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The 38-year-old Larry Lubarsky has shown us how a high school dropout who used to be in debt of US$100,000 a few years ago went from rags to riches.
38歲的盧巴爾斯基向我們展示了一個幾年前負債十萬美元的的高中輟學生如何逆轉人生。
dropout(n.)輟學生drop out=輟學;休學debt(n.)債務be in debt=背債;欠債70 percent of college students graduate with debt.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, Lubarsky dropped out of high school to become a stockbroker at 17.
盧巴爾斯基出生並成長於美國布魯克林區，他17歲高中輟學當上了股票經紀人。
Born and raised...=Lubarsky was born and raised...stockbroker(n.)股票經紀人
However, the financial crisis of 2008 and its aftermath took a toll and left him in huge debt.
然而，2008年的金融危機重挫全球股市，使他負債累累。
financial crisis=金融危機aftermath(n.)後果;後續的時期take a toll=造成傷亡或破壞
In 2012, a friend who owned an optical store in Brooklyn hired Lubarsky to answer the phone.
在2012年，一位在布魯克林區開眼鏡店的朋友請他去負責接電話。
optical(adj.)光學或視力相關的hire(v.)聘僱
The friend had a side-business buying sunglasses and eyeglasses wholesale and then selling them on Amazon.
那位朋友的副業是批發太陽眼鏡與眼鏡，再放到亞馬遜網站去賣，
side-business=兼職;副業wholesale(n.)(adv.)(adj.)批發;以批發的方式I got this couch at a wholesale price.
That is when Lubarsky had his first brush with the business.
那是盧巴爾斯基第一次接觸到電商生意。
have a brush with sth.=體驗到...;接觸到...I had a close brush with death. I almost got hit by a bus yesterday.
Lubarsky later helped his friend scale up his business to Amazon UK and run it in exchange for a small cut of the profits.
盧巴爾斯基後來幫他朋友拓展業務到英國亞馬遜，以獲取利潤份額作為交換條件幫朋友營運。
scale up=增加;拓展;擴大scale down=減少;縮小We are going to scale up the research funding next year.exchange(n.)(v.)交換cut(n.)份額profit(n.)利潤;盈利Our business has not yet turned a profit.
Within a year, Lubarsky’s piece of the business was bringing in “a couple of million dollars annually.”
不到一年，盧巴爾斯基每年就賺進了幾百萬美金。
annually(adv.)每年
The windfall from his cut got Lubarsky back on his feet.
從份額中賺到的第一桶金讓盧巴爾斯基重新振作起來。
windfall(n.)意外之財be back on one’s feet=痊癒;恢復;重新振作
With the seed money invested by his friend who believed in his idea, Lubarsky used his expertise to launch his own Amazon business.
憑藉某位相信盧巴爾斯基理念的朋友投資的一筆本金，他利用專長開始了自己的亞馬遜生意。
seed money=本金;本錢invest(v.)投資;投入The company has invested billions of dollars into the new project.expertise(n.)專長launch(v.)發起;推出;發射The government has launched a program to support the unemployed.
He reinvested the profit into new products, watching his business continue to grow year after year.
他把賺來的利潤重新投入到新產品，眼看著生意逐年蒸蒸日上。
While Lubarsky fully credits his business for turning his life around, he does not want to give the wrong idea that making millions of dollars on Amazon is easy.
儘管盧巴爾斯基將人生的逆轉歸功於電商生意，但他不想讓大家誤以為在亞馬遜做生意是件簡單的事。
credit(n.)(v.)讚賞;讚許