来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：金融市场第20集第20集》

and CCC means something's about to blow up;

CCC是指它快要不行了
AAA means

AAA的意思是
there's no possible chance you're ever going to lose your money.

你的财产无论怎样都不会损失
Because 83% of this jar was rated AAA,

因为罐子里83%的债券评级为AAA
people bought this all over the world

所以世界范围内的人们都认可了它
as if it was a security that could never, ever, ever default.

认为它绝对不会违约
As you can see,

正如你们所看到的
these were basically mortgages made to low-income people

这些贷款面向的是低收入人群
who weren't even paying, in some cases,

他们甚至有时候
interest on it and the chance that

连利息都无法支付
these were going to default was really sky high.

违约的概率极高
Historians will go back and figure out

历史学家会回顾这段历史并且去了解