新奇事件簿 韩国政府帮助负债人群

Many people around the world have a lot of debt. They owe a lot of money. They are using credit¹ cards more and more. People are taking out loans² to help them buy food. More young people are borrowing lots of money and have huge student loans. One country is doing something to help people with debt. South Korea is going to write off the debts of as many as 1.6 million people. The government wants to help people on low incomes who have money problems. It has a scheme called the National Happiness Fund³. It wants to help people to make a fresh start in life, without money worries. South Koreans who are struggling to pay back debts of less than $9,000 could get help.

世界上很多人都身背债务。他们欠了不少钱。他们的信用卡也越来越多。人们靠贷款的帮助购买食物。更多的年轻人借大笔的钱并身负巨额的学生贷款。有一个国家正为帮助这些身负贷款的人而努力。韩国正准备免除不下于160万人的贷款。政府想要帮助那些有财务问题的低收入人群。韩国政府制定了一项被称为国民幸福基金的方案。想要帮助人们在生活中重新开始而不用为财务问题担忧。偿还贷款数额低于9千美元的韩国人可以获得帮助。

The National Happiness Fund started in 2013 to help the poorest people in Korea with their debts. The scheme was a big promise of a former South Korean president. He wanted to reduce growing inequality in the country. Household debt is a big issue in South Korea. The Happiness Fund will help with this. However, there is still a big problem with middle and higher-income workers. These people have most of the debt in South Korea. The Korea Times newspaper said the government is, "preventing numerous⁴ working families from going bankrupt⁵ under a mountain of debt". It said the government needed to act soon because there could be a big debt crisis⁶ coming.

国民幸福基金开始于2013年，目的在于帮助韩国最贫困人口解决债务问题。该方案是一名前任韩国总统的一个大承诺。他希望减少国内不断增长的不平等问题。家庭债务是韩国的一个大问题。而国民幸福基金能够帮助缓解这个问题。然而，在中等收入和较高收入工人中仍存在一个大问题。这类人群在韩国所背债务最多。《韩国时报》称，政府正“防止众多债务如山的工薪家庭走向破产”。报纸还说道，政府需要马上行动，因为一场巨大的债务危机即将来临。

1 credit   

n.信用，荣誉，贷款，学分；v.归功于，赞颂，信任

参考例句：

• I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
• He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉，我们做不讨好的工作。

2 loans   

n.借出物，借款( loan的名词复数 )v.借出，贷与（尤指钱）( loan的第三人称单数 )；出借（贵重物品给博物馆等）

参考例句：

• They are offering loans at extortionate rates of interest. 他们在放高利贷。
• Government loans have been the salvation of several shaky business companies. 政府的贷款救活了几家濒临倒闭的公司。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 fund   

n.基金，资金，存款，财源，贮藏；vt.提供资金，积累

参考例句：

• They decided to set up a fund for this purpose.他们决定为此专立一项基金。
• This fund may not be drawn on without permission.这笔钱非经批准不得动用。

4 numerous   

adj.为数众多的；极多的

参考例句：

• There have been numerous exchanges of views between the two governments.两国政府间曾多次交换意见。
• There are numerous people in the square. 有许多人在广场上。

5 bankrupt   

n.破产者；adj.破产的；vt.使...破产

参考例句：

• That factory has gone bankrupt.那家工厂倒了。
• The enemy's scheme went bankrupt.敌人的计谋破产了。

6 crisis   

n.危机，危急关头，决定性时刻，关键阶段

参考例句：

• He had proved that he could be relied on in a crisis.他已表明，在紧要关头他是可以信赖的。
• The topic today centers about the crisis in the Middle East.今天课题的中心是中东危机。