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A young Venetian, Pietro Venier...

一位年轻的威尼斯人皮埃特罗·维涅尔

Hoping to get rich As a partner in a bank: the priuli brothers.

希望通过与普如里兄弟联手 作为银行的出资人而致富

Seventy years earlier,The plague wiped out half the population of Venice.

七十年前 瘟疫横行 带走了威尼斯一半人的生命

But in the story of mankind, disaster creates opportunity.

但在人类的历史上 灾难孕育机会

Venice is the nursery of modern banking and finance.

威尼斯是现代银行和金融的温床

It is the cradle of capitalism.

它是资本主义的摇篮

In the 15th and 16th centuries,it is the place to be,

在十五和十六世纪 就预示着它会成为这样的城市

it is absolutely the place to be.

它的确是资本主义的摇篮

In Venice, African gold is minted into ducats,

在威尼斯 来自非洲的黄金被铸造成硬币

An international currency.

成为一种国际通行的货币

Merchants bank their ducats with men

商人们把他们的金币给

like Pietro Venier.

像皮埃特罗·维涅尔这样的人存起来

Modern banking begins in Italy

现代银行在意大利诞生

At the benches, the banchi, where money changes hands.

人们在长凳上把金钱转手

They would go to banks to borrow for personal loans

他们会因私人目的从银行贷款

and they would go to banks to borrow for commercial loans,

也会因商业原因从银行贷款

many of the same reasons we go to banks today.

就像我们现在去银行的理由一样

重点讲解

1、nursery

托儿所

This nursery will be able to cater for 29 children.

这家托儿所能照料29个孩子。

Her company ran its own workplace nursery.

她的公司开办了内部的托儿所。

幼儿园;幼稚园

An affordable nursery education service is an essential basic amenity.

人们能负担得起的幼儿园教育是一项基本的社会福利。

a nursery teacher.

幼儿园老师

苗圃

The garden, developed over the past 35 years, includes a nursery.

这个有35年历史的花园里有一个苗圃。

2、finance

给…提供资金;资助

The fund has been used largely to finance the construction of federal prisons.

该基金大部分用于了资助联邦监狱的建造。

Government expenditure is financed by taxation and by borrowing.

政府开支依靠征税款和借贷来维持。

财政;金融

a major player in the world of high finance.

高级金融界的大户

The report recommends an overhaul of public finances.

该报告建议对公共财政进行彻底改革。

财力;财务状况(或管理)

Be prepared for unexpected news concerning your finances.

对财务上的意外状况要做到有备无患。

In general, women manage the day-to-day finances but leave most longer-term decisions to men.

通常，妇女管理日常财务，而把大多数较长期的决策交给男人。