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Bill Gates Sr., Who Guided Billionaire Son's Philanthropy, Dies at 94.

Bill Gates Sr., a lawyer and the father of Microsoft's co-founder, who stepped in when appeals for charity began to overwhelm his billionaire son and started what became the world's largest philanthropy, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, died on Monday at his beach home on Hood Canal, in the Seattle area. He was 94.

語言點

名字后綴 Sr.（全稱是 Senior）: 高級的

· Junior(Jr.) : 初級的

philanthropy n. 慈善（活動、事業(yè)等）

· 詞根: phil- 本來就是love

· philosophy n. 哲學(xué)

step in: 介入

(become involved in a difficult situation or argument in order to help find a solution)

· If no agreement was reached, the army would step in.

如果無法達(dá)成協(xié)議，軍隊將會介入。

appeal for: 對……的呼吁

· The government is appealing for aid to help 10 million affected people.

政府正呼吁援助幫助1000萬名災(zāi)民。

overwhelm: 本節(jié)可理解為“應(yīng)接不暇”（= too much）

· We were overwhelmed by the number of applications.

申請多得讓我們應(yīng)接不暇。

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