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職場英語：十大最偉大的白手起家的成功故事（雙語）
2013-07-23 11:28
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They say when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. These inspiring figures had less than a lemon to start out with – and are now known for their sheer tenacity as they climbed to the top. We brings you the top 10 rags-to-riches success stories of all time。
俗話說如果生活只給你檸檬，就拿來做檸檬水。這些激勵人心的名人們創業之初可是連一個檸檬都沒有，然而現在都因為他們的不屈不撓而廣為人知，因為他們爬到了事業的頂端。下面就帶給你10個歷史上白手起家的成功故事。
1. Henry Ford1. 亨利-福特
Henry Ford was a farm boy who went on to revolutionize transportation industry in America. Ford was very interested in mechanics from a young age, when he dismantled and reassembled a pocket watch at the age of 15 his father had given him. A self-taught watch repairman who graduated to being an apprentice
machinist, Ford started his personal experiments on gasoline engines which was the beginning of his vast Ford empire. And his net worth, as per Forbes in 2008, is a cool $188.1 billion。
亨利-福特原來是個農場男孩，後來卻讓美國的交通工業發生了革命性的變化。福特從小就對機械非常感興趣，15歲那年他就拆掉了父親給他的一塊懷表，然後又把它組裝起來。這個自學成才的修表師畢業後做了一名見習機械師，開始在汽油機上進行他的個人實驗，這也是他巨大的福特帝國的開始。根據《福布斯》雜誌在2008年公布的數據，他的資產淨值達到了1881億美元。
2. Walt Disney2. 沃特-迪斯尼
Our childhood would have been dreary without this genius of a man. Walt Disney was also another boy brought up in a farm – and used to draw pictures for his neighbors for money. He used to be the cartoonist for the school newspaper, Disney went through the jobless phase where no one hired him, and his brother had to help him out with his job search. He went from rags to riches by starting out with advertisements and going on to animating his own cartoons。
如果沒有這個天才，我們的童年會沉悶不少。沃特-迪斯尼也是一個在農場長大的男孩，他曾經給鄰居們畫畫來賺錢，也給校報當過漫畫師。迪斯尼曾經一度失業，沒有人僱傭他，他的哥哥不得不幫助他找工作。他創業之初從事廣告業，後來開始給自己的卡通形象拍攝動畫片。
3. Ralph Lauren3. 拉夫-勞倫
Born in a strict Jewish family with a house painter for a father, Ralph Lauren grew up with big dreams. He used to sell ties to his classmates to earn some cash, and he mentioned in his yearbook that he wanted to be a millionaire. His interest in ties went on help his put his foot through the door of bigger achievements in the fashion world. When he was signed on to design the clothes for 『The Great Gatsby』 in 1974, he was catapulted into the fame which he commands today。
拉夫-勞倫出生在一個嚴格的猶太家庭，父親是一名房屋油漆工。他從小就有著遠大的夢想。他曾經把領帶賣給自己的同學來掙錢，而且他在自己的年鑑中提到他想成為一名百萬富翁。他對領帶的興趣幫助他進入了時尚圈並且取得了更大的成就。當他籤約為1974年的電影《了不起的蓋茨比》設計服裝時，便開啟了他今日所取得的名聲的第一步。
4. Steve Jobs4. 史蒂夫-賈伯斯
This Apple founder is now a household name. Jobs was given away for adoption by his biological parents and he became interested in electronics after his foster dad showed him the joys of technical tinkering in their garage. He had to drop out of college, because his education was costing his foster parents a lot. He used to return Coke bottles for money and live on free meals at the Hare Krishna temple. A hippie who used to trip on LSD, Jobs went from a technician in Atari, Inc. to becoming the CEO of Apple Inc.
這位蘋果公司的創始人現在已經家喻戶曉。賈伯斯被他的親生父母交給他人領養，當他的養父在車庫裡向他展示了技術熔補的樂趣後，他開始對電子器件產生了興趣。由於高昂的學費給他的養父母造成了巨大的負擔，賈伯斯不得不從大學退學。他曾經回收可樂瓶換錢，靠克利什那廟裡的免費食物生活。賈伯斯，這個曾經服用迷幻藥的嬉皮士，從阿塔利公司的技術員開始，慢慢成為了蘋果公司的CEO。
5. Richard Branson5. 理察-布蘭森
Branson went from being a dyslexic kid who performed badly in school to a British business magnate with a net worth of 4.6 billion. There was a time when Richard Branson started his record business from the crypt of a church – and now he is the fourth richest citizen of the UK. This entrepreneur is an example of how one can be eccentric and yet rake in the moolah. He had his finger in many pies – record label, airways and telecom。
布蘭森從一個在學校表現糟糕，而且有誦讀困難症的孩子，成為了淨資產46億美元的英國商業巨頭。理察-布蘭森在一所教堂的地窖裡開始了他的唱片生意，現在他在英國富豪榜上排名第四。這位企業家是一個例子，告訴人們在金錢面前人可以古怪而又專注。他涉足了許多領域——唱片業，航空業和電信業。
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