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Taylor Swift joins world's richest on billionaire list 泰勒·斯威夫特登上全球亿万富豪榜

福布斯发布了最新的全球亿万富豪榜，美国创作歌手泰勒·斯威夫特已加入埃隆·马斯克等人之列，正式登上了该榜单。 

It's been quite a 12 months for Taylor Swift. She's in the middle of a record-breaking tour and stole the show at this year's Grammy Awards.

对泰勒·斯威夫特来说，过去的12个月可谓异彩纷呈。除了举办破记录的全球巡回演唱会外，她还在今年的格莱美奖颁奖典礼上抢尽风头，大放光彩。

Now she's entered the Forbes World's Billionaires List for the first time with an estimated worth of $1.1bn, ranking among the likes of the tech tycoons Jeff Bezos and Sam Altman, who created the AI chatbot, ChatGPT. 

现在，泰勒·斯威夫特以11亿美元的财富估值首次登上福布斯全球亿万富豪榜，加入了科技大亨杰夫·贝索斯和人工智能聊天机器人 ChatGPT （聊天生成型预训练变换模型）创始人萨姆·奥尔特曼等人之列。

The French luxury goods titan Bernard Arnault and his family topped the chart with an estimated worth of $233bn, followed by Elon Musk, who owns X, formerly Twitter, with $195bn.

法国奢侈品巨头伯纳德·阿尔诺及家族以2330亿美元的财富估值位居榜首，排名第二的是埃隆·马斯克，个人财富约为1950亿美元，他是社交媒体平台 “X”（前身为推特）的所有者。

词汇表

in the middle of 正忙于
record-breaking 破纪录的
stole the show 大放异彩，抢尽风头
Grammy Awards 格莱美奖
estimated worth 财富估值
ranking （在榜上）排在…
the likes of …之类
tech tycoons 科技大亨
AI chatbot 人工智能聊天机器人
topped the chart 位居榜首，排名第一
formerly 以前

2. 阅读理解：请在读完上文后，回答下列问题。

1. How has it been an eventful year for Taylor Swift?

2. Has Taylor Swift ever been on the Forbes World's Billionaires List before?

3. True or False? Jeff Bezos is number one on the Forbes World's Billionaires List.

4. What do Jeff Bezos and Sam Altman both do for work?

3.  答案

1. How has it been an eventful year for Taylor Swift?

She's in the middle of a record-breaking tour and stole the show at this year's Grammy Awards.

2. Has Taylor Swift ever been on the Forbes World's Billionaires List before?

No. She's entered the Forbes World's Billionaires List for the first time with an estimated worth of $1.1bn.

3. True or False? Jeff Bezos is number one on the Forbes World's Billionaires List.

False. The French luxury goods titan Bernard Arnault and his family topped the chart with an estimated worth of $233bn.

4. What do Jeff Bezos and Sam Altman both do for work?

Jeff Bezos and Sam Altman are both tech tycoons.