If his dream was to live in the woods, with a fireplace and a typewriter and sheaves of notes hooked on the wall, almost like a deaf-mute in his dealings with the world, that was his affair.

他的生活是住在树林中，屋里有壁炉，桌上有打字机，墙上挂着成捆的笔记，几乎像聋哑人一样与世界打交道——如果这是他梦想的生活的话。

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So, how different is what Wall Street in general did from the Madoff affair?

那么，从总体上讲，华尔街到底同马多夫有多少不同呢？

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If his dream was to live in the woods, with a fireplace and a typewriter and sheaves of notes hooked on the wall, almost like a deaf -mute in his dealings with the world, that was his affair.

他的生活是住在树林中，屋里有壁炉，桌上有打字机，墙上挂着成捆的笔记，几乎像聋哑人一样与世界打交道——如果这是他梦想的生活的话。

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In real life, many of their husbands lost their fortunes, their integrity and their dignity in their love affair with Wall Street.

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But Wall Street's most famous Ponzi scheme was, like the present one, no small affair.

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If his dream was to live in the woods, with a fireplace and a typewriter and sheaves of notes hooked on the wall, almost like a deaf-mute in his dealings with the world, that was his affair.

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