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More and more, young people are 1)impacting the way we live and learn.
Only a few years ago, Salman Khan was a successful hedge fund manager. With degrees from MIT and an MBA from Harvard, Khan had a bright--and lucrative--future ahead of him. Today, however, he spends his days in a 2)converted closet at his 3)modest California home posting video tutorials to his Khan Academy website. He doesn’t get paid for this, and jokes that he’s “ cash flow 4)negative, ” but he’s changing the world for hundreds of thousands of students worldwide. “ It was a good day when his wife let him quit his job,” said Bill Gates, one of Khan’s more 5)influential fans.
●中譯
年輕人來愈來愈影響我們的生活和學習方式。不過才幾年前，薩曼罕是成功的避險基金經理人，擁有麻省理工學院及哈佛企管碩士學位的他，前途──以及「錢」途─似錦。但如今，他每天都窩在加州簡樸的家中一個改裝過的更衣間裡，把教學影片上傳到他的罕學院網站。他這麼做並沒有酬勞，還打趣說他的「現金流量是負的」，但他正在改變全球數十萬學生的世界。「他妻子讓他辭職是大家的福氣，」比爾蓋茲說，他是薩曼罕最有權勢的粉絲之一。
英檢字彙 Vocabulary Bank
1) impact (v./n.) 影響，衝擊
High oil prices are impacting the economy.
2) converted (a.) 改變形態、用途的，改變信仰的
The nightclub is located in a converted warehouse.
3) modest (a.) 不太大（多、顯眼的），適度的
It’s hard to support a family on such a modest salary.
4) negative (a.)〔數〕負的；負面的。
We’re learning about negative numbers in math class.
5) influential (a.) 有影響力的，有支配力的
The reporter got a job at an influential newspaper.
EZ 好用句型Tongue-tied No More
cash flow negative 入不敷出，赤字虧損
cash flow 表示「現金流量」，也就是一連串的現金收入與支出，negative 表示「負數的」，所以 cash flow negative 即表示支出大於收入的賠錢狀態，也可以寫成 (a) negative cash flow。
A: How’s your store doing these days? Is business picking up?
你的店最近還好嗎？生意有起色了嗎？
B: Well, business is better than before, but we’re still cash flow negative.
嗯，生意比之前好，但我們還在虧損。
●Reading閱讀英文
Khan’s second career happened by accident. In 2004, his cousin Nadia was having trouble in her seventh-grade math class, so he volunteered to tutor her 1)remotely. After encountering scheduling problems, Khan began putting short videos on YouTube that Nadia could watch on her own time. As luck would have it, 2)random people stumbled upon them and began watching. Encouraged by the positive feedback he received, Khan kept adding new videos.
Today, the site hosts over 1,800 free videos on math, science and economics that have been watched over 30 million times by people all around the globe. Khan’s hope is that anyone in the world with a computer and 3)access to the Internet can go to the Khan Academy and get a world-class education.
●中譯
薩曼罕的第二個事業是偶然發生的。二○○四年，他表妹娜迪雅的七年級數學課聽不懂，所以他自願提供遠距教學。由於時間兜不上，薩曼罕開始把短片上傳到YouTube，讓娜迪雅可以自己利用時間看。碰巧，隨機點選的網友偶然發現這些短片，開始觀看。受到正面回應的鼓舞，薩曼罕不斷增加新影片。
如今，那個網站收錄了1800多段免費影片，數學、科學和經濟學都有，全球各地已有超過3000萬人次觀看。薩曼罕的願望是，世上任何一個有電腦、能上網的人都能前往罕學院，接受世界級的教育。
英檢字彙 Vocabulary Bank
1) remotely(adv.) 遠距地，遠端地
Surgeons are now able to perform operations remotely.
2) random (a.) 隨機的
The results of this survey are based on a random sample of college students.
3) access (n.)（可以）使用，（可以）取得
Few students in Africa have access to computers.
EZ 好用句型Tongue-tied No More
●stumble upon/on/across/into 偶然碰見，偶然發現
stumble 原意是「不小心絆倒，失足」，引申解釋為「無意間偶然發現」，後面介系詞 upon、on、across、into 可相互替換。
A: This book is really rare! Where did you find it?
這本書很稀少！你在哪找到的？
B: I stumbled on it at a used book store.
