The 1980s appear to be a new era of American financial prosperity.

上世纪80年代是美国经济繁荣的新时代

Low interest rates and the easy credit flows lead a bussiness boom.

低利率和宽松的信贷政策的盛行引领经济繁荣复苏

Over the course of the decade,

在这十余年间

trading on Wall Street markets breaks records,

华尔街市场交易屡创新高

the Dow Jones Index rises more than 200 percent.

道琼斯指数飙升了超过200个百分点

By the 1980s,100,000 Americans become millionaires every year.

80年代末 每年便有十万美国人跨入百万富翁的行列

There have been boom times before.

美国也曾历经过繁荣

The oil rush leads to cheap gasoline and cars for the masses.

石油热带来了廉价汽油 实现了汽车普及

And cheap steel leads to a construction boom,

廉价钢铁促进了建筑业的繁荣

builds new cities.

城市迅速发展起来

Now in 1980s America,

80年代的美国

cheap credit creates a boom in consumers.

低息贷款刺激了消费

The credit card is the symbol of the decade.

信用卡是这个时期的象征

Invented in 1958,once reserved for the wealthy, now it's democratized.

开发于1958年 一度是有钱人的专利 如今普罗大众也可以拥有

By 1989,more Americans have credit cards than vote in elections.

到1989年 持有信用卡的美国人比选民还多

The 80's see cardholders increase their debt by a factor of five.

80年代 持卡人的借贷额增长了五倍

By the end of the decade, Americans are spending nearly a quarter of a trillion dollars on their credit cards every year.

到80年代末 美国人每年刷卡消费近2500亿美元

During the 80s, the number of shopping malls surpasses the number of high schools.

80年代 购物中心的数量甚至比高中学校的数量还多

There's a 78% increase in fast-food stores.

快餐店的数量增加了78%

Spending on restaurant food more than doubles to over 250 billion dollars in decade.

十年间 餐饮行业消费额翻了一番 达到2500多亿美元

During that decade we probably became more materialistic than we ever had before.

那十年可能是美国史上最为物欲横流的时期

Consumption was off the charts.

消费创下了历史新高