第016期 650亿美元 史上最贵的离婚（原声版）

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Hello everyone. This is Perry again. If weneed to find out which piece of news has drawn the most attention in the pasttwo week, I have to say it has to be the divorce of Amazon’s found Jeff Bezosand his wife, which might be deemed the most expensive divorce in history. Howexpensive? Since Bezos has surpassed Bill Gates, who had been the No.1 richestman in the world for so many years, his fortune adds up to 130 billion US dollars.You do the math yourself. But what is weird is that in most other divorces, peopletend to talk about love affairs in detail, who betrayed whom. In this case,however, people seemed only interested in the money his wife is gonna get. What’swrong with this world? No one cares about how hurt this woman is? Well, let mecatch my breath and focus on our language learning.

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Jeff Bezos and his wife Mackenzie announcingtheir split after 25 years

The divorce potentiallyhaving an impact on who controls Amazon and netting Mackenzie Bezos billions of dollars. Expertssay multi scenarios are in play: 1. The stockcould be split 50-50, making her equal share-holder of the company; 2. Thestock could be transferred into a single entity over which they wouldhave joint control; 3. A trust could becreated where Mackenzie and the children have ownership but not control; or 4. Thenuclear scenario: a cashpay out that forces a stock sell-off, potentially putting Mr. Bezos control of Amazon in jeopardy.

Regardless of the financial split, the divorcehas many wondering: who isMackenzie Bezos? Aside from her unwavering support in the initial role of Amazon’s beginnings,Mackenzie is mostlyavoiding the spotlight. Instead,  focusing on herpassion forwriting,and raising their four kids. Mackenzie has written two well-receivednovels.

The couple promising an amicable divorce. “Though the labelsmight be different, we remain a family and we remain cherished friends.

Anchorwoman: So a lot of people may be concerned about Amazon as a business, and whatmight happen to it. What did the experts say?

Reporter: Amazon only released a statementso far and they say Jeff remains focused and engaged onall aspects of Amazon.

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a woman helps a man start-up a company, turnshim into the richest man in the world, raises four kids for him, and finally,after 25 years, the man fell in love with someone else and they need a divorce.Do you think it’s fair? Or you believe all is fair in love and war. Pleaseleave a comment.