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1. What is Andrew Carnegie known as?
2. What did Carnegie think the wealthy should use their fortunes for?
3. What quality of Andrew Carnegie touched the Americans?
4. His success in part from his ability to sell the product and in part from his policy of during periods of economic , when most of his competitors were their investments.
5. Among his more noteworthy to society are those that bear his name, the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, which has a library, a of fine arts, and a museum of history.
6. His contributions of more than five dollars established 2,500 libraries in small throughout the country and formed the of the public library system that we all today.
Background Information 背景信息
在美国，与“汽车大王”福特、“石油大王”洛克菲勒等大财阀的名字列在一起的，还有一个“钢铁大王”他就是安德鲁·卡内基。美国工业史上，写下永难磨灭的一页，他征服钢铁世界，成为美国最大钢铁制造商，衣锦还乡，跃居世界首富。而在功成名就后，他又将几乎全部的财富捐献给社会。他生前捐赠款额之巨大，足以与死后设立诺贝尔奖金的瑞典科学家、实业家诺贝尔相媲美，由此成为美国人心目中的英雄和个人奋斗的楷模。安德鲁·卡耐基在1853年11月25日出生于苏格兰，1848年随全家移民美国，12岁开始工作，先后当过纺织工人、邮递员、铁路书记等。卡耐基的第一份工作是绕线工，每周薪水1美元20美分。凡事不论大小，都要认真的去做。我12岁时做过纺织工人，我努力地要把纱纺好。后来我又做过邮差，我尽量记住我那邮区里每户人家的姓名、住宅外貌，到后来几乎我每一家都熟识了。努力把每一件小事情认真的做好它，以后才有人敢把大事情放心的交给你了。”安德鲁·卡内基经历了一系列的亲人去世后，于1890年，他在《财富的福音》一书中宣布：“我不再努力挣更多的财富。”于是，他毅然从他那蓬勃发展的钢铁事业中引退，以5亿美元的价格将卡内基钢铁公司卖给金融大王摩根。然后，他就开始实施他的把财富奉献给社会的伟大计划。
Words & Phrases
词汇与短语
Words
charity 施舍，慈善
competitor 竞争者
disgrace 丢脸
endowment 捐款
fortune 财富，大量财产
generosity 慷慨，宽宏大量
investment 投资
noteworthy 显著的，值得注目的
nucleus 中心
philanthropic 博爱的
untouched 不受感动的
Phrases
contribution to... 对......的贡献
during periods of 在......期间
economic decline 经济衰败
fine arts 美术
for the benefit of...为......的利益
known as......作为......而出名
progress through hard 通过努力工作进步
result from...由......导致
