PART 1- 3句

1, The money kept rolling in and I was balling out of control.

2, Thanks to him, I now controlled production, sales, distribution- I had everything I needed to lock down the bootleg business. （我这里理解为作者垄断了整个生意 bootleg boot踢 leg 法律踢法律=违法）

3, I have an instinct for business. （有做。。。的天分）

I had a natural talent for selling to people.

PART 2 - 3词

1, bequeath

And, as thanks, he bequeathed unto me his CD writer.

释义：bequeath 遗传，遗赠

(law) to officially arrange for someone to have something that you own after your death

bequeath sth to sb; bequeath sb sth

这里表示，Andrew要去读大学，不做这个了，把这些都留给作者

例句： His father bequeathed him a fortune.

2, mesmerizing

He was mesmerizing to watch.

mesmerizing 魅惑；中毒；欲罢不能

if you are mesmerized by someone or something, you cannot stop watching them or listening to them because they are so attractive or have such a powerful effect

SYN: captivate

例句： The first time I saw her I was mesmerizing by her beauty.

3, atrocity

I often meet people in the West who insist that the Holocaust was the worst atrocity in human history, without question.

an extremely cruel and violent action, especially during a war （暴行）

同根词： atrocious extremely bad =awful horrified

例句： Atrocities were committed by forces on both sides of the conflict.

PART 3 - Thoughts

“My family had been denied the things his family had taken for granted. I had a natural talent for selling to people, but without knowledge and resources, where was that going to get me?”

这章主要是从Trevor 的两个好朋友入手展开的。这一段说的是Andrew，一个在某种意义上讲改变了作者命运的人。对上面这段话感触颇深，这段话在我看来分为两层。第一句说眼界和看法，就像之前作者写的很多人根本不明白也无法理解作者的妈妈为什么要教他英语，以及带他到处看。想法根本不同，看问题也根本不一样。第二层，就算再有天赋没有必要的资源巧妇难为无米之炊。还是不行。Andrew，某些方面不得不说作者很幸运，自身是一方面，遇到的和遭遇的也是他成就的另一方面。

“So in Europe and America, yes, Hitler is the Greatest Madman in History. In Africa he’s just another strongman from the history books. In all my time hanging out with Hitler, I never once asked myself, “Why is his name Hitler?” His name was Hitler because his mom named him Hitler.”

Hilter在我们听来虎躯一震，天呐。初看题目我也以为作者要描述一番二战时的凶残景象，自己已经开始联想那段历史了。但是作者恰恰是用一种看是不经意的对比，告诉我们非洲人民当时好像对这个也不以为然，那为什么呢？背后又是一连串的思考