom of my heart. (The owner, hostess and waiter all bow as Henry leaves.)。
阅读笔记金融英语
The bestselling book named PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS is the one that I choose to read and to write for a report. Although I am a student major in computer science, I am also interested in business analytics. Actually I have an idea about changing my major into Finance during my gradual time. So let us talk about this amazing book.Eric Siegel is the author of the book who is an outstanding Columbia University professor and a pioneer in business analytics field. He and his book have been featured in Businessweek, CBS MoneyWatch, Forbes, Forrester, Fortune, The Huffington Post, The New York Times, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and WSJ MarketWatch. In his book, he is making his effort to fulfill the world about predictive analytics. In other words, we are going to understand how captivate the analysis is and what is the point that will lead to the prediction.This book is been divided in to several sections. These chapters are the gradual processes to let us know the PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS. There are so many uncertainties in the information era. As we all know, the further is undefined, but if we collective the most useful messages, we can make predictions based on those information. And predictions will help the humankinds to avoid business risks, violent crimes, and increase sales performance.In the first section, the author gives us some conceptions about the basic of prediction analytics. He also describes the importance of a company to adopt the prediction analytics system. By foreseeing the changes and risks of a person’s assets, the company can make its own strategies from the predictions when competing in the world. “Data is a new type of oil”says by Meglena Kuneva, a member of European Consumer Council. That kind of idea is accordance to the author’s thinking. The forecasting which is drawn from data will led to huge influence to an organization and bring profits. That’s sounds magic! The major way for prediction analytics is observation. The machine will observe massive information and put the haphazard date in order. In return, the computer will build models to fit for the appearance of our daily life and make predictions. From this chapter, I have learned the surface of prediction analytics.In the next section, there are some doubts on prediction. Some people have plenty of suspicious on this new technology. Why? It is because that some companies may use this new way to make predictions on a person private life. For instance, supermarket will foresee which person is going to give birth recently. This behavior gives offense to people. On the other hand, if we use the data prediction in other filed, it will have significant influence on our life. We also use the example of supermarket. If thesupermarket makes well predictions on a family that is going to have birth, they can put the advertisements to the parents to increase the products selling. That will bring more profits and save cost because supermarkets do not have to send majority advertisements to all kinds of people. The author thinks that data manage is more efficient an easier than manage people. We can spend less money to gain customers’ data. In return, the value that a customer will bring to the company is far beyond the cost. We have to follow the law to keep personal private or the data will literally erode us. The more the data we gain, the more responsibility we will take. He takes the knife as a metaphor about data that some people use knife to cut vegetable, and some people use knife to commit a crime. So we have to make detail rules to protect the security of data.。
大学金融英语chapter 1 Basics of Money
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Why Studying Money
Money is essential for the operation of any economy. It is widely used in modern society by people, governments and businesses.
