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By the beginning of December, the price of tulip bulbs

十二月初 郁金香球茎的价格

Reaches ten times their price a month before.A bubble has started to inflate.

飙升到一个月前的十倍 泡沫已经开始膨胀了

By December 12th, the price doubles again.At an auction in nearby Leiden,

到十二月十二号 价格又翻了一番 在莱顿附近的一场拍卖会上

The seven penniless orphans of an innkeeper Pin their hopes for the future

一位旅店老板的七个身无分文的遗孤 将他们的希望寄托在

On their dead father's small collection of tulip bulbs.

他们已逝父亲收藏的几株郁金香球茎上

In less than an hour, each child earns 40 times the annual income of an average craftsmen.

不到一个小时 每个孩子赚到的钱是 一位普通工匠年收入的四十倍

Tulips turn orphans into millionaires,And the price continues to rise.

郁金香让孤儿们变成了百万富翁 而价格还在持续上涨

Holland is gripped by tulip mania.

郁金香狂潮牵动着荷兰

If you watch the price of tulips go up and up and up,

如果你看着郁金香的价格 持续走俏 高居不下

you start to think you're a fool

你就会觉得 如果没有参与到

if you don't get on that escalator and ride it up.

这场价格飙升战之中 自己就太傻了

Three days later, Van Goyen, like many others,Buys more tulip shares.

三天后 范·戈因像其他人一样 购买了更多的郁金香期货合约

You may well know that a tulip is only worth a tulip and not worth a fortune,

如你所知 一株郁金香就只值一株的价钱 而不是一大笔钱

but if other people think it's worth a fortune,then you'll make a lot of money.

但如果别人认为它价格不菲 那你就会大赚一笔

By January 1637, the price has doubled again.

到1637年一月 价格又翻了一番

重点讲解

1、collection

(一批)收藏品，收集物

Robert's collection of prints and paintings has been bought over the years.

这些年来，罗伯特逐渐收藏了一批版画和绘画作品。

The Art Gallery of Ontario has the world's largest collection of sculptures by Henry Moore.

安大略美术馆是世界上收藏亨利·摩尔雕塑作品最多的美术馆。

(故事、诗歌或文章的)集子，作品集

Two years ago he published a collection of short stories called 'Facing The Music'.

两年前，他出版了短篇小说集《勇敢面对》。

The Brookings Institution has assembled a collection of essays from foreign affairs experts.

布鲁金斯研究所将一批外交专家撰写的文章结集出版。

收集;采集

Money can be sent to any one of 22,000 agents worldwide for collection.

可以把钱汇给分布在世界各地的22,000名筹款代理人中的任何一位。

computer systems to speed up collection of information.

加速信息收集的计算机系统

2、fortune

大笔的钱;巨款

We had to eat out all the time. It ended up costing a fortune.

我们不得不总在外面吃饭，结果花了很多钱。

He made a small fortune in the London property boom.

他在伦敦房产升温的时候发了一笔小财。

财富;财产

He made his fortune in car sales.

他靠卖车发了财。

Having spent his rich wife's fortune, the Major ended up in a debtors' prison.

花光了他有钱老婆的财产之后，这位少校最后被关进了债务人监狱。

时运;运势

The electoral fortunes of the Liberal Democratic party may decline.

自由民主党的选举运势可能会下降。

She kept up with the fortunes of the Reeves family.

她一直关注着里夫斯家族的兴衰。