来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：金融市场第24集第24集》

Shortly after the turn of the century, Lloyd George,

在世纪之交后不久
who was Prime Minister of the UK, traveled to Germany and

英国首相劳合·乔治去德国旅游
looked at their system and was very much impressed and thought--

看到他们的保险体系深有感触
he said one thing he noticed about Germany, there are no beggars.

他说他注意到德国没有乞丐
Normally, in London you couldn't walk down the street without

通常你在伦敦沿街行走
seeing somebody who was sitting there holding out a tin cup

总能看见有人坐在路边捧着罐头杯
who had no legs or mothers with children who were orphans.

他们缺胳膊断腿或是带着孤儿的母亲
He said, it's gone in Germany.

他说这种现象在德国销声匿迹
So, he became convinced that the UK should follow the lead.

因此他坚信英国也该紧随其后
This was copied over the whole world

这一系统后来被全世界如法炮制
and it's virtually everywhere now.

而且现在已随处可见
Some less developed countries haven't gotten there yet,

一些欠发达国家还没有得到普及