NBC晚间新闻 勇敢的杰夫·贝索斯醉心于冒险

Bold CEO Jeff Bezos Revels¹ in Risk

勇敢的杰夫·贝索斯醉心于冒险

Our final story tonight as promised is about a dot com billionaire, one of the richest men in american who forever changed the way we shop. Now getting attention for a huge purchase of his own. Buying the Washington Post for $250 million in cash. And that kind of buying power has people talking about the man behind this big buy. We get more on him now from NBC's Anne Thompson.

reporter: Jeff Bezos has been laughing all the way to the bank. Infectiously upbeat. Bezos' net worth today is a dizzying $28 billion according to "Forbes" magazine. The results of all those clicks on amazon.com, the $135 billion behemoth of online retailers². Back in the tech boomias Bezos was the toast of Wall Street, time's 1999 person of the year. By 2000, when I talked to Bezos, Wall Street considered him toast for not turning a profit.

I want lots of happy customers.

reporter: A year later he had plenty of those and a profit.

We're in this for the long term and we're gonna take great care of our customers.

reporter: Audacious and patient in business. The same is true on how he spent his private fortune. Bezos is a space geek, launching Blue Origin, a commercial space travel company, investing an untold³ some to raise from the ocean floor, one of the rocket engines that carry Neil Armstrong and the Apolo 11 flew to the moon. But those seem relatively⁴ tin compared to Bezos' 42 million dollars investment in a mammoth⁵ clock to last ten thousand years inside a west texas mountain.

I think that Jeff Bezos is very much the visible tech CEO of the moment, the person who's going to be making the boldest moves that people are paying attention to.

reporter: And they have to. Bezos' changed how we shop and how we read with the kindle⁶. Type in Jeff Bezos' name and you get 532 results, the first, the secrets of his success, written for the kindle. But what continues to make Bezos stand out is his willingness to reach for the stars.

If I try this and fail, I'm not gonna regret that. And if I never try it, I'm always gonna be haunted by having not given it a try.

reporter: Reveling in risks, every step of the way. Anne Thompson, NBC news, New York.

1 revels   

n.作乐( revel的名词复数 )；狂欢；着迷；陶醉v.作乐( revel的第三人称单数 )；狂欢；着迷；陶醉

参考例句：

• Christmas revels with feasting and dancing were common in England. 圣诞节的狂欢歌舞在英国是很常见的。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Dickens openly revels in the book's rich physical detail and high-hearted conflict. 狄更斯对该书中丰富多彩的具体细节描写和勇敢的争斗公开表示欣赏。 来自辞典例句

2 retailers   

零售商，零售店( retailer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• High street retailers reported a marked increase in sales before Christmas. 商业街的零售商报告说圣诞节前销售量显著提高。
• Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. 零售商有为他们提供符合要求的货品的法定义务。

3 untold   

adj.数不清的，无数的

参考例句：

• She has done untold damage to our chances.她给我们的机遇造成了不可估量的损害。
• They suffered untold terrors in the dark and huddled together for comfort.他们遭受着黑暗中的难以言传的种种恐怖，因而只好挤在一堆互相壮胆。

4 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

5 mammoth   

n.长毛象；adj.长毛象似的，巨大的

参考例句：

• You can only undertake mammoth changes if the finances are there.资金到位的情况下方可进行重大变革。
• Building the new railroad will be a mammoth job.修建那条新铁路将是一项巨大工程。

6 kindle   

v.点燃，着火

参考例句：

• This wood is too wet to kindle.这木柴太湿点不着。
• A small spark was enough to kindle Lily's imagination.一星光花足以点燃莉丽的全部想象力。