Popup Chinese — Intermediate: Market for Lehmans

嘿，哥们儿。你知道刚才谁打电话吗？Hey dude. Do you know who just called?谁呀？我正忙着呢。一会儿再说。Who? I'm busy right now. Let's talk about it later.那我告儿你，就那个雷曼兄弟，那家风险投资银行。Tell you what, it was Lehman Brothers, the investment bank.啊，就是那快破产的那个。What, the one that's almost bankrupt?对，就是它。你知道他们说什么呀？Yeah, it exactly. Do you know what they said?说什么？What did they say?他们说他们穷得快疯了。要把全部公司卖给我们。They said they're desperately poor, and want to sell us the whole company.但是他们的期货，次贷款，风险太大。没有什么价值。But their futures and subprime loans are too risky. There's no value there.我当然知道，但是我告诉他们我们就是会投资。Of course, I know, but I still told them we'd invest.你疯了吧！/ You're mad!我才没有呢。我还跟他们说了，我们要做至少六个月的风险评估。Not at all. I also told them we'd need at least six months to do a risk appraisal.他们死定了。They're goners.Learn this vocabulary