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16. ready money or ready cash 现金 17. danger money 危险工作补贴 18. standard money 本位货币 19. smart money 投资于有高回报工程的钱 20. safe-heaven money 币值稳定且有升值空间的钱 21. fiat money 不兑现纸币 22. token money 辅币
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8. legal tender 法定货币，法币 9. legal process 法律手续 10. Say’s Law 萨伊法则 11. Milton Friedman 米尔顿·弗雷德曼（美国和世界知名货币主义者
who is for steady government-controlled money growth） 12. negotiable instruments 可转让票据（又译流通票据/证券） 13. near money 准货币=quasi money 14. postal orders （英）邮政汇票 15. bill of exchange（英）汇票（美语带用draft表示同样意思）
金融英语学习资料10 中英文对照
Just setting up my twttr”. When Jack Dorsey tapped out that maiden 34-character tweet back in March 2006, Twitter was the side-project of a failing San Francisco start-up. Seven years and hundreds of billions of tweets later, TWTR will be the stock market ticker of a public company worth more than $12bn, chaired by Mr Dorsey in the hottest initial public offering since Facebook.“刚设置好我的twttr”。
当杰克•多尔西(Jack Dorsey)在2006年3月发出首条由34个字符组成的tweet帖子时，Twitter只是一家旧金山濒临倒闭的初创企业的次要项目。
7年后的今天，全球各地人士已经发了数千亿条tweet，由多尔西担仸董事长的Twitter将发起自Facebook上市以来最火爆的首次公开发行(IPO)，公司的估值将超过120亿美元，而其股票代码将是TWTR。
Mr Dorsey’s own journey between then and now mirrors that of the messaging site itself. Just as Twitter was the ugly duckling that became a swan, so Mr Dorsey has exchanged his punk 2006 look –complete with nose ring and mathematical forearm tattoo – for expensive suits and supermodel friends like Lily Cole commensurate with his status as one of Silicon Valley’s slickest stars. The 36-year-old is now handsome and rich enough that his romantic life is raked over by tabloids.从那时到现在，多尔西本人的经历似乎映衬着这个微博客网站的发展道路。
2022考研英语阅读最富的百分之一们
2022考研英语阅读最富的百分之一们MITT ROMNEY is not the first multi-millionaire toseek the presidency, nor the richest. Ross Perot,the record-holder, spent some of his billions earnedfrom computer data on losing bids in 1992 and1996. Since then men who owe their or theirfamilys fortunes to oil, sport, publishing, trial law,ketchup, beer and bestselling autobiographies havefollowed.米特?罗姆尼不是第一个竞选总统的身家数百万的富豪，也不是其中最富有的。
纪录保持者是罗斯?比洛特，他靠电脑数据赚了几十亿美元，其中一些花在了1992年和1996年两场失败的总统竞选上。
自此之后竞选总统的富豪也不在少数，这些人的财宝分别来自石油、运动、出版、法律等，还有靠卖番茄酱、啤酒、畅销自传等赚钱的。
But Mr Romney, who earned his $200m or so as a private-equity executive buying andselling companies, is the first candidate from the world of high-octane finance. As such, heillustrates the changing complexion of Americas rich. The wealthiest 1% of Americans notonly get more of the pie; they are increasingly creatures of finance.但是罗姆尼先生是第一个来自传奇中的金融界的候选人。
彼得·蒂尔的第一桶金
51第一桶金|财富▁Fortune彼得·蒂尔，美国硅谷精神的坐标、投资之神。
他创办了PayPal 公司，投资了硅谷一系列的顶级公司，据不完全统计，他所有的投资账面回报已经超过了1万倍。
人们惊讶于他非凡的洞察力，不过在他看来，这种能力，不过是寻找大多数人视而不见的真相。
有人说，如果你发现路上的所有的车都在逆行，那很可能是你自己开反了。
但彼得·蒂尔却是特例，他不仅能自信淡定地逆行，还能让其他所有的车都怀疑是不是自己开错了方向。
彼得·蒂尔一直被视作美国硅谷精神的代表人物，他最出名的成绩之一是对Facebook 的投资。
作为Facebook 的首个外部投资者，2004年他向扎克伯格提供了50万美元的启动资金，而这项投资后来令他获得了2万倍的收益。
而在投资Facebook 以前，他还创办了世界上第1个电子商务支付公司PayPal，并在2002年互联网泡沫破灭的时候，以15亿美元的价格将公司成功出售给了eBay；他成立的Founders Fund 基金公司，也是如今硅谷的当红炸子鸡，投资了一系列如Airbnb、Knewton、Lyft、Spotify、Stripe、ZocDoc、SpaceX 等如雷贯耳的企业；他创建的神秘大数据独角兽公司PalantirPalantir，目前估值超过400亿美元……连当年他招募加入PayPal 公司的员工和合作伙伴，后来都创建了一批市值数十亿、上百亿美元的公司，比如马斯克创办了特斯拉汽车公司，霍夫曼创办了LinkedIn，陈士骏创办了YouTube……这些人被称为是“硅谷第一天团”“Paypal 黑帮”，而彼得·蒂尔则被公认是这个“黑帮”里的教父，大佬中的大佬。
文/杜午彼得·蒂尔的第一桶金彼得·蒂尔 ▲始审视自己，他发现自己太看重这些通过竞争得来的光辉履历，从小和人竞争，却忘了自己为什么要做这些事情。
他开始思考，循规蹈矩地参与竞争真的是有价值的么？在教育体系中，年轻人在同样的方法教授下学习同样的内容，而不顾个人的天赋和爱好。
跟大师学理财——吉姆_罗杰斯的知与行
跟大师学理财——吉姆〃罗杰斯的知与行吉姆〃罗杰斯（JIM.ROGERS）吉姆〃罗杰斯1942年出生于美国亚拉巴马州；1964年毕业于耶鲁大学。
1964年到1966年，罗杰斯就读于牛津大学。
罗杰斯（Jim Rogers）是是量子基金的创始人之一，国际著名的投资家和金融学教授，还是《时代》、《华盛顿邮报》、《纽约时报》、《巴龙》、《福布斯》、《财富》、《华尔街日报》、《金融时报》的长期撰稿人。
他先后两次进行环球投资之旅，足迹遍及包括中国在内的110多个国家。
引文：他来自小城镇，后来成了华尔街神童。
在上世纪 70 年代，他与乔治〃索罗斯合伙，成立了历史上最有名的投资团队。
