錯失4000億的代價
Zack and Linda are classmates. They’re chatting in the classroom.
柴克和琳達是同學，他們在教室聊天。
Zack: I watched an interview with Bill Gates by a company called Village Global on YouTube yesterday. He talked about the biggest mistake he’s ever made in his career.
柴克：我昨天看了Youtube上比爾蓋茲接受Village Global公司的專訪，他在訪談上談到他事業上的最大錯誤。
interview(n.)專訪mistake(n.)錯誤have(has) V-pp現在完成式career(n.)事業
Linda: Really? What was it?
琳達：真的嗎？是什麼呢？
Zack: He said his "greatest mistake ever" was allowing Google’s Android to become the world’s biggest mobile operating system.
柴克：他說他「有史以來的最大錯誤」就是讓Google 的 Android系統變成世界上主要的手機操作介面系統。
greatest(adj.)=biggest最大的ever(adv.)在任何時候都allow sb to RV允許某人做某事become(v.)成為operating system作業系統
Linda: That’s true. Every cell phone that is not an iPhone uses Android as their platform. This mistake really cost him a lot!
琳達：那倒是沒錯，iPhone之外的其他手機都是用Android系統作為手機介面。這個錯誤真的讓他付出很大的代價！
platform(n.)平台cost(v.)使付出代價、花費多少
Zack: About $400 billion, according to Bill Gates himself. But, at the same time, he’s confident in how Microsoft is growing now. He said Microsoft is still a leading company because of their Windows system and Office software.
柴克：比爾蓋茲自己說，這大概讓他錯失了他4000億。但他也還是對微軟公司目前的發展很有信心，他說微軟還是一個頂尖的公司，因微軟有Windows作業系統和Office應用程式。
billion(n.)十億according to根據at the same time同時be confident in對～有信心leading(adj.)頂尖的software(n.)軟體
Linda: Agreed. At least Windows has taken the biggest share of the computer operating system market.
琳達：沒錯，至少他們的Windows作業系統已經拿下了電腦作業系統市場的最高市佔率。
agreed=I agree我同意at least至少have V-pp現在完成式market share(n.)市佔率