Unlike the days of the gold standard, it is impossible for the Federal Reserve to go bankrupt; it holds the legal monopoly of counterfeiting (of creating money out of thin air) in the entire country.
不像在金本位时代的日子里,现在的联邦储备银行已经没有任何破产可能了;整个国家里只有它拥有合法伪造货币的权力(凭空造钱)。
As we come in to land, it's impossible not to note that Saigon's airport was obviously once much larger - the Outlines of buildings long gone are still clear from the air.
当飞临机场即将着陆时,不可能不注意到的是明显又大了许多的西贡机场——从空中也可以清晰地看见机场建筑物的轮廓。
But it is worth remembering that just over a century ago, heavier-than-air flight seemed an impossible dream.
但是值得回忆的是仅仅在一个世纪以前,重于空气的飞行似乎是个不可能实现的梦想。
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