访谈录 2009-04-25&04-27Jon Stewart vs Jim Cramer金融危机

March 12, 2009, you've watched snippets of them for days or meant to after your friends sent you the link. You TwitBloged it on the InterScape. People on TV have talked about how much people have talked about it.

"Ongoing¹ grudge² match between Daily Show host Jon Stewart and CNBC host Jim Cramer."

People staying in hotels are wondering why it's on the cover of their free paper. Tonight the week-long feud³ of the century comes to a head. Cramer, Stewart in a 12-minute face-off that could marginally increase the very rate Comedy Central charges for 30 seconds of advertising⁴ time. Welcome to Brawl⁵ Street, get ready to buy low and sell die.

Welcome to the Daily Show. I just dislocated both my shoulders. I am Jon Stewart, baby, it's go time. Just a few moments, the host of CNBC's Mad Money with Jim Cramer, Jim Cramer, he's sitting right there. And I, Jon Stewart of the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. I will be sitting where I’m sitting right now, probably not gonna be moving. We will be discussing the intricacies of the world's financial markets. As you can imagine I have been training all day.

What does P/E stand for?

Price to Earnings⁶.

How many stocks in the Dow?

30.

Biggest software component⁷?

Microsoft.

Biggest hardware component?

US Steel.

Wrong, maggot!

Damn!

What is tier 1 capital?

Er, tier 1 capital is a core measure of bank's financial strength, supposed primarily of equity⁸, capital and cash reserves.

But?

But also possibly including irredeemable non-cumulative preferred stock and retained earnings. Let's do this thing! Ah....

I am ready, baby! I've learned it all. I've been studying. Did you know that the guy on the 20 was a president but the guy on the 100’s just some …… guy? I didn't know that. So what was my opponent doing today to prepare?

Please welcome Jim Cramer.

Yes, to prepare for this skirmish, he appeared in public with a convicted white collar criminal. Not sure how that's gonna help him.

If you are mad at somebody like, like Jon, hey, make believe this is Jon Stewart. It's cold, now the pastry⁹ is cold, hey, you do that very well.

Mr. Cramer, don't you destroy enough dough¹⁰ on your own show? Boom goes the dynamite¹¹. How weird¹² is our world, when Jim Cramer is on TV baking pie and Martha Stewart is the one who went to jail for security fraud. That's weird.

1 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

2 grudge   

n.不满，怨恨，妒嫉；vt.勉强给，不情愿做

参考例句：

• I grudge paying so much for such inferior goods.我不愿花这么多钱买次品。
• I do not grudge him his success.我不嫉妒他的成功。

3 feud   

n.长期不和；世仇；v.长期争斗；世代结仇

参考例句：

• How did he start his feud with his neighbor?他是怎样和邻居开始争吵起来的？
• The two tribes were long at feud with each other.这两个部族长期不和。

4 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

5 brawl   

n.大声争吵，喧嚷；v.吵架，对骂

参考例句：

• They had nothing better to do than brawl in the street.他们除了在街上斗殴做不出什么好事。
• I don't want to see our two neighbours engaged in a brawl.我不希望我们两家吵架吵得不可开交。

6 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

7 component   

n.组成部分，成分，元件；adj.组成的，合成的

参考例句：

• Each component is carefully checked before assembly.每个零件在装配前都经过仔细检查。
• Blade and handle are the component parts of a knife.刀身和刀柄是一把刀的组成部分。

8 equity   

n.公正，公平，（无固定利息的）股票

参考例句：

• They shared the work of the house with equity.他们公平地分担家务。
• To capture his equity,Murphy must either sell or refinance.要获得资产净值，墨菲必须出售或者重新融资。

9 pastry   

n.油酥面团，酥皮糕点

参考例句：

• The cook pricked a few holes in the pastry.厨师在馅饼上戳了几个洞。
• The pastry crust was always underdone.馅饼的壳皮常常烤得不透。

10 dough   

n.生面团；钱，现款

参考例句：

• She formed the dough into squares.她把生面团捏成四方块。
• The baker is kneading dough.那位面包师在揉面。

11 dynamite   

n./vt.(用)炸药(爆破)

参考例句：

• The workmen detonated the dynamite.工人们把炸药引爆了。
• The philosopher was still political dynamite.那位哲学家仍旧是政治上的爆炸性人物。

12 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。