The Syrians straddle the fence between the order of conservative nations on the one hand and this alliance with Iran on the other and it would make perfect sense for Bashar al-Assad to pose as the mediator with the Iranians, which means: hey,if you folks think I'm bad, think of the Iranians,they're much worse, but I have credit in their bank and I can deal with the Iranians."

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Pass to the left bank and the scene changes so suddenly that you think yourself on the other side of the world.

而河左岸则完全是另一番景象,让人怀疑自己到了世界的另一头

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It emerged into an institution in which banks would have notes bank notes-that circulated widely and we began to think of them as money.

它出现于一个银行保有票据,的机构,这个票据就是钞票---那种流通广泛的钞票,我们把它视为金钱。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

I went to the Ministry of Finance and we went to the Norges Bank, which is their central bank, and I think the answer I got from them was, yes you're right.

我去了财政部,我们也去了挪威银行，那是挪威的中央银行，而我觉得他们给我的回复是，你是对的。

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I would be careful and not have all your money invested in stocks. I would look at a lot of these distressed debt--some of the distressed debt that has gone down. I don't know if you understand that but some of the debt that--even bank debt, which is the highest level, I think, has become very cheap.

我会非常的小心，不会把你们的钱全部都,投在股票上，我会寻找一些,不良债务--一些不良债务的价格已经下跌了,我不知道你们是不是理解这些东西,但一些债务--即使是银行债，它们的保险级别较高，我觉得，价格都已经很便宜了。

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