【BBC经济学】贪婪之梦6
Hints:Francisco Pizarro
Conquistadores
Upper Peru
El Dorado
the Battle of Cajamarca
Potosi
Bolivia
the Cerro Rico
the Rich Hill
the Andes
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http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201308/201308240805399636685.mp3Inspired by the legend of El Dorado, the realm of the gold-covered king.
After defeating the Inca army at the Battle of Cajamarca, their quest began in earnest.
At Potosi, in what is now Bolivia, the Spaniards struck it rich.
They discovered the Cerro Rico, literally the Rich Hill.
Towering nearly 16,000 feet above sea level, it was a money mountain.
In their 250 years of Spanish rule, more than 2 billion ounces of silver
were extracted from mines like this one, 14,000 feet up in the Andes.
What the Incas couldn't grasp was why the Europeans had such an insatiable lust for gold and silver.
They couldn't understand that to Pizarro and the Conquistadores, silver was much more than just shiny metal, it could be made into money, a store of value, a unit of account, portable power.弗朗西斯科·皮萨罗和其他
来自西班牙的征服者
来到所谓的上秘鲁
寻找传说中的黄金国
即那个遍地黄金的国度
在卡哈马卡战役中击败印加军队后
他们开始奋力寻找黄金国
在波托西即如今的玻利维亚境内
西班牙人撞到了大运
他们发现了赛罗里科山也叫富山
这座山海拔1万6千英尺[约4900米]
是真正的钱山
在西班牙统治的250年间
从1万4千英尺海拔的
安迪斯山脉中的矿脉中
挖走20多亿盎司[近57000吨]的白银
印加人不理解
欧洲人为什么对金银
如此贪得无厌
他们不理解对于皮萨罗和征服者们
白银不仅仅是一种闪亮的金属
还可以铸造钱币
成为价值的载体
是财富的代表权利的象征
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