美国十大权势家族：克林顿布什家族领衔_BEC初级作文

美国十大权势家族：克林顿布什家族领衔

George H.W. and was elected president in 1988. His son George W. followed in 2000.

乔治·布什于1988年当选为美国总统，他的儿子小布什于2000年也成为了美国总统。

沃尔顿家族

The richest family in the country built its fortune on an unshakable foundation: "The Lowest Prices Anytime, Anywhere."

沃尔顿家族是美国最富有的家族，将财富建立在一个不可动摇的基础之上：“无论何时何地，永远最低价”。

Sam Walton and his brother Bud opened his first store in 1945 in Newport, Arkansas, but what eventually became Walmart didn’t start to take shape until 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas.

1945年，萨姆·沃尔顿和他的弟弟巴德在阿肯色州的新港开了自己的第一家店。1962年，在阿肯色州，罗格市建立了现在的沃尔玛。

Jim Walton, Sam’s youngest son, has an estimated net worth of $36.8 billion, putting him in the top 10 of Forbes’ list of billionaires in the world.

吉姆·沃尔顿，萨姆最小的弟弟，估计身价为368亿美元，在福布斯亿万富翁排行榜上排名第十。

Jim’s older sister Alice fell just shy of Forbes’ top 10, with a net worth of about $36.4 billion. Alice is also a philanthropist who, along with a handful of other billionaires, has formed a political action committee to support the potential run of Hillary Rodham Clinton.