As he walked along, his brain was busy planning hundreds of wonderful things, building hundreds of castles in the air.

当他走着的时候，他的脑子里正忙着计划许多奇妙的事情，建起一座座空中楼阁。

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Americans have been living high on borrowed money (the savings rate dropped from 7.6 percent in 1992 to less than zero in 2005) while financiers built castles in the air.

美国人民是依赖贷款享受高品质生活的(存款率自1992年的7.6%下跌到2005年的负数)，而与此同时金融家们又在这个基础上研发了各种各样的金融衍生品。

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However, the emotional needs of establishing and not castles in the air, it is need material do support, because brand is fundamentally quality.

然而，情感需求的建立并不是空中楼阁，它是需要物质做支撑的，因为品牌的根本就是品质。

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But the figures don't include spending on various castles and palaces, which are maintained by the state, or official air travel, which comes out of the defense ministry's budget.

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