"Here is the chain, take it," said the goldsmith.
“链条在这儿,拿去吧。”金匠说。
于是金匠会说:“没问题。
This goes beyond the simple goldsmith banker story that I was motivating initially.
我在前面讲了一个金匠银行家的故事,现在就没那么简单了。
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips. — Oliver goldsmith.
活出生命见证比用嘴唇布道更好。—奥利弗·歌德·史密斯。
So, the goldsmith would sign his name on it saying, I promise to give so many ounces of gold.
所以这个金匠会在票据上签名,保证归还多少盎司的金子
The goldsmith might also write notes promising so much gold and not promising the return of any particular item of gold.
这个金匠会写下票据,保证归还一定数量的金子,但是不保证归还某个特定的金器。
One of the stories that is often told is the goldsmith banker's story that goes back I don't know how many hundred years.
经常被人们提起的一个故事是,金匠银行家的故事,它可以追溯到,我不知道是几百年以前了。
A commercial bank, like a goldsmith banker, accepts deposits — that's critical -and that means you can put money in the bank.
商业银行,就像是一个金匠银行家,接受存款,这一点非常关键,就是说你可以把你的钱放到银行里。
This was when Johannes Gutenberg, a goldsmith, first had the idea of producing small, regular blocks of steel with letters on them.
那时候,约翰·古滕贝格,一位金匠,第一次生出要造出一些规则的、刻着字母的小钢块的念头。
The goldsmith in your town writes out a note saying, I will pay to the bearer of this note so much gold, and then the bearer could be anyone.
你居住城镇的金匠写下票据并承诺,我会付给持票人这么多数量的金子,任何人都可以是持票人。
Bank failures occur when there's not enough gold in the vault and then people start asking for the gold and the goldsmith banker doesn't have it to give out.
当金库没有足够的黄金时,银行就会倒闭,因为当人们开始索要黄金时,金匠银行家却拿不出来。
In one letter he wrote: "There are thousands of gold and silver pieces of Inca and pre-Inca handicraft, the most beautiful goldsmith works you are not able to imagine."
在一封信中他写道:“印加和前印加的金银工艺品成千上万,美轮美奂,巧夺天工,简直无法想象。”
I like to tell that story because it sounds obvious that if you were a goldsmith hundreds of years of ago you would have probably become a banker -it would just be the natural thing to do.
我喜欢讲这个故事,因为这里面的道理很简单,如果你是几百年前的一名金匠,你很可能就会变成一个银行家,这是自然而然的事。
Goldsmith has repaired the roof to ensure the house is windproof.
戈德史密斯已经修理了房顶以确保房子可以抵御狂风。
"Never forget about the healing power of humor," Goldsmith states.
“永远不要忘记幽默的功效,”戈德史密斯说。
Lord Goldsmith has often berated journalists for overstepping the mark.
戈德史密斯勋爵经常斥责记者的僭越行为。
"If somebody believes in you, you can believe in yourself," Goldsmith says.
“如果有人相信你,你就要相信自己,”戈德史密斯说。
In seeking the injunctions, Lord Goldsmith insisted he was wearing the latter hat.
在试图申请禁令时,戈德史密斯勋爵坚持自己是以第二种身份示人。
To find out, we asked Andrea Goldsmith, author of the book Wireless Communications.
为了找到这个问题的答案,记者采访了《无线通信》作者安德里亚·戈德史密斯。
"Everything I have ever done has always helped me to do the next thing," says Goldsmith.
“我做过的所有事都有助于我做下一件事,”戈德史密斯说。
My first magazine was Fantastic, which at that point was being edited by Cele Goldsmith.
我的第一本科幻杂志是《奇幻》,当时由赛历•歌德·史密斯编辑。
While this division of the frequency spectrum works, said Goldsmith, it's not infallible.
戈德史密斯表示,这种频谱划分方式尽管行之有效,却并非尽善尽美。
Its author, Stephen Goldsmith, is a Harvard professor, but his insights come from experience.
这本书的作者,斯蒂芬·歌德·史密斯,是一名哈佛大学的教授,但是他的观点却是来自于实践。
Pablo Picasso, Charles Darwin, Mark Twain, Oliver Goldsmith, and William Butler Yeats all disliked school.
巴勃罗·毕加索、查尔斯·达尔文、马克·吐温、奥利弗·戈德史密斯和威廉·巴特勒·叶芝都不喜欢上学。
These memories should remind you that you accomplished your goals before and can do it again, Goldsmith says.
这些记忆会提醒你,你曾经实现过自己的目标,现在依然可以,戈德史密斯说。
Last year, a candidate for a senior client-services position invited Mr. Goldsmith to be part of his Facebook network.
去年,一位申请高级客户服务代表职位的求职者邀请戈德史密斯先生加入自己的Facebook网络。
His favourite poets were Pope, Goldsmith and Campbell; both the bluffness and the elegance of their age appealed to him.
他最喜爱的诗人是波普、戈德史密斯和坎贝尔;他们那个时代直率高雅的作风颇使他向往。
His favourite poets were Pope, Goldsmith and Campbell; both the bluffness and the elegance of their age appealed to him.
他最喜爱的诗人是波普、戈德史密斯和坎贝尔;他们那个时代直率高雅的作风颇使他向往。
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