13-07-11 They're going to kick me out of my own home, said Karl Berger, 86 years old. Karl is a widower with no living children. When Karl's wife died a couple of years ago, he told the Social Security Administration to stop sending monthly checks to his wif...

13-06-30 从今年11月起，英国将试行对来自印度、巴基斯坦、孟加拉国以及尼日利亚的游客收取3000英镑（约合人民币28327元）的入境押金，等他们行程结束离开英国时，押金将被如数退还。英国内政大臣特丽莎梅表示，此举意在让移民体系更加有选择性，同时阻止人们在签证过期后滞留英...

13-05-17 Pope Francis has called on world leaders to end the cult of money and to do more for the poor, in his first major speech on the financial crisis. 教皇弗朗西斯在首个关于金融危机的演讲中呼吁世界领导人停止金钱崇拜并为穷人做更多事情。 Pope Francis said...

13-04-25 There was once upon a time a miller（磨坊主） who lived with his wife in great contentment. They had money and land, and their prosperity increased year by year more and more. But ill-luck comes like a thief in the night, as their wealth had increas...

13-04-16 There once was a master who went to India. In those times, we didn't have the communications or airplanes or many kinds of transportation that we do now. So the master went to India on foot. He had never been to India before; perhaps he came from Pe...

13-04-07 House money effect refers to the premise that people are more willing to take risks with money they obtained easily or unexpectedly. 赌场赢利效应指人们拿着易来之财或者意外之财时更愿意采取一些冒险的投资方式。 Investors who have experienced a gain or...

13-04-02 Your money or your life. The choice traditionally presented by the highwayman（拦路强盗） is supposed to have only one sensible answer. Money is, after all, no use to a corpse. Yet economists often study something rather like the highwayman's offer...

13-03-21 Husband: Before I married you, I never thought of saving money. Wife: And now? Husband: Now I'm thinking About how much I could have saved if I hadn't married you. 丈夫：在娶你进门之前，我从来没有想过要存钱。 妻子：那现在呢? 丈夫：现在我在想，要是没...

13-03-12 片段对白 Ian: Golden Boy wants to see you. Emma: Hmm? Ian: He's got a new one. Guitarist 1: Good night. Guitarist 2: Good night. Emma: Night. Guitarist 3: Good night. Emma: Have a good one. Dexter: We were just kissing. Emma: You were trying to fit...

13-02-27 One evening, it was raining and the wind was blowing hard. An old couple came to an inn and prepared to put up for the night there. A young man received them with open arms, but said I'm sorry! Our guest rooms here are all full and the inns nearby a...