That's because nobody trusted these banks they could go under any day and so they tended to sell at a discount.

那是因为没有人信任这些银行,它们可能在任何一天倒闭,所以它们倾向折价卖纸币。

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So there was a big bank run and Northern Rock would have failed if the Bank of England hadn't come by to rescue them.

从而出现挤兑狂潮,若非英格兰银行施以援手,北岩银行恐怕早就倒闭了

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The National Banks would be required to help bail out any bank that was failing.

国家银行将保释,那些即将倒闭的银行。

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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

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Once the rumor got started that Asia was in trouble, these people started withdrawing their money faster and faster and it caused failures of domestic banks in these countries.

一时间流言四起,亚洲陷入困境,资金加速流出,这些国家的本土银行纷纷倒闭

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