后来，他又摇身一变，成了金融界的夺宝奇兵，两次周游世界，在一些最不可能的地方进行着非常有利可图的投资。
嘿，吉姆，我该在阿根廷买地吗？嗯，你还是去安哥拉吧，它在非洲。
吉姆，你对黄金有何看法？如果你把你的黄金变成铅，那你赚的钱要多得多。
无论走到哪里，吉姆〃罗杰斯总能碰到他的仰慕者。
这对于作为量子基金的创始人之一、环球旅行被吉尼斯世界记录记载的罗杰斯来说，早已经习以为常。
而当细读罗杰斯传奇的投资故事时，我们会发现他的勤奋与做事的投入、他独特的投资思维视角、他的理财方式都是值得津津乐道的。
勤奋与投入吉姆〃罗杰斯生于1942年10月19日，在5 个兄弟中排行老大，在亚拉巴马州的德莫波利斯这个小镇度过了他愉悦的童年时光。
罗杰斯的父亲参加过二次世界大战的老兵，退役后，白天经营一家化工厂，晚上则兼职做会计，父亲为罗杰斯树立了勤奋工作的榜样。
即使是现在，罗杰斯也会将他的很多成功都归于勤奋。
我并不觉得自己聪明，但我确实非常、勤奋地工作。
如果你能非常努力地工作，也很热爱自己的工作，就有成功的可能。
他说，每个人都梦想着赚很多的钱，但是，我告诉你，这是不容易的。
当他还是一个专职的货币经理时，他曾这样讲过：生活中最重要的事情是工作。
在工作做完之前，我不会去做任何其他事情。
6月英语四级阅读第130篇：金融大鳄乔治·索罗斯
点击查看》》6月英语四级阅读汇总George Soros The Financial CrocodileThe speculator, George Soros, whose assault on sterling1 ejected Britain from the European exchange rate mechanism that September of 10 years ago has a mission — to use his estimated ￡5 billion fortune and his fame to help tackle what he sees as the failures of globalisation. The idea that a man who made billions betting on the financial markets sides with the anti-globalisation movement might strike some as ironic . Soros is clearly genuinely appalled at the damage wrought on vulnerable economies by the vast sums of money which flow across national borders every day.“The US governs the international system to protect its own economy. It is not in charge of protecting other economies, ”he says.“ So when America goes into recession, you have antirecessionary policies. When other countries are in recession, they don't have the ability to engage in antirecessionary policies because they can't have a permissive monetary policy, because money would flee . ”In person , he has the air of a philosophy professor rather than a gimlet-eyed financier. In a soft voice which bears the traces of his native Hungary, he argues that it is time to rewrite the so-called Washington consensus — the cocktail of liberalisation, privatisation and fiscal rectitude which the IMF2 has been preaching for 15 years. Developing countries no longer have the freedom to run their own economies, he argues, even when they follow perfectly sound policies. He cites Brazil, which although it has a floating currency andmanageable public debt was paying ten times over the odds to borrow from capitalmarkets.Soros, who at one stage after the fall of the Berlin Wall3 was providingmore assistance to Russia than the US government, believes in practising what hepreaches. His Open Society Institute has been pivotal in helping eastern European countries develop democratic societies and market economies. Soros hasthe advantage of an insider's knowledge of the workings of global capitalism, sohis criticism is particularly pointed. Last year, the Soros foundation's network spent nearly half a billion dollars on projects in education, public health and promoting democracy, making it one of the world's largest private donors.Soros credits the anti-globalisation movement for having made companiesmore sensitive to their wider responsibilities.“ I think [ the protesters] have made an important con tribution by making people aware of the flaws of the system, ”he says. “ People on the street had an impact on public opinion and corporations which sell to the public responded to that. ”Because the IMF has abandoned billion dollar bailouts for troubled economies, he thinks a repeat of the Asian crisis is unlikely. The fund's new“ tough love ”policy — for which Argentina is the guinea pig — has other consequences. The bailouts were a welfare system for Wall Street, with western taxpayers rescuing the banks from the consequences of unwise lending to emerging economies. Now the IMF has drawna line in the sand, credit to poor countries is drying up. “ It has created anew problem — the inadequacy of the flow of capital from centre to the periphery, ”he says.The one economy Soros is not losing any sleep about is the U. S.