Smallpox affected world history hundreds of years ago, and it was a disease that was common in Europe, but not common in the Americas until the Americas were colonized.

天花影响了几个世纪前的历史,这种病在欧洲很常见,但在美国不多见,直到美国成为殖民地

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So where we are standing at the moment has got bones under it from hundreds of years ago.

所以我们现在站的地方地下埋有几百年前的尸骨。

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What you could do hundreds of years ago-- and can still do it today-- was go to a bank and present this bond or IOU and say, "What will you give me for it?"

在数百年前你们能做的,在今天还是能够做到的就是,到银行出示这份合约或欠条,问,你们根据它能给我多少钱

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I like to tell that story because it sounds obvious that if you were a goldsmith hundreds of years of ago you would have probably become a banker -it would just be the natural thing to do.

我喜欢讲这个故事,因为这里面的道理很简单,如果你是几百年前的一名金匠,你很可能就会变成一个银行家,这是自然而然的事

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