英文早讀第55篇，選自巴菲特年度信，友才翻譯。
BUFFETT PARTNERSHIP, LTD.
810 KIEWIT PLAZA
OMAHA 31, NEBRASKA
November 6, 1963
巴菲特合伙公司
基偉特廣場810室
內布拉斯加州奧馬哈市31區
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:
隨函附上的是常規的各種各樣的感恩閱讀材料：
(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）兩份1964修訂版合伙協議復印件。一份包括附加了一般預見的將由你保管（和去年一樣），另一份單頁協議需要簽字，公證和寄回給我們。在奧馬哈的合伙人可以來我們辦公室獲得公證。
(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）一份無價的論述復印件，”通用守則”，我希望每一個合伙人一年至少讀一次，他將會成文11月打包中的常規項目。除非你充分理解這些概念并且同意他，發自內心的和表面上的，否則就不要在合伙協議上簽字。
(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）兩份1964承諾函復印件，一份由你保管，一份回寄給我們。你可以修改承諾函直到12月31日午夜，因此盡早給我們，如果你需要修改它，僅僅通過信件或者電話告知我們就可以。
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.
任何取款將會在1月1日之后立即支付。你可以取出任意你希望的金額從100美金到你所有本金。類似的，增加投資也可以是任意金額，并應該在1月10日之前到我們這里。如果你在處理事情，這將給你一個機會在1964年交易如果這正好有稅款因素的優勢。如果增加投資在11月給到我們，他們將處于提前付款狀態并獲得6%利率直到年底。如果12月給到我們就不會有這些。
1.assortment：各種各樣
2.prevision：預見；預知；先見
3.treatise：論文
4.set forth：（清晰而有條理的）闡述；論述；說明
5.mental：精神的；思想的；思考的
6.visceral：（未經過認真思考而）出自內心的；發自肺腑的
7.dispose：處置；布置；排列；安排；使易于；使傾向于
