In 1932, the Bank of France asked the United States to convert their holdings from dollars into gold. 1932年时，法兰西银行向美国提出申请，希望把银行中的美元兑换成黄金。 But it was too inconvenient to think about actually shipping a

I was recently traveling in the Highlands of New Guinea, and I was talking with a man who had three wives. 最近，我正在新几内亚高地旅行，我访谈了一位有三个老婆的人。 I asked him, "How many wives would you like to have?" 我问他：“你想要多

What I thought I would do is I would start with a simple request. I'd like all of you to pause for a moment, you wretched weaklings, and take stock of your miserable existence. (Laughter) 我原本想 以一个简单的请

President Obama and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia speak to the media after meeting at the G20 Summit in Toronto, Canada. 【Transcript】 PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good morning, everybody. Selama

And the problem of how to go about this is quite obvious. 至于要如何做的问题，也是相当简单明了。 It's not like Plato woke up one day and then he wrote, 但我的意思并非，比如，柏拉图有一天突然醒来说， "Hello, I'm Plato, and as of t