金融世界 第四讲(有声)

在上一讲中我们为您介绍了“名义货币”fiat money、“信用货币”credit money、“信用手段”credit instrument、“信贷价值”credit worthiness。这一讲我们要谈谈货

世界小史 第4章:记忆之光

But we only catch glimpses, because our light is now falling faster and faster: 1,000 years， 5,000 years， 10,000 years. 但是我们只在一瞬间看见了这情景，因为我们的火光越坠越快，越坠越快，1千年，5千年，1万年。

金融世界 第二十一讲(有声)

上一讲中我们介绍了两个重要的国际组织：International Monetary Fund－国际货币基金组织和 World Trade Organisation－世界贸易组织。 这两个在二次大战期间和之后

金融世界 第十三讲(有声)

自从二十世纪八十年代初开始，澳大利亚与其他许多国家一样实行了货币浮动汇率制，英文是 floating exchange rates。也就是说，澳大利亚元的价格要随着市场

世界小史 第12章:发明

Yet with all of these things there must have been a first time. 可是这一切必定有过第一次出现的时候。 Someone must have made the discovery. 这必定是某个人发明的。 Isn't it an amazing thought that, one day, a prehistoric ma

世界小史 第11章:祖先

These were our ancestors who may have already been using stones as tools more than 150,000 years ago. 这是我们的祖先，他们也许在15万年前就已经开始用石头当工具了。 They were very different from the Neanderthal people who a

世界小史 第10章:下颌骨

But now you are going to say:Stop! That's not what we agreed. 但现在你一定会说，停！那不是我们当初同意的。 When did these people live, what were they like, and how did they live? 这些人生活在什么时候，他们长什么样

世界小史 第9章:头盖骨

On another occasion, but still in Germany in the Neander valley a human skull was found. 在另一个地方，但仍在德国，在尼安德尔山谷，人们发现了一块人的头盖骨。 And this was also immensely interesting because nobody ali

世界小史 第1章:从前

第一章 从前 All stories begin with Once upon a time. 所有的故事都以从前 开头。 And that's just what this story is all about: what happened, once upon a time. 那恰好是这个故事所要讲的：从前发生了什么？ Once you we

世界小史 第48期:富庶的埃及

You may know how the story goes on: how there was a famine throughout the land, and how Joseph's brothers traveled to Egypt to buy corn. 你知道，这故事后来如何继续，一场大饥荒如何肆虐全国以及约瑟的兄长们如何进入富庶

世界小史 第47期:巴比伦

But that isn't all the Bible has to say about ancient Babylon. 但是这不是《圣经》所讲述的有关巴比伦的唯一的一件事。 Do you know the story of the Tower of Babel, 你知道得巴别塔的故事吗？ when the people of a great

世界小史 第46期:旧约全书

You may have already guessed who these strange and powerless herdsmen were. 也许你已经猜到了，这个奇怪的、弱小的游牧民族是谁。 They were the Jews. 他们就是犹太人。 And the songs of their deeds, which were the deeds of

世界小史 第33章:阿肯纳顿

The ancient temples were shut down, and King Akhenaton and his wife moved into a new palace. 古老的庙宇被关闭，阿肯纳顿和他的妻子一道迁进一座新宫殿。 Since he was utterly opposed to tradition, and in favor of fine new idea

世界小史 第45期:引导者

All other peoples prayed to many godsyou remember Isis and Osiris, Baal and Astarte. 所有其他的民族全都向许多的神祈祷你还记得伊西斯和俄西里斯，巴尔和阿斯塔耳忒吧。 But these herdsmen only prayed to one god, thei

世界小史 第40期:亚述人

For both the Babylonians and the Assyrians worshipped the sun and the moon, and also the stars. 因为巴比伦尼亚人和亚述人都把太阳、月亮和星星当作他们的神祈祷， On clear, warm nights, throughout the year and over centurie

世界小史 第30章:象形文字

Now then, think what a job it must have been to decipher all that Egyptian writing when people became interested in hieroglyphs again, 200 years ago. 那么现在想一想，当人们在200年前重新对象形文字产生兴趣，要读懂所有的古

世界小史 第28章:彩色画像

Next to these brightly colored paintings you often see lots of tiny pictures of all sorts of things, 在这一排排彩色画像的旁边，你往往会看到许多画着各种各样的东西的小画像， such as owls and little people, flags, flow

世界小史 第18章:原始人

Now let's take a last look at these people dressed in skins, 现在让我们一起最后再看一看这些身上穿着动物毛皮的原始人， as they paddle their boats made of hollowed-out tree trunks towards their villages of huts on stilts, br

世界小史 第16章:危险的地方

Because forests were dangerous places in those days, home to large numbers of wild animals such as wolves and bears, 因为当时的森林是非常危险的地方，住着许多野兽，如狼和熊， people in several places (and this is often the

精灵鼠小弟 第59期:为世界订法律

He forgot ice cream with chocolate sauce on it, said Mary quickly. 他忘了说巧克力脆皮冰淇淋了，玛丽.本迪斯不假思索地回答。 Exactly, said Stuart. 完全对，斯图亚特说。 Ice cream is important. 冰淇淋也是重要的东