Respect for banks has reached a new low in the U.S. and United Kingdom, according to a survey released in London on Friday by GlobeScan.

根据《环球扫描》周五在伦敦发布的一项调查结果显示，美国和英国银行信用跌入历史新低。

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Ian Stuttard takes a dip in the freezing waters of the Serpentine Lido in Hyde Park on November 30, 2010 in London, United Kingdom.

2010年11月30号，Ian Stuttard在英国伦敦海德公园的蛇形胡冰冷的湖水里游泳。

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You could almost feel sorry for poor Goldman, which shipped out a memo reminding employees that their estimable employer had been named one of the best places to work in the United Kingdom only weeks before the London-based Smith's "Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs" essay.

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The wider United Kingdom, which mostly seemed to put regional rivalries and London-bashing aside for the duration of the games, still faces the existential threat posed by the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence, though the sight of gold medal-winning Scots such as Andy Murray and Chris Hoy posing with Union flags will have done no favours to the nationalist cause north of the English border.

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