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ege basketball. 我要到大学去打篮球。

①用“be going to”表示将来上大学是经过事先考虑好的。

②play basketball 打篮球;类似的表达还有 play volleyball 排球;play table tennis乒乓球;play hockey曲棍球;play tennis网球;play badminton羽毛球;但在乐器前要加the,如play the piano弹钢琴。

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1.天安门广场上人山人海。(a sea of)

2.他们毫不犹豫地就同意了。(without a moment of hesitation)

3.孩子们好奇地盯着魔术师。(in wonder)

第一章 The Master of Investment: Warren Buffett

·Alfred ·

For someone who is such an extraordinarily successful investor,Warren Buffett comes off as a pretty ordinary guy. Born and bred in Omaha,Nebraska,for more than 40 years Buffett has lived in the same gray stucco house on Farnam Street that he bought for $31,500. He wears rumpled,nondescript suits,drives his own car,drinks Cherry Coke,and is more likely to be found in a Dairy Queen than a four-star restaurant.

But the 68-year-old Omaha native has led an extraordinary life. Looking back on his childhood,one can see the budding of a savvy businessman. Warren Edward Buffett was born on August 30,1930,the middle child of three. His father,Howard Buffett,came from a family of grocers but himself became a stockbroker and later a U. S. congressman.

Even as a young child,Buffett was pretty serious about making money. He used to go door-to-door and sell soda pop. He and a friend used math to develop a system for picking winners in horseracing and started selling their“Stable-Boy Selections”tip sheets until they were shut down for not having a license. Later,he also worked at his grandfather’s grocery store. At the ripe age of 11,Buffett bought his first stock.

When his family moved to Washington D. C. ,Buffett became a paperboy for The Washington Post and its rival the Times-Herald. Buffett ran his five paper routes like an assembly line and even added magazines to round out his product offerings. While still in school,he was making $175 a month,a full-time wage for many young men.

When he was 14,Buffett spent $1,200 on 40 acres

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