两个国家的故事（彭定中2009年4月于温哥华和旧金山）|彭先生图文集锦 - 素兰基金会

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2009年4月中旬，彭先生因公前往美国旧金山，以下是他想与我们分享的故事和风景。

标题原文：The Story of 2 Countries

中文译作：两个国家的故事

原文：
Came back to USA for another VISA Board meeting.

译文：
我这次赴美，又是去参加VISA公司的董事会。

原文：
As I normally do, on my way I stop over in Canada.

译文：
跟往常一样，我还是在加拿大稍作停留。

原文：
This is the Vancouver Harbor at dawn. Not too far from here south on the other side of the border, the Seattle harbor is also at dawn. As a matter of fact, these 2 countries are so close together and so much in common. They are all countries of immigrants. However, after a few hundred years of working and living side by side, they do still maintain some of their uniqueness.

译文：
这是拂晓中的温哥华海港。往南不远处，国境线另一边的西雅图海港也正处在黎明中。事实上，两个世纪以来，挨肩靠膀的美加两国有着很多的共同点。它们都是移民国家。但是，经过一百多年的休养生息，两个国家还是各自保留了一些独特之处。

原文：
Just like USA, Canada has huge land but with only about less than 1/10 of the US population. Most of them live along the US border. For years Canadian has been considered as American's little brother. I guess that they have been more humble, quieter and try harder. As a result, they have done quite well. Life expectancy in Canada is 81 years, versus 78 in US. Looks like Canadians live longer and healthier than their southern neighbors.

译文：
跟美国一样，加拿大也拥有幅员辽阔的国土面积，但人口却不及美国的十分之一，其中的大部分都生活在美加边境线上。多年来加拿大一直被视为美国的小兄弟。和美国人相比，我想加拿大人更为谦逊，沉静，和勤奋。也因此加拿大取得了相当不错的成果。他们的平均寿命是81岁，而美国人是78岁。看来加拿大人要比他们的南方邻居生活得更健康，活得更长寿。

原文：
This can be a financial district of a big city of either USA or Canada.

If you still remember during our Baojin meeting I asked you to start to develop some interest on what is going on in the world, so you can begin to build up your global view. Obviously the biggest problem in the world today is the global financial crisis. So let's just look at it quickly how the two countries suffered differently under this current crisis.

In 2008, the World Economic Forum ranked Canada's banking system the healthiest in the world, US ranked 40th. How did it happen? Common sense. In the past decade, as US and Europe loosened regulations on financial industry, the Canadians refused to follow. Banks in Canada are typically leveraged at 18 to 1, compared with US banks at 26 to 1. As a result, in the industrialized world, Canada is the only country has not faced a single bank failure. With the great financial discipline, Canada has had 12 years of budget surpluses, and can now spend money to fuel a recovery from a strong position

译文：
不论是美国还是加拿大，在大城市里，都有这样的金融区。

如果你们还记得保靖聚会时我同你们说过的话，我让你们开始去关注世界上的时事要闻，以此建立起自己的国际视野。很显然，在当前来说，世界上最大的问题就是全球金融危机。现在我们很快地来看看，在这场危机中，美加两国是怎样遭受了各自不同的创伤与打击。

2008年，在世界经济论坛关于银行系统健康度的排名中，加拿大的银行系统评为全球最佳，而美国则名列第40。这是怎么回事？道理是显而易见的。在过去的10年里，美国与欧洲都放松了对金融业的监管，但加拿大没有跟随。在加拿大，银行的杠杆比率通常是18比1，而美国则是26比1。结果是在整个工业世界中，加拿大是唯一一个没有发生过一例银行破产的国家。凭借着非常严谨的理财制度，加拿大连续12年来都处于财政盈余状态，所以现在它有充足的资金，让自己从更有利的位置来安度危机。

原文：
The financial district of San Francisco.
More people are going to lose their jobs in this and many other industries in the USA. The unemployment rate is expected to climb to 10 percent quickly

译文：
旧金山的金融区。
在美国，越来越多的金融界人士正在加入失业大军，其他的很多行业也是如此。整个国家的失业率有望迅速升至10%。

原文：
Looks like this time the Americans can really learn something from their humble and quiet little brothers across the border from the north.

译文：
看来这一次，美国人真的应该从他们那谦逊、安静的北方小兄弟身上好好学一学了。

[ 此贴被彭灵华在2012-03-06 21:31重新编辑 ]