In order to keep the currency convertible they had to keep interest rates high to prevent people from demanding the gold.

为了保持货币的转换性,他们不得不将利率提高,以防人们向他们索求金子的兑换。

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If, in fact, a gold nucleus was this size here, we would need to use another lecture hall in order to find a place to put this nucleus right here.

那么这个实验就太诡异了，所以我们决定,把距离压缩一下，我们要考虑到这一点。

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