尼克.李森 01

[00:32.01]Nick Leeson  尼克.李森
[00:40.20]unsupervised  无人监管的
[00:46.01]collapse¹  崩溃
[00:51.74]Nicholas Leeson (English, born February 25, 1967)
[00:59.03]is a former derivatives² trader
[01:01.90]whose unsupervised speculative³ trading
[01:05.61]caused the collapse of Barings Bank,
[01:08.91]the United Kingdom's oldest investment bank.
[01:14.10]讲解
[01:50.44]Nicholas Leeson (English, born February 25, 1967)
[02:05.72]is a former derivatives trader
[02:12.97]whose unsupervised speculative trading
[02:16.12]caused the collapse of Barings Bank,
[02:19.97]the United Kingdom's oldest investment bank.
[02:43.51]语言点
[02:45.21]unsupervised
[02:50.57]We should not make the situation supervised.
[02:58.47]supervise  监督，管理
[03:06.75]She supervises the whole department.
[03:12.16]collapse  崩溃
[03:14.91]Their project collapsed⁴ for lack of money.
[03:23.47]倒塌
[03:25.85]Numerous houses collapsed as a result
[03:28.54]of the Tangshan Earthquake in 1976.
[03:49.49]financial  金融的
[03:54.10]appoint  任命
[03:58.48]future  期货
[04:03.56]Leeson was born in Watford, north-west of London.
[04:08.02]He attended Parmiter's School,
[04:10.55]where teachers found him to be a poor mathematician⁵.
[04:15.20]After leaving school,
[04:17.05]Leeson found a job at Barings in the early 1990s,
[04:22.05]with almost no financial experience;
[04:25.69]in a matter of a few years,
[04:27.98]he was appointed manager of a new operation
[04:31.60]in futures⁶ markets
[04:33.63]on the Singapore International Monetary⁷ Exchange.
[04:39.08]讲解
[05:10.95]Leeson was born in Watford, north-west of London.
[05:19.70]He attended Parmiter's School,
[05:21.97]where teachers found him to be a poor mathematician.
[05:33.73]After leaving school,
[05:35.49]Leeson found a job at Barings in the early 1990s,
[05:40.65]with almost no financial experience;
[05:55.58]in a matter of a few years,
[05:57.78]he was appointed manager of a new operation
[06:01.42]in futures markets
[06:03.69]on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange.
[06:19.17]语言点
[06:22.20]financial  金融的，财政的
[06:26.12]financial crisis  金融危机
[06:29.44]finance
[06:32.48]财政部  Department of Finance
[06:37.24]appoint  任命，任职
[06:43.13]appoint+sb.+职位
[06:51.14]Appointed her the chief operating officer of the company.
[06:59.44]future  未来 / 期货
[07:04.67]future market  期货市场
[07:09.71]stock
[07:28.01]unauthorized  未经授权的
[07:33.56]account for  占…比例
[07:38.85]go sour  变酸，出漏子
[07:45.21]numerology  命理学
[07:51.27]From 1992, Leeson made unauthorized speculative trades
[07:57.86]that at first made large profits for his employer,
[08:02.11]accounting for 10% of Barings' annual income.
[08:06.97]His luck quickly went sour,
[08:09.62]and he used a secret account
[08:12.57](numbered 88888
[08:16.69]-- a number considered very lucky in Chinese numerology)
[08:21.05]to hide his losses.
[08:25.07]讲解
[08:59.84]From 1992, Leeson made unauthorized speculative trades
[09:06.46]that at first made large profits for his employer,
[09:10.65]accounting for 10% of Barings' annual income.
[09:29.38]His luck quickly went sour,
[09:32.01]and he used a secret account
[09:34.95](numbered 88888
[09:46.19]-- a number considered very lucky in Chinese numerology)
[09:50.35]to hide his losses.
[10:00.54]语言点
[10:02.99]unauthorized
[10:05.03]authorize  授权，批准
[10:10.35]The local government authorized
[10:12.48]the construction of a new airport.
[10:19.55]unauthorized  未经批准的
[10:23.93]They secretly carried out the unauthorized project.
[10:33.92]account for  占（…比例）
[10:39.08]Girls account for 50% of all the students in the class.
[10:47.01]go sour
[10:48.40]sour  酸的
[10:59.02]After a promising⁸ start, things began to turn sour.
[11:09.64]Numerology
[11:10.90]ology  学问，学说
[11:15.61]biology  生物学
[11:18.11]geology  地质学
[11:21.54]numerology
[11:53.59]Nicholas Leeson (English, born February 25, 1967)
[12:00.99]is a former derivatives trader
[12:03.63]whose unsupervised speculative trading
[12:07.05]caused the collapse of Barings Bank,
[12:10.65]the United Kingdom's oldest investment bank.
[12:14.48]Leeson was born in Watford, north-west of London.
[12:18.87]He attended Parmiter's School,
[12:21.33]where teachers found him to be a poor mathematician.
[12:26.14]After leaving school,
[12:27.96]Leeson found a job at Barings in the early 1990s,
[12:32.88]with almost no financial experience;
[12:36.35]in a matter of a few years,
[12:38.76]he was appointed manager of a new operation
[12:42.50]in futures markets
[12:44.54]on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange.
[12:49.61]From 1992, Leeson made unauthorized speculative trades
[12:56.13]that at first made large profits for his employer,
[13:00.54]accounting for 10% of Barings' annual income.
[13:05.33]His luck quickly went sour,
[13:07.92]and he used a secret account
[13:10.81](numbered 88888
[13:15.01]-- a number considered very lucky in Chinese numerology)
[13:19.29]to hide his losses.
[13:40.62]谢谢收听

1 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

2 derivatives   

n.衍生性金融商品；派生物，引出物( derivative的名词复数 )；导数

参考例句：

• Many English words are derivatives of Latin words. 许多英语词来自拉丁语。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• These compounds are nitrosohydroxylamine derivatives. 这类合成物是亚硝基羟胺衍生物。 来自辞典例句

3 speculative   

adj.思索性的，暝想性的，推理的

参考例句：

• Much of our information is speculative.我们的许多信息是带推测性的。
• The report is highly speculative and should be ignored.那个报道推测的成分很大，不应理会。

4 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

5 mathematician   

n.数学家

参考例句：

• The man with his back to the camera is a mathematician.背对着照相机的人是位数学家。
• The mathematician analyzed his figures again.这位数学家再次分析研究了他的这些数字。

6 futures   

n.期货，期货交易

参考例句：

• He continued his operations in cotton futures.他继续进行棉花期货交易。
• Cotton futures are selling at high prices.棉花期货交易的卖价是很高的。

7 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

8 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。