来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：金融市场第21集第21集》

There were 186,000 May contracts;

5月合约有186,000份
that's only two months away--March, April, May.

合约距到期仅两个月三月四月五月
Almost all of the open interest is in the short contracts.

几乎所有未平仓合约都是短期合约
Now, if you drive through the country and turn on the radio,

如果你在公路上开着收音机
you will hear at regular intervals--

每隔一段时间你就会听到
the announcer will tell you what corn is doing.

播音员会告诉你玉米期货的动态
They say, corn at the latest trading

如果他说最近一次交易玉米价格
is up to $2.18 a bushel.

每蒲式耳上涨到了2.18美元
What price is that guy quoting?

他引用的是哪个价格呢
It's always going to be the futures price.

他往往指的是期货价格
You might say,

你可能要说
well that's two months in the future--March, April, May--

那是两个月以后的事