来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：金融市场第17集第17集》

there's no Joseph Bear admirer club on the Web,

也没看到约瑟夫·贝尔的粉丝俱乐部
but whatever they set up was really big for a while.

但终归由他们创立的公司曾显赫一时
From 1923 to 2008,

从1923年至2008年
when it went bust--so it lasted eighty-five years--

它持续经营了85年直到最终破产
so, it has investment banking business,

既从事投资银行业务
but it also has private equity business and private banking.

也经营私募股权投资和私人银行业务
It started to get in trouble during the current--

近而它开始陷入危机
in fact, it was maybe the first U.S. Investment bank

事实上它可能是当前金融危机中
to get in trouble in the current financial crisis

最先陷入困境的美国投资银行
because it was in June 2007,

因为在2007年7月
they had some of their funds collapse.

该公司的一些基金遭遇清盘
They had funds that were investing in subprime mortgages

公司部分基金就投资于次级贷款