纽约时报 为什么金融大师们会降低诱饵?(4)

Then you remember the neon advertisements behind him and the exhortations¹ to go "from $0 to millionaire and beyond."

然后你就会想起他身后的霓虹灯广告和“从0美元到百万富翁甚至更多”的劝诫。

That Paffrath, a multimillionaire landlord who once extolled² the virtues³ of misleading tenants⁴ and vigorously refusing to rent to people with suboptimal credit scores,

帕夫拉斯，一个百万富翁的房东，曾经歌颂误导房客和极力拒绝向信用记录不佳的人租房的美德，

has come to be an exasperated⁵ avatar for emergency economic relief for the neediest — most of whom would be spending it on rent — feels deeply, typically American.

现在却成了紧急经济危机下的愤怒化身对于那些最需要帮助的人（他们中的大多数人会把钱花在房租上）而言，这是典型的美国人。

A CNBC profile reported that Paffrath actually makes most of his money not from the industry he built his status on, not from investing or even from buying rental⁶ properties,

美国全国广播公司财经频道的一篇报道称，实际上，帕夫拉斯大部分的收入并非来自他建立声望的行业，也不是来自投资，甚至不是来自购买租赁房产，

but via his audience itself, from his YouTube channel's advertising⁷ revenue and affiliate⁸ programs.

而是来自他的观众本身，来自他的YouTube频道的广告收入和附属节目。

This confluence⁹ of the sincere and the cynical¹⁰ recurs¹¹ constantly in stimulus¹²-check YouTube.

这种真诚与愤世嫉俗的融合在YouTube中不断出现。

It serves a uniquely American need: Even at the height of desperation, nothing can ever dispel¹³ the mirage¹⁴ that riches are available to anyone with the work ethic¹⁵ and (if you insist) a little savvy¹⁶.

它满足了美国人的一种独特需求：即使在极度绝望的时候，也无法消除这样一种幻想：只要有职业道德和一点悟性（如果你坚持的话），财富就能唾手可得。

In the days leading up to the relief bill becoming law, Paffrath's stimulus content remained his most popular product;

在救济法案成为法律的前几天，帕夫拉斯较为刺激的内容仍然是他最受欢迎的视频；

soon he was posting videos calming those members of his audience for whom the $1,400 deposit had not yet arrived.

很快，他就开始发布视频，安抚那些尚未收到1400美元的观众。

Can the path forward for someone like Paffrath really lead back to making videos from the driver's seat of a Tesla, promising¹⁷ to make viewers rich?

对于帕夫拉斯这样的人来说，未来的道路真的会回到坐在特斯拉的驾驶席上拍摄视频，承诺让观众致富吗？

Or will what he has seen during this stint¹⁸ — months of tending to a public desperate for news of a couple thousand dollars — open his eyes to the possibility of being just another rich person hustling¹⁹ the poor?

或者他在这段时间里所看到的——几个月来为渴望得到几千美元新闻的公众提供帮助——会让他意识到自己可能成为另一个向穷人推销的富人吗？

1 exhortations   

n.敦促( exhortation的名词复数 )；极力推荐；（正式的）演讲；（宗教仪式中的）劝诫

参考例句：

• The monuments of men's ancestors were the most impressive exhortations. 先辈们的丰碑最能奋勉人心的。 来自辞典例句
• Men has free choice. Otherwise counsels, exhortations, commands, prohibitions, rewards and punishments would be in vain. 人具有自由意志。否则，劝告、赞扬、命令、禁规、奖赏和惩罚都将是徒劳的。 来自辞典例句

2 extolled   

v.赞颂，赞扬，赞美( extol的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school. 他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Tessenow decried the metropolis and extolled the peasant virtues. 特森诺夫痛诋大都市，颂扬农民的美德。 来自辞典例句

3 virtues   

美德( virtue的名词复数 )； 德行； 优点； 长处

参考例句：

• Doctors often extol the virtues of eating less fat. 医生常常宣扬少吃脂肪的好处。
• She delivered a homily on the virtues of family life. 她进行了一场家庭生活美德方面的说教。

4 tenants   

n.房客( tenant的名词复数 )；佃户；占用者；占有者

参考例句：

• A number of tenants have been evicted for not paying the rent. 许多房客因不付房租被赶了出来。
• Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。

5 exasperated   

adj.恼怒的

参考例句：

• We were exasperated at his ill behaviour. 我们对他的恶劣行为感到非常恼怒。
• Constant interruption of his work exasperated him. 对他工作不断的干扰使他恼怒。

6 rental   

n.租赁，出租，出租业

参考例句：

• The yearly rental of her house is 2400 yuan.她这房子年租金是2400元。
• We can organise car rental from Chicago O'Hare Airport.我们可以安排提供从芝加哥奥黑尔机场出发的租车服务。

7 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。

8 affiliate   

vt.使隶(附)属于；n.附属机构，分公司

参考例句：

• Our New York company has an affiliate in Los Angeles.我们的纽约公司在洛杉矶有一个下属企业。
• What is the difference between affiliate and regular membership?固定会员和附属会员之间的区别是什么？

9 confluence   

n.汇合，聚集

参考例句：

• They built the city at the confluence of two rivers.他们建造了城市的汇合两条河流。
• The whole DV movements actually was a confluence of several trends.整个当时的DV运动，实际上是几股潮流的同谋。

10 cynical   

adj.(对人性或动机)怀疑的，不信世道向善的

参考例句：

• The enormous difficulty makes him cynical about the feasibility of the idea.由于困难很大，他对这个主意是否可行持怀疑态度。
• He was cynical that any good could come of democracy.他不相信民主会带来什么好处。

11 recurs   

再发生，复发( recur的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• This theme recurs several times throughout the book. 这一主题在整部书里出现了好几次。
• Leap year recurs every four years. 每四年闰年一次。

12 stimulus   

n.刺激，刺激物，促进因素，引起兴奋的事物

参考例句：

• Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
• Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。

13 dispel   

vt.驱走，驱散，消除

参考例句：

• I tried in vain to dispel her misgivings.我试图消除她的疑虑，但没有成功。
• We hope the programme will dispel certain misconceptions about the disease.我们希望这个节目能消除对这种疾病的一些误解。

14 mirage   

n.海市蜃楼，幻景

参考例句：

• Perhaps we are all just chasing a mirage.也许我们都只是在追逐一个幻想。
• Western liberalism was always a mirage.西方自由主义永远是一座海市蜃楼。

15 ethic   

n.道德标准，行为准则

参考例句：

• They instilled the work ethic into their children.他们在孩子们的心中注入了职业道德的理念。
• The connotation of education ethic is rooted in human nature's mobility.教育伦理的内涵根源于人本性的变动性。

16 savvy   

v.知道，了解；n.理解能力，机智，悟性；adj.有见识的，懂实际知识的，通情达理的

参考例句：

• She was a pretty savvy woman.她是个见过世面的漂亮女人。
• Where's your savvy?你的常识到哪里去了？

17 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

18 stint   

v.节省，限制，停止；n.舍不得化，节约，限制；连续不断的一段时间从事某件事

参考例句：

• He lavished money on his children without stint.他在孩子们身上花钱毫不吝惜。
• We hope that you will not stint your criticism.我们希望您不吝指教。

19 hustling   

催促（hustle的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• Our quartet was out hustling and we knew we stood good to take in a lot of change before the night was over. 我们的四重奏是明显地卖座的， 而且我们知道在天亮以前，我们有把握收入一大笔钱。
• Men in motors were hustling to pass one another in the hustling traffic. 开汽车的人在繁忙的交通中急急忙忙地互相超车。