I went to see a rich girl I knew. In the morning she pulled a hundred-dollar bill out of her silk stocking and said, "You've been talking of a trip to Frisco. That being the case, take this and go have your fun." So all of my problems were solved.

我去看望我以前认识的一位有钱的姑娘,到了早上，她从丝绸钱袋里取出一张100元的支票说：,“既然你那么向往到圣弗兰西斯科的旅行，拿着这个去寻找你的快乐吧“，这下我的问题全部解决了。

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Under the gold standard your dollar bill represented so many ounces of gold and you were supposed to be able to always get that gold.

在金本位制度下,你的纸币表示着,很多盎司的金子,并且你可以一直兑换那些金子。

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So given that we only have one five dollar bill does there have to be one unique winner, and if so, how is that determined if we have multiple people who are That's a good question. If there's multiple winners, we'll divide it but we'll make sure everyone has a positive winning.

现在那里只有一张5美元钞票,是不是说只有唯一的赢家啊,要是这样,怎么确定谁是赢家,好的,要是有多个赢家,我们会平分奖金的

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