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By the beginning of December, the price of tulip bulbs
十二月初 郁金香球莖的價格
Reaches ten times their price a month before.A bubble has started to inflate.
飆升到一個月前的十倍 泡沫已經(jīng)開始膨脹了
By December 12th, the price doubles again.At an auction in nearby Leiden,
到十二月十二號 價格又翻了一番 在萊頓附近的一場拍賣會上
The seven penniless orphans of an innkeeper Pin their hopes for the future
一位旅店老板的七個身無分文的遺孤 將他們的希望寄托在
On their dead father's small collection of tulip bulbs.
他們已逝父親收藏的幾株郁金香球莖上
In less than an hour, each child earns 40 times the annual income of an average craftsmen.
不到一個小時 每個孩子賺到的錢是 一位普通工匠年收入的四十倍
Tulips turn orphans into millionaires,And the price continues to rise.
郁金香讓孤兒們變成了百萬富翁 而價格還在持續(xù)上漲
Holland is gripped by tulip mania.
郁金香狂潮牽動著荷蘭
If you watch the price of tulips go up and up and up,
如果你看著郁金香的價格 持續(xù)走俏 高居不下
you start to think you're a fool
你就會覺得 如果沒有參與到
if you don't get on that escalator and ride it up.
這場價格飆升戰(zhàn)之中 自己就太傻了
Three days later, Van Goyen, like many others,Buys more tulip shares.
三天后 范·戈因像其他人一樣 購買了更多的郁金香期貨合約
You may well know that a tulip is only worth a tulip and not worth a fortune,
如你所知 一株郁金香就只值一株的價錢 而不是一大筆錢
but if other people think it's worth a fortune,then you'll make a lot of money.
但如果別人認為它價格不菲 那你就會大賺一筆
By January 1637, the price has doubled again.
到1637年一月 價格又翻了一番
