债务文化(1/3)-英语听力

[00:00.09]Perhaps the greatest legacy of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan
也许是美联储主席格林斯潘最伟大的遗产 [00:04.87]is the way he transformed people's attitude to credit and debt.
正是这种方式改变了人们对信贷和债务的态度. [00:10.01]During his term of office not only the national debt of America,
在他的任期内不仅是美国的国债增加， [00:14.24]but also personal debt, increased substantially.
而且个人债务也大幅增加。 [00:18.42]Since the Great Depression of the 1930s, people in America have been naturally reluctant to borrow money.
自20世纪30年代大萧条以来，美国人自然不愿意借钱. [00:25.76]But for this generation, in the US and increasingly globally, debt has become respectable.
但对这一代人来说，在美国和全球范围内，债务已变得可敬。 [00:32.42]From an early age, young people take out loans to pay their way through college
年轻人从小就贷款上大学 [00:37.66]and borrowing against equity in real estate is now at record levels.
而房地产权益借贷目前处于创纪录水平。 [00:42.44]Re-mortgaging your home was unheard of generations ago,
重新抵押你的房子是几代人以前闻所未闻的事, [00:46.01]a second mortgage was an indication of a household in trouble.
第二笔抵押贷款表明一个家庭陷入困境。 [00:49.82]But today it is routine.
但今天是例行公事。