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A Success Story一個成功的故事
At 19, Ben Way is already a millionaire, and one of a growing number of teenagers who have
(1) Their fortune through the Internet. (2) makes Ben's story all the more remarkable is that he is dyslexic, and was (3) by teachers at his junior school that he would never be able to read or write (4) . "I wanted to prove them (5) ", says Ben, creator and director of Waysearch, a net search engine which can be used to find goods in online shopping malls.
19歲時,Ben Way已經是一個百萬富翁了,他是越來越多的通過互聯(lián)網獲得財富的青少年之一。而使得Ben的故事更引人注意的是他有誦讀困難,并且曾被他的初中教師告知他將永遠不能正確讀寫。“我要證明他們錯了。”Ben說。他后來成為Waysearch的創(chuàng)建者和董事長,Waysearch 是一個在網上購物商場查找貨物的網絡搜索引擎。
When he was eight, his local authorities (6) him with a PC to help with school work. Although he was (7) to read the manuals, he had a natural ability with the computer, and (8) by his father, he soon began (9) people $l0 an hour for his knowledge and skills. At the age of 15 he (10) up his own computer consultancy, Quad Computer, which he ran from his bedroom, and two years later he left school to (11) all his time to business.
Ben八歲時,他所在的地方當局提供給他一臺個人電腦以幫助學校工作。雖然他不能閱讀使用指南,但他對計算機有一種天賦,在父親的鼓勵下,Ben很快就開始以自己的知識和能力收費——每小時10英鎊。15歲時,Ben成立了自己的電腦顧問公司——夸德電腦,他在自己的臥室里運營(這個公司),兩年之后,他離開了學校,并將所有的精力投入到公司經營當中。
"By this time the company had grown and I needed to take on a (12) of employees to help me", says Ben. "That enabled me to start (13) business with bigger companies.” It was. his ability to consistently (14) difficult challenges that led him to win the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in the same year that he formed Waysearch, and he has recently signed a deal (15) $25 million with a private investment company, which will finance his search engine.
“此時公司已經發(fā)展壯大,我需要雇用幾個員工幫助我”,Ben說,“這使我開始與更大的公司做生意。”正是他持續(xù)不斷地克服困難挑戰(zhàn)的能力使他贏得了“年度最佳青年企業(yè)家”,也是同年,他成立了Waysearch。最近,他與一家私人投資公司簽署了價值2 500萬英鎊的交易,這家公司將為他的搜索引擎提供資金。
詞匯:
remarkable a.卓越的,值得注意的
dyslexic a.誦讀困難的 n.誦讀困難者
authority n.權威,權力,當權
consultancy n.凡咨詢公司,顧問工作
overcome v. 克服,勝過
entrepreneur n. 企業(yè)家,主辦者
investment n. 投資,投入
注釋:
1. What makes Ben's story all the more remarkable ... : 使得 Ben 的故事更引人注意的是…...
2. It was his ability to consistently overcome difficult challenges ... : 正是他持續(xù)不斷地克服困難 挑戰(zhàn)的能力…
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