英文早读第55篇，选自巴菲特年度信，友才翻译。

BUFFETT PARTNERSHIP, LTD.
810 KIEWIT PLAZA
OMAHA 31, NEBRASKA
November 6, 1963
巴菲特合伙公司
基伟特广场810室
内布拉斯加州奥马哈市31区
1963年11月6日

To My partners for 1964:
致我1964年合伙人：

Enclosed is the usual assortment of Thanksgiving reading material:
随函附上的是常规的各种各样的感恩阅读材料：

(1) Two copies of an amended partnership agreement for 1964. The one with the General Provisions attached is to be kept by you (exactly the same as last year) and the other single page agreement is to be signed, notarized and returned to us. Partners in Omaha may come in and obtain the notarization at our office.
（1）两份1964修订版合伙协议复印件。一份包括附加了一般预见的将由你保管（和去年一样），另一份单页协议需要签字，公证和寄回给我们。在奥马哈的合伙人可以来我们办公室获得公证。

(2) A copy of that priceless treatise, "The Ground Rules," I would like every partner to read this at least once a year, and it is going to be a regular item in my November package. Don't sign the partnership agreement unless you fully understand the concepts set forth and are in accord with them --mentally and viscerally.
（2）一份无价的论述复印件，”通用守则”，我希望每一个合伙人一年至少读一次，他将会成文11月打包中的常规项目。除非你充分理解这些概念并且同意他，发自内心的和表面上的，否则就不要在合伙协议上签字。

(3) Two copies of the commitment letter for 1964, one to be kept by you and one returned to us. You may amend this commitment letter right up to midnight, December 31st, so get it back to us early, and if it needs to be changed, just let us know by letter or phone.
（3）两份1964承诺函复印件，一份由你保管，一份回寄给我们。你可以修改承诺函直到12月31日午夜，因此尽早给我们，如果你需要修改它，仅仅通过信件或者电话告知我们就可以。

Any withdrawals will be paid immediately after January 1st. You may withdraw any amount you desire from 100 up to your entire equity. Similarly, additions can be for any amount and should reach us by January 10th. In the event you are disposing of anything, this will give you a chance to have the transaction in 1964 if that appears to be advantageous for tax reasons. If additions reach us in November, they take on the status of advance payments and draw interest at the rate 6% until yearend. This is not true of additions reaching us in December.
任何取款将会在1月1日之后立即支付。你可以取出任意你希望的金额从100美金到你所有本金。类似的，增加投资也可以是任意金额，并应该在1月10日之前到我们这里。如果你在处理事情，这将给你一个机会在1964年交易如果这正好有税款因素的优势。如果增加投资在11月给到我们，他们将处于提前付款状态并获得6%利率直到年底。如果12月给到我们就不会有这些。

1.assortment：各种各样
2.prevision：预见；预知；先见
3.treatise：论文
4.set forth：（清晰而有条理的）阐述；论述；说明
5.mental：精神的；思想的；思考的
6.visceral：（未经过认真思考而）出自内心的；发自肺腑的
7.dispose：处置；布置；排列；安排；使易于；使倾向于