来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1871年后的法国 第17集 第17集》

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  rampant inflation--in France you didn't have
  这使得法国没有任何东西
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  anything similar, nothing comparable to what happens in Germany.
  和德国是一样的
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  Everybody's seen pictures
  人人都看过这样一张图片
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  of people pushing shopping carts down the
  人们推着满载数百万
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  street full of millions, and millions, and millions of
  德国马克的手推车
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  deutschmarks, and attempting to buy one single turnip.
  只为了买一个萝卜
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  But the people who get burned in inflation are particularly--
  而那些在通货膨胀中备受煎熬的
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  are middle-class people
  却是中产阶级
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  who are on pensions
  特别是那些领着养老金
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  and who have saved their whole lives for retirement,
  并已经为下半生准备好积蓄的那类
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  and with inflation their savings are
  在通货膨胀中他们的积蓄顷刻间
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  wiped out in one single moment.
  消失得无影无踪