Rogue Trader
魔鬼营业员
Part One:
Barings Bank巴林银行
Nick Leeson
日经225
Nick Leeson
《我如何弄跨巴林银行》
Nick Leeson对Barings Bank的介绍

【播放原声】
It was thanks to Maggie Thatcher opening up the City of London
that yours truly from Watford came to be working for a posh outfit like Barings.
That was me lying on the floor, if you hadn't guessed.
Nick Leeson.
You've probably heard about me.
Barings was the oldest private bank in the world.
They financed the Louisiana Purchase back in eighteen hundred and something.
That's how old they were!
They even had the Queen as a customer!
I was just a humble clerk.
But not for long, I hoped.
Car crash.
I hit my head on the back of the seat and broke my nose.
Everybody else was all right cos they were wearing their, um... seat belts.
Poor chap!
And now Nick, I know you're keen to get out of the back office and onto the trading floor,
but in the meantime something else has come up.
We've got problems in our Jakarta office.
We need someone to go out there and sort things out.
I thought that someone might be Nick Leeson?
Indonesia was one of the new ''tiger economies''.
everyone was getting so excited about.
''Emerging markets'' they were calling them,
and Barings was one of the first to see their potential.
The rewards were high.
But so were the risks.

【逐句对照】
It was thanks to Maggie Thatcher opening up the City of London
that yours truly from Watford came to be working for a posh outfit like Barings.
多亏了玛格丽特•撒切尔开拓伦敦城，
鄙人才有机会从沃特福德来到象巴林银行这样一流的机构工作。

That was me lying on the floor,
if you hadn't guessed. Nick Leeson.
You've probably heard about me.
那就是我，Nick Leeson，躺在地板上，
如果你没有猜错的话，
你也许已经听说过我了。

Barings was the oldest private bank in the world.
They financed the Louisiana Purchase back in eighteen hundred and something.
巴林是世界上最古老的私立银行。
在1800年或什么时候，他们为购买路易斯安那出过资金。

They even had the Queen as a customer!
甚至女王也是他们的客户！

I was just a humble clerk. But not for long, I hoped.
我那时只是一个地位低下的小职员，但我希望，不久就能出人头地。

Car crash. I hit my head on the back of the seat and broke my nose.
Everybody else was all right cos they were wearing their, um... seat belts.
撞车。
我的头撞在后车座上，伤到了鼻子。
其他每个人都安然无恙，因为他们都系了，呃，安全带。

Poor chap! 可怜的家伙
Nick, I know you're keen to get out of the back office and onto the trading floor,
but in the meantime something else has come up.
We've got problems in our Jakarta office.
We need someone to go out there and sort things out.
I thought that someone might be Nick Leeson?
Nick, 我知道你渴望离开后勤办公室，到交易所去上班，
但同时，另外有件事要来了。
我们在雅加达的办事处有了点问题，
需要有个人去那里整顿一下。
我想那个人有可能就是... ...Nick Leeson？
Indonesia was one of the new ''tiger economies'' .
everyone was getting so excited about.
''Emerging markets'' they were calling them,
and Barings was one of the first to see their potential.
The rewards were high.
But so were the risks.
印度尼西亚是新的"小虎"经济之一，
在那种环境下，每个人都变得很激昂。
他们管这种情形叫"新兴市场"，
巴林是首先看到这种经济潜力的人之一。
酬劳很多，当然风险同样很高。

【语言点】
It was thanks to Maggie Thatcher opening up the City of London
that yours truly from Watford came to be working for a posh outfit like Barings.
thanks与to
"由于，多亏了"，
Thanks to the English language ,we can learn a lot from the Internet.
由于英语这门语言的帮助，我们能够从因特网上学到很多东西。
Maggie Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher，撒切尔夫人
opening up the City of London，
"开拓、发展伦敦城"
"金融大爆炸"
yours truly
"您忠实的，您真诚的"
"本人，在下，鄙人"
Watford，"沃特福德"
Barings 巴林银行。
They financed the Louisiana Purchase back in eighteen hundred and something.
Finance
"负担经费，为... ..提供资金"，
The government will finance the building of the new roads.
政府将为修建这条新公路提供资金。
the Louisiana Purchase
"路易斯安那购买"
Nick, I know you're keen to get out of the back office and onto the trading floor,
but in the meantime something else has come up.
be keen to do something
"很想做某事，渴望做某事"
The girl is keen to go to university.
这个女孩很渴望上大学。
in the meantime
"同时，与此同时"
We need someone to go out there and sort things out.
sort out
"整理好，解决，整顿"，
You'd better send somebody over there to sort the situation out．
你最好派个人去那儿把情况整顿一下。
''Emerging markets'' they were calling them.
Emerging markets"新兴市场"，
Nick Leeson

【重新听一次故事原文】
It was thanks to Maggie Thatcher opening up the City of London
that yours truly from Watford came to be working for a posh outfit like Barings.
That was me lying on the floor, if you hadn't guessed. Nick Leeson.
You've probably heard about me.
Barings was the oldest private bank in the world.
They financed the Louisiana Purchase back in eighteen hundred and something.
That's how old they were!
They even had the Queen as a customer!
I was just a humble clerk. But not for long, I hoped.
Car crash.
I hit my head on the back of the seat and broke my nose.
Everybody else was all right cos they were wearing their, um... seat belts.
Poor chap!
Now nick Leeson, I know you're keen to get out of the back office and onto the trading floor,
but in the meantime something else has come up.
We've got problems in our Jakarta office.
We need someone to go out there and sort things out.
I thought that someone might be Nick Leeson?
Indonesia was one of the new ''tiger economies'' .
everyone was getting so excited about.
''Emerging markets'' they were calling them,
and Barings was one of the first to see their potential.
The rewards were high. But so were the risks.