More Billionaires 亿万富翁数量有增无减
[audio]http://language.chinadaily.com.cn/bbc/media_english/assets_9472852/me_128_billionaires_audio_110311_me_128_billionaire_report_au_bb.mp3[/audio][font=Verdana, 宋体, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][p=30, 2, left]Forbes has been [b]tracking[/b] the world's billionaires since 1987 and this year there are more mega-wealthy individuals than ever before.[/p]
[p=30, 2, left]The world's richest man is still Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecoms[b]tycoon[/b] is worth $74 billion. The US has Microsoft's Bill Gates and[b]investor[/b] Warren Buffett plus six Facebook billionaires, 413 American billionaires [b]in all[/b]. But fast growing rivals are challenging US[b]dominance[/b].[/p][p=30, 2, left]Asia now has 332 billionaires, even more than in Europe. One hundred and fifteen billionaires are in China, many created as Chinese companies have [b]listed[/b] on the [b]stock market[/b]. And Moscow is the city with the most billionaire residents.[/p][p=30, 2, left][b]Commodities[/b] like steel and oil have [b]soared[/b] in price creating fortunes this year, the authors of the survey [b]warn[/b] they may not last.[/p][/font] track v 跟踪 调查
tycoon n 巨头 大亨
investor n 投资者
in all 总计
dominance n 支配地位
list v 上市
stock market 股票市场
commodity n 商品 货物
soar v (急速)上升
warn v 警告 Though money is not everything, people still tend to equate money with the real worth of a man.
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