Businessmen and rich landowners had put their money in Confederate bonds, now completely worthless.

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They became almost worthless because they were investing in subprime debt and the value of the debt collapsed and so these collapsed as well.

它们变的分文不值,因为它们投资次级债务,而这些债券价格一落千丈,所以这些银行也跟着倒下

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And it's worthless, it's sheer garbage if it isn't supported by adequate kind of technique.

如果没有足够的技巧的支持,一切都会变得毫无价值，变成彻头彻尾的垃圾。

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We never sell the wine before its time, something like that. On television, in different acting roles, he would take any worthless role in somebody's movie just because there was such a large fee, and he will pour that into his movies.

之前人们对这种酒闻所未闻，在电视上，在饰演,不同的角色时，他在一些电影中做不起眼的角色,因为这可以,赚到一大笔钱，然后可以投到自己的电影中。

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