My aunt and I decided to buy a new electric refrigerator with the money I had sent her from California; it was to be the first one in the family.

我阿姨和我决定用我在加州给她寄的钱,买一个新的电冰箱;,家里的第一个电冰箱。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Now today, the standard mortgage, which you would probably get when you buy your first house, is not fifteen or twenty--it's thirty years.

今天,标准的抵押贷款,当你买第一套房子时你或许就能得到,期限不是15或者20年,而是30年

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Now, you have to understand that when you buy a bond, if you buy it at issue, you get the first coupon in six months, the second coupon in one year, the third coupon in eighteen months, and the last coupon you get at the maturity date.

你们需要了解,如果在发行时就购入债券,六个月后会得到第一笔票息,一年后第二笔,18个月后第三笔,到期时得到最后一笔票息

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