“ I am much more positive about the underlying economy than I am about the market, because we are waging war not only terrorism but also on recession, ”he says.“Although we don't admit it, we are actually applying Keynesian4 remedies, and I am a confirmed Keynesian. I have not yet seen an economy in recession when you are gearing up for war. ”He worries that the world's largest economic power is not living up to its responsibilities. “ I would like the United States to live up to the responsibilities of its hegemonic power because it is not going to give up its hegemonic power, ”he says.“The only thing that is realistic is for the United States to become aware that it is in its enlightened self-interest to ensure that the rest of the world benefits from their role . ”练习题：Ⅰ. Plea se pick out sente nces from th e p assa ge e xp ress in g the following mea nings:1. 就算发展中国家实行很完善的机制, 它们的经济也有可能被国际游资打击。
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吉姆-罗杰斯：我的第一桶金Jim Rogers: My First MillionPublished: November 20 2009 18:26 | Last updated: November 20 2009 18:26Since Jim Rogers, 67, co-founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros he has worked as a guest professor of finance at Columbia University and as an economic commentator. In 1998, he founded the Rogers International Commodities Index (RICI).He is the author of A Bull in China, Hot Commodities, Adventure Capitalist and Investment Biker. His latest book isA Gift to My Children, a father’s l essons for life and investing.EDITOR’S CHOICEMy first million: More columns about how the wealthy manage their money - Oct-31Raised in Alabama, Rogers started in business at the age of five, collecting empty soda bottles at the local baseball field. After graduating from Yale University in 1964, he won a scholarship to Balliol College, Oxford. He then got his first job on Wall Street.Rogers now lives in Singapore with his wife and their two young daughters.Did you think you would get to where you are?No, I am as surprised as anyone. I certainly wanted to get somewhere and was willing to work hard. I wanted to retire young, but I never thought I would retire before 40.When you realised that you had made your first million were you tempted to slow down?I can remember the exact day of my first million dollars’ net worth. It was in November 1977. I was 35. I knew I needed more than that to do what I wanted when I was 37 – the age I decided to stop working to seek adventure.What is the secret of your success?As I was not smarter than most people, I was willing to work harder than most. I was prepared to examine conventional wisdom. If everyone thinks one way, it is likely to be wrong. If you can figure out that it is wrong, you are likely to make a lot of money.What is your basic investment strategy?Buy low and sell high. I try to find something that is very cheap, where a positive change is taking place. Then I do enough homework to make sure I am right. It has got to be cheap so that, if I am wrong, I don’t lose much money. Everytime I make a mistake, it is usually because I did not do enough homework.Do not underestimate the value of due diligence. In the 1960s, General Motors was the world’s most successful company. One day, a GM analyst went to the board of directors with the message: “The Japanese are coming.” They ignored him. Investors who did their homework sold their GM stock – and bought Toyota instead.I’m not buying any stocks at the moment. If anything is undervalued now it is commodities and some currencies.What has been your most spectacular gain?The Quantum Fund. When we started the company in 1970, I had $600 in my pocket. Within 10 years, the portfolio had gained 