经济学人:货币的半衰期 (1)
日期:2018-10-13 06:10

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In 1946 Gyorgy Faludy, a Hungarian poet, received 300 bn pengo for a new edition of his works.
1946年,匈牙利诗人Gyorgy Faludy收到了作品再版稿费3000亿辨戈%b1D!@q^95Rph)*VfQ
The sum would have been worth $60bn before the second world war.
二战前这笔稿费的价值相当于600亿美元YMUnrUFwqDp6nA7!h)84
But after the Nazis departed with Hungary's gold reserves and the Russians occupied its territory,
但在匈牙利黄金储备遭纳粹洗劫,其领土被俄罗斯人占领后,
the country's currency was not what it was—and becoming even less so.
这个国家的货币不复以往—且大不如前bUntKa6Z!2DtV~Uvm7W~
After collecting the money, Faludy rushed to the nearby market and spent it all on a chicken, two litres of cooking oil and a handful of vegetables.
Faludy拿到这笔钱后,匆忙来到附近市场并用这笔钱买了一只鸡、两公升食用油以及少量蔬菜@5&(^4X_8V5@.y
For those not enduring it, hyperinflation can seem mind-bendingly abstract. The numbers are hard to fathom.
对于那些没经历过的人而言,恶性通货膨胀似乎是一个令人费解的抽象概念0E9[FLkhs-NP2。这些数字很难理解vx9zj|lnUevwi
In Venezuela's faltering economy, prices rose by 223.1% last month alone,
经济学家兼反对党政治家Angel Alvarado表示(该国政府早已停止公布官方统计)

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according to Angel Alvarado, an economist and opposition politician (the government has long ceased publishing official statistics).
在委内瑞拉的经济低迷期,仅上个月物价就上涨了223.1%vRFFcOvRfQ)
Each day throngs of Venezuelans rush across the 300m Simon Bolivar bridge joining their country to the economic sanity of Colombia,
每天都有大量委内瑞拉人穿过300米长的Simon Bolivar大桥,来到另一头经济健全的哥伦比亚
where they hope to obtain medicines, food and a better-preserved currency.
希望能够获得药物、食品以及存储更加完备的货币KCeM@J.[.j&lHHz
Venezuela's inflation could reach 1m percent for the full year, according to a (somewhat loose) forecast by the IMF.
国际货币基金组织预测,委内瑞拉的全年通货膨胀率可达到1,000,000%+S6opL#Cff0v^.+wB8.
Such a figure is far from unprecedented, however. In the worst month of its postwar hyperinflation, Hungarian prices rose by 41,900,000,000,000,000%.
但该数字并非空前绝后R.0Ri|_ZErRx。在战后恶性通货膨胀最糟糕的月份里,匈牙利物价上涨了41,900,000,000,000,000%XWqoF@EV_)
The government had to print a 100 quintillion note (with 20 zeroes), the highest denomination ever produced.
政府不得不印刷一种一百百万的五次幂的纸币(后边20个零),这是世界上面值最大的纸币]#+s]+MI_WgaS9[
One elderly gentleman used one to line his hat, according to Victor Sebestyen, a historian.
历史学家Victor Sebestyen称,一位老绅士还用这种纸币给自己的帽子加衬AIKAlm!K!J6
If Venezuela's monthly inflation gets no worse, its hyperinflationary horror will rank only 23rd out of the 57 episodes
如果委内瑞拉每月通胀不再恶化,那么其恶性通货膨胀的惨状在约翰霍普金斯大学的史蒂夫·汉克
identified by Steve Hanke of Johns Hopkins University and Nicholas Krus.
以及尼古拉斯·克鲁斯所鉴定的57次通货膨胀中仅排在23位B-1sX-UO*ndZ.t[

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词语解释

1.worth 值...钱
A local jeweler says the pearl is worth at least $500.
一位本地珠宝商说这颗珍珠至少值500美元E)&fEUCSzB2q0E8+xxo!
2.occupy 占领
U.S. forces now occupy a part of the country.
美国军队现在占领着该国的一部分地区=+buNtmZFfkv3z)W_Icu
3.faltering 犹豫的;停滞的
Normal life is at a standstill, and the economy is faltering
正常生活陷于瘫痪,经济止步不前DD5KxC,Vk;Rd02!C
4.postwar 战后的
In the post-war years her writing regularly appeared in The New Journal...
她的文章在战后那几年经常出现在《新日报》上H;D!sGhii0~vE

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重点单词
  • inflationn. 膨胀,通货膨胀
  • denominationn. 名称,教派,面额
  • obtainvt. 获得,得到 vi. 通用,流行,存在
  • oppositionn. 反对,敌对,在野党
  • sanityn. 神智健全,头脑清楚,健全
  • figuren. 图形,数字,形状; 人物,外形,体型 v. 演算,
  • territoryn. 领土,版图,领域,范围
  • rankn. 等级,阶层,排,列 v. 分等级,排列,列为
  • identifiedadj. 被识别的;经鉴定的;被认同者 v. 鉴定(id
  • forecastn. 预测,预报 v. 预测