1. "Ownership of Berkshire now resides in five large 'buckets', one occupied by me as a 'founder' of sorts."
- "Ownership of Berkshire" 表示伯克希尔的所有权。
- "resides in five large 'buckets'" 表示分布在五个大的“桶”中。
- "one occupied by me as a 'founder' of sorts" 表示其中一个由我作为一种“创始人”占据。
2. "That bucket is certain to empty as the shares I own are annually distributed to various philanthropies."
- "That bucket is certain to empty" 表示那个桶注定会清空。
- "as the shares I own are annually distributed" 表示由于我拥有的股份每年分配。
- "to various philanthropies" 表示给各种慈善机构。
3. "Two of the remaining four buckets are filled by institutional investors, each handling other people’s money."
- "Two of the remaining four buckets" 表示剩下的四个桶中的两个。
- "are filled by institutional investors" 表示由机构投资者填满。
- "each handling other people’s money" 表示每个处理他人的资金。
4. "That, however, is where the similarity between those buckets ends: Their investing procedures could not be more different."
- "That, however, is where the similarity between those buckets ends" 表示然而，在这些桶之间的相似之处就到此为止。
- "Their investing procedures" 表示他们的投资程序。
- "could not be more different" 表示差异非常大。
这段话表达了以下观点：伯克希尔的所有权现在分布在五个大的“桶”中，其中一个由我作为一种“创始人”占据。那个桶注定会清空，因为我拥有的股份每年都会分配给各种慈善机构。剩下的四个桶中的两个由机构投资者填满，每个处理他人的资金。然而，这就是这些桶之间的相似之处结束的地方：他们的投资程序差异非常大。