我在二手書店偶然發現的。
●Reading閱讀英文
Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and CEO of social networking site Facebook, is 1)revolutionizing the way people connect. At just 26, Zuckerberg is the world’s youngest billionaire, and should Facebook go public, his wealth would skyrocket. Despite his youth, Zuckerberg was ranked No. 1 on Vanity Fair’s recent list of the most influential people of the Information Age.
While Google and Apple were famously started in garages, the idea for Facebook was hatched in a Harvard 2)dorm. 3)Inspiration likely came from the student
4)directory published by Phillips Exeter Academy, the elite boarding school Zuckerberg attended for two years. It included headshots alongside students’ personal information, and was commonly called the “Face Book.”
●中譯
社群網站臉書的共同創辦人和執行長馬克佐克柏，徹底改變人們聯繫的方式。年僅 26 歲，佐克柏已經是全球最年輕的億萬富翁，如果臉書股票上市，他的財富更將一飛沖天。儘管還這麼年輕，佐克柏已經榮登《浮華世界》雜誌最近評選的資訊時代最具影響力人士第 1 名。
眾所皆知，Google 及蘋果公司都是在車庫裡誕生的，臉書的概念則是在哈佛宿舍裡孵化出來，靈感可能來自菲立普艾克瑟特學院出版的學生名冊──佐克柏曾在那所菁英寄宿學校兩年。名冊中除了學生的個人資訊，還有每個人的大頭照，因此常被稱為「臉書」。
英檢字彙 Vocabulary Bank
1) revolutionize (v.) 徹底變革
Cell phones have revolutionized the way people communicate.
2) dorm (n.) 宿舍，為 dormitory 的簡稱
Would you rather live in the dorms or rent an apartment?
3) inspiration (n.) 靈感，啟發
Where do you get the inspiration for your songs?
4) directory (n.) 名冊簿
Employees’ extension numbers and e-mail addresses are listed in the personnel directory.
EZ 好用句型Tongue-tied No More
◎go public（公司）股票上市
go public 除了解釋為「將祕密公開」，還可以表示某公司股票正式掛牌上市，開放讓一般民眾投資購買該公司股票，巨額的資金湧入，將會為公司帶來可觀的財富。
A: Why did the company go public?
為什麼這間公司要股票上市？
B: They wanted to raise money to expand their operations.
他們想募集資金擴大營運。
●Reading閱讀英文
At Harvard, Zuckerberg and his friends adapted the concept and put it online in early 2004. At first limited to Harvard students, the site quickly spread to other schools. Now, six short years later, Facebook has become the second most popular site on the Internet (after Google), with over 500 million 1)registered users. These days, the influence and impact of Facebook is beyond 2)dispute. Ordinary people everywhere, both young and old, log in to announce major events like births, marriages, 3)breakups and 4)promotions, as well as 5)trivial information like what they had for breakfast that day, or what happened at school or work. We have Mark Zuckerberg to thank for this current trend of sharing (or over-sharing as the case may be).
●中譯
就讀於哈佛時，佐克柏和友人應用了這個概念，在 2004 年初放上網路，一開始僅限哈佛學生使用，但隨即快速擴展至其他學校。如今，短短六年後，臉書已成為網際網路第二受歡迎的網站（僅次於 Google），註冊會員人數超過五億。
如今，臉書的影響力和衝擊毋庸置疑。全球各地的老百姓，不分老少，都登入臉書宣布大事，例如生小孩、結婚、分手和升遷等，還有瑣碎的小事，例如他們那天早餐吃什麼，學校或公司發生了什麼等。我們要感謝佐克柏創造了這股分享的趨勢（或許有點過度分享），
英檢字彙 Vocabulary Bank
1) registered(a.) 註冊的，登記過的
Are you a registered voter?
2) dispute (n./v.) 爭論，爭端
Negotiations were held to resolve the international dispute.
3) breakup (n.) 分手，（婚姻）破裂
Paul and Teresa haven’t spoken since their breakup.
4) promotion (n.) 升遷，促銷
Did you get the promotion you were hoping for?
5) trivial (a.) 不重要的，瑣碎的
You shouldn’t get upset about such a trivial matter.
EZ 好用句型Tongue-tied No More
beyond dispute 毋庸置疑
表示事實顯而易見，完全不需要爭辯。
A: This article says that global warming is beyond dispute.
這篇文章說全球暖化是毋庸置疑的。
B: Well, I’m sure a lot of people would disagree.
嗯，我相信有很多人不贊同。
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