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when they created it in 1939.

这是他们在1939年创立的
I was wondering why don't they call it life insurance,

我想知道他们为什么不称其为人寿保险
that's what it is. Life insurance is something

这是它的本质人寿保险是
that pays the survivors of a family member who dies.

付给失去家庭成员的幸存者的保险
I think they didn't want to call it life insurance

我想他们不这么起名字的原因是
because they didn't want to threaten the industry.

他们不想威胁到某些产业
There's a whole life insurance industry.

有个非常健全的人寿保险产业
The government was going it in a big way to create a product,

政府大张旗鼓地创造出一项产品
which was mandatory, but they didn't want to upset the life--

这是强制性的可他们不想干扰生命险
so they called it something different.

所以他们另取了个名字
You can get a life insurance salesman

你可能会碰上个人寿保险的推销员
who will sell you life insurance and not even mention

他卖给你人寿保险却丝毫不提及