Northern Rock, which was a building society in the United Kingdom, had a sudden bank run in September 2007.

北岩银行,是英国的一家建屋互助会,在2007年9月突然出现银行挤兑

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But still, Northern Rock is in such trouble that in February of '08 -that's last month -the British Government nationalized Northern Rock.

008年2月北岩银行再次陷入危机,也就是上个月,英国政府将北岩银行国有化

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On July 1, 1916, more than 57,000 English troops were wounded or dead.

在1916年7月1日，有超过5万7千名英国士兵受伤。

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We call them consols because, in the early 1700s, the British Government issued what they called consols or consolidated debt of the British Crown that paid a certain amount of pound sterling every six months forever.

我们称之为公债是因为早在十八世纪初,英国政府规定他们称之为英国皇家,统合公债或者联合公债,要求永久性地,每六个月支付一定数量的英镑

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