Mark Zuckerberg is very thrifty 馬克·扎克伯格是很節(jié)儉的

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馬克·艾略特·扎克伯格（Mark Elliot Zuckerberg），美國社交網(wǎng)站Facebook的創(chuàng)始人，被人們冠以“第二個蓋茨”的美譽。2014年2月10日，馬克·扎克伯格及其華裔妻子普里西拉·陳登上美國《慈善紀事報》2013年年度慈善排行榜榜首。2018年2月28日，他在《2018胡潤全球富豪榜》上以5000億元的資產(chǎn)排名第四。但是，對于這樣一個超級富豪，你能想象出他有多節(jié)儉嗎？

Mark Zuckerberg， the founder of the American social networking site Facebook（臉書）， is known as “the second Gates”. On February 28， 2018，on the Hurun Global Rich List 2018 （2018胡潤全球富豪榜） he ranked fourth with 500 billion yuan.

However， everyone knows Zuckerberg is a big cheapskate. He wears jeans， Tshirts and hoodies all the time， doesnt he？ He wore those clothes for a meeting with some Wall Street investors， and even when he met President Barack Obama. OK， he upgraded a little for his meeting with the Prez（“Prez” is the first teenage president of the United States of America in comics）， keeping the jeans but changing the Tshirts for a shirt and tie.

But what about his wedding？The ring he gave his wife， Priscilla Chan， had a diamond on each side： It was said to cost only $25，000. For someone like Zuckerberg（hes said to be worth at least $17 billion）， Priscilla should have been given a bouldersized diamond. Dont forget he also served inexpensive Mexican food at the reception. And when he and Priscilla were honeymooning in Italy， they ate at McDonalds once， and didnt leave a tip when they dined at two more formal spots.

Maybe Priscilla didnt want a big ring. Maybe they both liked Mexican food and McDonalds. And at one of the Roman restaurants where he and his wife had supper without tipping （and maybe both）， the tip was already included in the bill. So there.

However， the real fact was Zuckerberg gave away $100 million to start an educa

tion foundation to help longtroubled schools in Newark， New Jersey. And Zuckerberg had no connection to the city.

◆典句賞析

1.Mark Zuckerberg， the founder of the American social networking site Facebook（臉書）， is known as “the second Gates”.馬克·扎克伯格，美國社交網(wǎng)站Facebook （臉書） 的創(chuàng)始人，被稱為“第二個蓋茨”。

the founder of the American social networking site Facebook是句子主語Mark Zuckerberg的同位語。句子的主要結構是Mark Zuckerberg is known as“the second Gates”； be known as是固定詞組，意為“被稱為……”。

【即時嘗試】北京，中國的首都，過去被稱為北平（Peking）。

2.Priscilla should have been given a bouldersized diamond.普里西拉本應該被給予一個巨大的鉆石。

should have done sth.結構表示“（過去）本應該做某事，但實際卻未做”。此處Priscilla應該是被給予，所以要用被動語態(tài)。二者結合就是現(xiàn)在完成時的被動語態(tài)形式。故此處要用should have been given表示普里西拉本應該被給予，但由于扎克伯格的節(jié)儉，實際并未被給予。

【即時嘗試】在小學時，李華本應該努力學習的。

3.However， the real fact was Zuckerberg gave away $100 million to start an edu

cation foundation... 不過，實際上扎克伯格捐贈1億美元創(chuàng)辦了一個教育基金會……

“the real fact was... ”是“主+系+表”結構，連系動詞be后面接一個that引導的句子，充當表語，為表語從句。在此類句型中，that可以省略。

【即時嘗試】問題是我們無處可去。