陳蕙雅思教材 - 雅思閱讀精選 (Andrew Carnegie)

Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie, known asthe King of Steel, built the steel industry in

the United States, and,in the process,     became one of thewealthiest men in

America. His successresulted in part from his ability to sell the product

and     in part from his policy of expanding duringperiods of economic

decline, when most of hiscompetitors were reducing their investments.

Carnegie  believed that  individuals  should progress  through  hard  

work,  but he  also  felt strongly that the wealthy           should use their

fortunes for the benefitof society. He opposed charity, preferring  

instead   to provide     educational   opportunities  that would  allow  

others  to  help themselves.  "He whodies rich, dies disgraced, " he  

often said.

Among his more noteworthycontributions to society are those that bear his

name, including

the Carnegie Institute         of Pittsburgh, which has a library, amuseum of fine

arts, and a museum ofnational history. He also founded a      schoolof

technology that is nowpart of Carnegie-Mellon University. Other

philanthropic gifts are the  Carnegie   Endowment for International Peace

to promote understandingbetween nations, the Carnegie Institute of

Washington to fundscientific research, and Carnegie Hall to provide a

center for the arts.

Few Americans have beenleft untouched by Andrew Carnegie's generosity. His

contributions of morethan five million dollars established 2,500 libraries

in small communitiesthroughout the country and formed the nucleus of the          

public library systemthat we all enjoy today.

安德魯·卡內基  被稱作鋼鐵大王的安德魯·卡內基在美國建立了鋼鐵工業。 在這個過 程中，他變成了美國最富有的人之一。  

他的成功，部分來自於他銷售產品的能力，部分來 自於經濟蕭條時期的擴充策略。  在蕭條時期，他的多數對手都在縮減投資。卡內基認為個

人應該通過努力工作來獲得進展，但他也強烈地感到有錢人應該運用他們的財富來為社會謀 取福利。  他反對施捨救濟，更願意提供教育機會，使別人自立。  

卡內基經常說："富有著 死去的人死得可恥。"他對社會的較重要的貢獻都以他的名字命名。 這些貢獻包括匹茲堡卡 內基學校。  

這個學校有一個圖書館，一個美術館和一個國家歷史博物館；他還創立了一所 技術學校，這所學校現在是卡內基     梅隆大學的一部分；其他的慈善捐贈有為促進國家間了

解的"卡內基國際和平基金"，為科學研究提供經費的華盛頓卡內基學院以及給各種藝術活動

提供活動中心的卡內基音樂廳。安德魯·卡內基的慷慨大度幾乎影響到每個美國人的生活。 由於他超過五百萬美元的捐款，2500

個圖書館得以建立起來，遍佈在美國各地的小村鎮， 形成了我們今天還在享用的公共圖書館系統的核心。