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

February 11, 2008 THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Welcome to the White House. Laura and I are glad you're here, and thanks for coming. I welcome members of my Cabinet. I particularly want to thank all t

Now you can see some of the reasons why I'm optimistic. Globalization is increasing the demand for ideas, the incentive to create new ideas. 现在你可以理解我为什么对此充满信心。全球化在增大对创新的需求，这是创新的动力。 Investments in educ

I said, a year? 我说 一年？ I said, I'm a comedian, I cannot talk for a year? 我可是一个喜剧演员 你让我一年不说话？ So don't get discouraged. Think of that 记住 别气馁 想想这个 If you were a doctor, that would be your reside

　　Needless to say， money is not very important， but very very important. 　　If there is no money， I can’t use this microphone to speak to you and we can’t have such a room to hold such a competition. W