研究生英语第一课.ppt

Sentences: 1（第四段第二行）. “These are precisely the kinds of events that are hard for us as humans to get our hands around and react to rationally , ” Robert N. Stavins , an environmental economist at Harvard , says . Translation: 来自哈佛大学的环境经济学家Robert N. Stavins说：“ 正是我们人类很难处理和做出合理反应的事件。” 2（第八段第二行）. Even if the economic damages — to tourism , fishing and the like — stretch into the billions , the responsible party is on the hook for only $75 million . Translation: 即使漏油事件造成象旅游业，渔业等诸如此类的行业有数十亿美元的经济损失，而漏油事件的责任方却只需损失7500万美元。 3（第十段第四行）. True , some economists and policy makers insist the country should not get worked up about this possibility , because lenders have never soured on the United States government before and show no signs of doing so now . Translation: 诚然，一些经济学家和决策者坚持认为国家不应该太关注这种可能性 ，因为贷款人从来没有恶化美国政府，并且现在也没有显示做这样事的迹象。 Paragraph: Paragraph 5: Similarly , Ben Bernanke and Alan Greenspan liked to argue , not so long ago , that the national real estate market was not in a bubble because it had never been in one before . Wall Street traders took the same view and built mathematical models that did not allow for the possibility that house prices would decline . And many home buyers signed up for unaffordable mortgages , believing they could refinance or sell the house once its price rose . That’s what house price did , it seemed . Translation: 类似的，不久之前，本.伯南克和艾伦.格林斯潘喜欢讨论国际房地产市场不会出现泡沫，因为在此之前从来没出现过。华尔街交易员也有相同的观点并且建立了没有考虑房价将下降可能性的数学模型。许多购房者签署了负担不起的抵押贷款，他们相信：一旦房价上升，他们可以再融资或者是卖掉房子。这似乎是房价就是要长的样子。 * 这些 是指发生的可能性低而 进行评估时成本比较高 的事件。 可能性 贷款人最终将不再轻易就能扩大信贷的可能性。 *