034 卡内基世界首富

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Andrew Carnegie was a man with a dream

安德鲁·卡内基是一个有梦想的人。

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He believed that every person should have an opportunity to learn, whether they are rich or poor

他相信，无论贫富，每个人都应该有学习的机会。

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He made that dream come true

他让这个梦想成真了。

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Andrew Carnegie was born in 1835 in Scotland

安德鲁·卡内基于1835年出生于苏格兰。

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His father was a weaver, but after steam-powered looms were introduced, he wasn't able to earn enough money

他的父亲是一名织布工，但在蒸汽织机出现后，他无法挣到足够的钱。

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So his family immigrated to the United States when Andrew was 13

于是，在安德鲁13岁时，他的全家移民到了美国。

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The Carnegies settled in Pittsburgh, but they were still poor

卡内基一家定居在匹兹堡，但他们仍然很穷。

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Andrew had to start working at a young age in a textile mill

安德鲁很小的时候就不得不开始在纺织厂工作。

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He worked very hard but only got paid a small amount of money

他工作非常努力，但只得到很少的报酬。

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Nonetheless Andrew was determined to be a successful businessman one day

尽管如此，安德鲁下定决心，有一天要成为一名成功的商人。

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After many different jobs, Andrew eventually found work as a messenger boy in a telegraph office earning $2.50 per week

在做过许多不同的工作之后，安德鲁最终在一家电报局找到了一份信差的工作，每周赚2.5美元。

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This was double the pay of his previous jobs

这比他之前工作的薪水多了一倍。

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He memorized street names and the names of the men he delivered messages to

他记住了街道的名字和他要送信的那些人的名字。

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This way, he was able to save time and make more friends

这样，他就能节省时间，并结交更多的朋友。

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Andrew could not go to school, but he wanted to study

安德鲁不能去上学，但他想学习。

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One day, one of his friends told him about a library that he could visit for free

有一天，他的一个朋友告诉他，有一个图书馆他可以免费去。

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The library belonged to a rich man named Colonel James Anderson

这个图书馆属于一位名叫詹姆斯·安德森上校的富人。

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The colonel was a kind man who allowed any working boy to borrow books from his library

这位上校是个善良的人，他允许任何做工的男孩从他的图书馆里借书。

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Andrew spent as much time as he could reading the colonel's books

安德鲁尽可能多地花时间阅读上校的书。

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Andrew was grateful to the colonel for letting him use his library

安德鲁很感激上校允许他使用他的图书馆。

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He never forgot the colonel's generosity

他从未忘记那位上校的慷慨。

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When Andrew was 18 years old, he began to work for the Pennsylvania Railroad

安德鲁18岁时，开始在宾夕法尼亚铁路公司工作。

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Andrew was the personal assistant to one of the managers, a man named Thomas Scott

安德鲁担任其中一位经理的私人助理，那人名叫托马斯·斯科特。

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Mr. Scott liked Andrew because he was smart, quick, and very eager to learn

斯科特先生喜欢安德鲁，因为他聪明、机敏，而且非常渴望学习。

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Mr. Scott taught Andrew about the railroad industry

斯科特先生教授安德鲁有关铁路行业的知识。

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He explained how companies make money

他讲解公司如何赚钱。

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Andrew learned many things from Mr. Scott

安德鲁从斯科特先生那里学到了许多。

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When Andrew was twenty, his father passed away

安德鲁20岁时，他的父亲去世了。

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Andrew's father had not lived a successful life in America, but he always believed in helping those who were poor and less fortunate

安德鲁的父亲在美国并未过上成功的生活，但他始终坚信要帮助那些贫穷和不幸的人。

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This belief would remain with Andrew for the rest of his life

这个信念伴随了安德鲁一生。

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Soon Andrew began to use the information that Mr. Scott had taught him

不久，安德鲁便开始运用斯科特先生教给他的知识。

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Slowly but surely, Andrew was becoming the successful businessman he had dreamed of

虽慢但稳，安德鲁正逐渐成为他梦寐以求的成功商人。

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In 1859 Carnegie became the superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad's western division

1859年，卡内基成为宾夕法尼亚铁路公司西部分区的主管。

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Much had changed in the life of Andrew Carnegie

安德鲁·卡内基的生活发生了很大变化。

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Now he was a powerful and wealthy businessman

如今，他是一位有权有势的富商。

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But some things never change. Andrew's love of reading remained the same as it was when he was a little boy

但有些事从未改变。安德鲁对阅读的热爱，一如他小时候那样。

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" It would be wonderful if all children could have their own library," Andrew thought to himself

“要是所有孩子都能有自己的图书馆，那该多好啊。”安德鲁心想。

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" But how could that be possible?"

“可这怎么可能呢？”

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In 1901, at the age of 66, Andrew Carnegie decided to retire from work

1901年，66岁的安德鲁·卡内基决定退休。

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By selling his company to J. P. Morgan for $480 million, he became the richest man in the world

他以4.8亿美元的价格将公司卖给J.P.摩根，成为世界首富。

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Now it was time for Andrew to pursue his other dreams

现在是时候去追寻他其他的梦想了。

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Andrew became a philanthropist

安德鲁成为了一名慈善家。

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A philanthropist is a person who gives away his money to help others

慈善家就是捐出钱财帮助他人的人。

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Andrew decided he would use most of his wealth for something very important: education

安德鲁决定将大部分财富用于一件非常重要的事：教育。

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Andrew remembered Colonel Anderson and the kindness he had shown him

安德鲁想起了安德森上校，以及上校对他的善举。

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He wanted to show that same kindness to all children

他想把同样的善心展现给所有的孩子。

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He decided to build a public library, a place where children, rich or poor, could come to read books for free

他决定建一座公共图书馆，一个无论贫富，孩子们都能免费来读书的地方。

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During his lifetime, Andrew Carnegie built over 2,500 public libraries, mostly in the United States but also in other parts of the world

安德鲁·卡内基一生共建造了2500多座公共图书馆，大部分在美国，也有一些在世界其他地方。

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Andrew Carnegie is remembered for all of the wonderful ways he gave back to society

安德鲁·卡内基因其回馈社会的种种善举而被人们铭记。

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By 1911, ten years after he retired, he had given away almost 90 percent of the money he had earned

到1911年，即退休十年后，他已捐出了自己所赚的近90%的钱。

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He was not only the richest man in monetary wealth but also in the generosity he showed others

他不仅是最富有的人，在对他人展现的慷慨上，他也是最富有的。

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Andrew Carnegie understood that true happiness comes from giving

安德鲁·卡内基明白，真正的快乐来自给予。