4,200 per cent.Do you want to carry on till you drop?No. These days, I spend very few hours a day working, becauseI have two little girls and I want to spend as much time with them as possible.Both our girls have a Chinese governess and speak fluent Mandarin. For their generation, Mandarin and English will be the most important languages.Have you made any pension provision?I don’t have a pension because I hope I don’t need one. I have accumulated assets and that is what I live on.What is your commitment to charity?I have given money to students and schools around the world.I try to give scholarships to students rather than schools, because the students need the money more than administrators.Do you allow yourself the odd indulgence?I have been around the world twice. Setting off in 1990, I spent22 months travelling through six continents on a motorcycle.On my second trip, which started in 1999, my wife and I travelled for three years through 116 countries in a custom-made Mercedes.What is the most you have ever paid for a bottle of fine wine or champagne?I don’t have an upper limit for champagne, but I’ve never had the urge to spend $2,000 on a bottle of wine. I always remember my background. I did not have money as a kid.Picasso or Art Deco as an investment?I am at a stage where I am not interested in having or amassing stuff.Do you believe in passing your wealth to children?I’ve always thought that, if you give children too much, you will ruin them. I have set up my will so they don’t get muchuntil they are at least 30.I went to Yale and Oxford and a lot of rich kids were there who never had to work. I know I want my children to be well-educated and experience the workplace.Education and the necessity to work changed my life and yanked me out of the backwater of Alabama.Where should people put their money in the recession?Invest only in things you know something about. The mistake most people make is that they listen to hot tips, or act on something they read in magazines.Most people know a lot about something, so they should just stick to what they know and buy an investment in that area. That is how you get rich.You don’t get rich investing in things you know nothing about.Which of the following is a fact stated in this article?A:Jim Rogers is born rich.B:Jim Rogers still works long hours now.C:Jim Rogers speaks fluent Chinese.D:Jim Rogers had his daughters at relatively old age.………………………….……………………………………………….…………..DHe's 67 and have two young daughters.Which of the following is true about Jim Rogers' investing strategy? A: Buy assets at cheap priceB: Only buy into areas that he's familiar withC: Pay attention to the future growth.D: All of the above………………………….………………………..…………………..………………………...……..…DBuy low and sell high. I try to find something that is very cheap, where a positive change is taking place. Then I do enough homework to make sure I am right. It has got to be cheap so that, if I am wrong, I don’t lose much money. Every time I make a mistake, it is usually because I did not do enough homework.According to the article, which of the following does Jim Rogers hold to be true?A: Work is a necessity.B: Stock is the best investment.C: In order to get rich, you need to take risks.D: Family is above your career.…………………………….…………………….……………..………..……AEducation and the necessity to work changed my life and yanked me out of the backwater of Alabama.Which of the following is Jim Rogers most proud of?A: Raising two kidsB: The Quantum fundC: His charity contributionD: Travelling the world……………………………………………………………………………….……………………….….BWhat has been your most spectacular gain?The Quantum Fund. When we started the company in 1970, I had $600 in my pocket. Within 10 years, the portfolio had gained 4,200 per cent.。