Responding to a question about the economy, Brown began a sentence, “We not only saved the world, ” when meaning to say, “We not only saved the banks.”

他回答的问题是有关经济的，布朗想表达的明明是“我们拯救的不仅仅是银行”，结果却说成了“我们拯救的不仅仅是世界。”

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Brown said that European Banks are dramatically undercapitalized, putting them in danger of running out of cash and going bankrupt if investors demand their deposits at the same time.

布朗说，欧洲银行普遍极度缺乏资本，如果投资者同时提现，银行将面临没有足够现金可供支付从而破产的危险。

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Mr Brown was acclaimed for leading the world in bailing out the Banks last year.

布朗去年因在世界各国中率先对银行救助而饱受赞誉。

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The Environment Agency has issued an alert for the River Douglas from Parbold to where it merges with the River Ribble including Rufford, Mawdesley, Hesketh and Longton and the Crossens area which includes Ormskirk to Southport including, Banks, Birkdale, Brown Edge, Mere Brow and Scarisbrick.

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The Environment Agency has issued three flood warnings for the Crossens area from Ormskirk to Southport including Banks, Birkdale, Brown Edge, Mere Brow and Scarisbrick, the River Yarrow in Croston relating to properties on Grape Lane, Town Road, and Yarrow Close and Pimlico Brook in Clitheroe.

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The chancellor's appeal to banks was echoed by Mr Brown in an article for the News of the World.

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