Andrew Carnegie
安德魯?卡內(nèi)基
Andrew Carnegie was born in Scotland. His family was fairly poor.
安德魯?卡內(nèi)基出生于蘇格蘭滥比。他家里相當(dāng)貧窮。
They lived in a cottage（小屋） which was basically a single room where the family cooked, ate, and slept.
他們生活在一間小屋子里做院，這基本上就是一個(gè)這家人用來(lái)做飯盲泛、吃飯、睡覺(jué)的單間房子键耕。
When famine（饑荒） swept the land in the 1840s , the family decided to move to America.
當(dāng)19世紀(jì)40年代饑荒席卷這片土地時(shí)寺滚，這家人決定要搬到美國(guó)。
In 1848, Andrew immigrated to Allegheny, Pennsylvania in the United States.
1848年屈雄，安德魯移民到美國(guó)賓夕法尼亞州的阿勒格尼村视。
He was thirteen years old. Since his family needed the money, he immediately went to work in a cotton factory.
他當(dāng)時(shí)13歲。因?yàn)榧依镄枰@筆錢酒奶，所以他立刻到一個(gè)棉花廠工作蚁孔。
He made $1.20 for working a 70 hour week on his first job.
在他做第一份工作時(shí)奶赔，每周工作70個(gè)小時(shí)，賺1.2美元杠氢。
Andrew wasn't able to attend school, but he was an intelligent and hard working boy.
安德魯無(wú)法上學(xué)站刑，但他是一個(gè)聰明又勤勞的孩子。
During his free time he read books loaned to him from one of the local citizen's private library.
在休息時(shí)間鼻百，他會(huì)閱讀從一個(gè)當(dāng)?shù)厥忻竦乃饺藞D書(shū)館中借來(lái)的書(shū)笛钝。
Andrew never forgot how important these books were to his education and would later donate significant funds to the building of public libraries.
安德魯從未忘記這些書(shū)對(duì)他的教育來(lái)說(shuō)有多么重要，并且會(huì)在后來(lái)捐贈(zèng)數(shù)量很大的資金用于建立公共圖書(shū)館愕宋。
Andrew always worked hard and did a good job.
安德魯總是勤勞工作并且完成得很出色。
In 1853, Carnegie went to work for the railroads. He worked his way up and eventually became superintendent（主管）.
1853年结榄，卡內(nèi)基前往鐵路系統(tǒng)工作中贝。他一路晉升，最終成為主管臼朗。
It was while working for the railroads that Carnegie learned about business and investment. This experience would pay off?down the road（一段時(shí)間后）.
正是在鐵路系統(tǒng)的工作讓卡內(nèi)基學(xué)會(huì)了生意與投資邻寿。這個(gè)經(jīng)歷在將來(lái)會(huì)有回報(bào)。
