It was granted a monopoly on joint stock banking by Parliament in return for giving war loans to the government.

作为向政府给予战争贷款的交换,英格兰银行被英国国会授予,成为股份制银行的垄断者。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

So, last time I gave a reading of the creation accounts that are in Genesis 1 to 3. These are two very different stories but their placement side by side suggests the possibility of a joint reading. Nevertheless they are very different in character and today I want to focus in on the second creation story.

上次我们读了《创世纪》一到三章中,关于记述创造的，两个不同的故事,尽管他们是不同的两个故事,却经常放在一起阅读,今天，我会着重介绍第二个故事。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选