比尔盖茨的致富秘诀：捡个好父母

　　Lesson2 : Choose Your Parents Carefully 小心投胎，挑个好父母

　　A young man asked an old rich man how he made his money. The old guy said, "Well, son, it was 1932, the depth of the Great Depression. I was down to my last nickel. I invested that nickel in an apple. I spent the entire day polishing the apple and, at the end of the day, I sold the apple for ten cents. I continued this system for a month, by the end of which I'd accumulated a fortune of $1.37. Then my wife's father died and left us two million dollars."

　　曾经有个年轻人问老富翁是怎么发家的。这个老头说：“哦孩子，那还是在大萧条最严重的1932年，我身上只剩下五美分了。我用这五美分买了一个

　　William Henry Gates, Jr. and Mary Maxwell were among Seattle's social and financial elite. William Henry Gates, Jr. was a prominent corporate lawyer while Mary Maxwell was a board member of First Interstate Bank and Pacific Northwest Bell.

　　盖茨的父母均为西雅图的社会名流和金融精英。他父亲是一名杰出的律师，母亲是第一洲际银行和太平洋西北部地区贝尔公司的董事。