100万美元在世界各地能买到什么：英语精读讲义

You may have seen our show, What a Dollar Gets You Around the World,

你可能看过我们的节目《一美元在世界各地能买到什么》，

in which we demonstrated how in countries such as Switzerland,

在那期节目中，我们展示了在像瑞士这样的国家，

a mere buck doesn't get you very far at all. 講解

区区一美元根本买不到什么。

A tin of cheap dog food,

一罐廉价的狗粮，

for instance,

举个例子，

was the same price in Switzerland

在瑞士的价格

as a decent meal from one of Thailand's famed roadside vendors.

与在泰国著名的路边摊吃一顿丰盛的饭菜价格一样。

Today, we won't concentrate on frugality,

今天，我们不打算探讨如何节俭，

but on quite the opposite. 短語搭配

而是恰恰相反。

What can the big spenders of the world get when they decide to throw caution to the wind and outlay some of their savings? 講解

当世界上花钱大手大脚的人决定抛开顾虑，花掉一些积蓄时，他们能得到什么？

What if you were relatively rich in New York City and then emigrated to rural Somalia? 語法

如果你在纽约市相对富有，然后移民到索马里农村，会怎样？

Just how rich would you be or feel then?

那时你会多有钱，或者感觉自己有多富有？

That's exactly what we intend to find out in this episode of the Infographics Show,

这正是我们打算在这期The Infographics Show中寻找的答案：

What You Can Buy for a Million Dollars Around the World.

《在世界各地，一百万美元能买到什么》。

Don't forget to subscribe and click the bell button so that you can be part of our notifications club.

别忘了订阅并点击小铃铛按钮，这样你就能加入我们的通知俱乐部了。

First of all,

首先，

let's have a look at where all those millionaires are.

让我们来看看这些百万富翁都在哪里。

A recent report by Global Wealth Databook shows us that the top 20 list of the most millionaires in a country

《全球财富数据手册》最近的一份报告向我们展示了全球百万富翁最多的前20个国家列表中

is populated mostly by European nations.

大部分是欧洲国家。

The United States has the most millionaires, though,

不过，美国的百万富翁人数最多，

at 13,554,000.

达到13,554,000人。

Japan is second with 2,826,000 millionaires,

日本位居第二，有2,826,000名百万富翁，

and the UK is third with 2,225,000.

英国排名第三，有2,225,000人。

Germany, France, China, Italy, Canada, Australia, and Switzerland

德国、法国、中国、意大利、加拿大、澳大利亚和瑞士

are also in the top 10 in that order. 短語搭配

也按此顺序位列前十。

If we look at the top of the list, the USA,

如果我们看看榜首的美国，

the median yearly salary in the country

该国的中位数年薪

is 44,977 dollars.

是44,977美元。

But what can a wealthy American get when spending a cool million in his or her country? 用詞

但是，一个富有的美国人在自己的国家花上一百万美元能买到什么呢？

The Daily Mail reported in 2017

《每日邮报》在2017年报道称，

that the cost of an American house in certain parts of the country

美国某些地区房屋的成本

is so different that in New York City, 語法

差异如此之大，以至于在纽约市，

1 million dollars will only get you a 750 square foot apartment,

100万美元只能买到一套750平方英尺的公寓，

and in San Francisco,

而在旧金山，

you can buy a rather unprepossessing renovated condo.

你可以买到一套看起来不怎么起眼的翻新公寓。

But if you move to Savannah, Georgia or Asheville, North Carolina,

但如果你搬到佐治亚州的萨凡纳或北卡罗来纳州的阿什维尔，

you can live like a king in a country mansion 習語

你可以在一栋乡村豪宅中像国王一样生活，

surrounded by manicured gardens.

周围环绕着修剪整齐的花园。

If you are filling those houses with children,

如果你的房子里住满了孩子，

you'll need to keep spending

你就需要继续花钱，

as Goldman Sachs reports that raising two children in the USA these days

因为高盛集团报告称，如今在美国抚养两个孩子

will set you back about 1 million dollars. 短語動詞

大约需要花费100万美元。

As you'll know from our other shows,

正如你从我们其他节目中了解到的，

healthcare can be quite costly in the US,

美国的医疗保健费用可能相当高昂，

so Americans might hope they'll never need an intestine transplant,

所以美国人最好祈祷他们永远不需要做肠道移植手术，

as that will cost them 1.1 million dollars.

因为那将花费他们110万美元。

If they've taken care of the house, kids, and their health,

如果他们已经安排好了房子、孩子和健康问题，

and still have cash to around,

并且手头还有闲钱，

they might buy 1 dollar for a million dollars.

他们可能会用一百万美元买下“一美元”。

A 1794 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar,

也就是一枚1794年的飘发自由女神银元，

that is, the first ever dollar minted in US history.

即美国历史上铸造的第一枚美元硬币。

Perhaps your idea of living big is not having a rare coin mounted on your mansion wall, 習語

也许你心目中的奢华生活并不是在豪宅的墙上镶嵌一枚稀有硬币，

but living like a true free agent with your very own paradise island.

而是像一个真正的自由人一样，拥有属于自己的天堂岛屿。

Looking at the sales of private islands online,

查看网上私人岛屿的销售情况，

we couldn't find a place for exactly 1 million when looking for paradise islands,

在寻找天堂岛屿时，我们找不到价格刚好是100万美元的地方，

at least.

至少没找到。

The closest to a million was a 945,000 dollar private island in Belize.

最接近一百万美元的是伯利兹一个价值945,000美元的私人岛屿。

The 2.5 acre island called Sunset Caye is located 7 miles off the coast in Placencia Peninsula.

这座名为Sunset Caye的2.5英亩岛屿位于普拉森西亚半岛海岸外7英里处。

To be honest, the island isn't much to look at. 習語

老实说，这个岛没什么好看的。

If you want a really cool-looking private island,

如果你想要一个看起来很酷的私人岛屿，

you'll be looking at spending more like 25 to 50 million dollars. 短語搭配

你的预算应该在2500万到5000万美元之间。

According to Christie's International Real Estate,

根据佳士得国际房地产公司的数据，

in Belize, you can buy a luxury home on the mainland for 1 million.

在伯利兹，你可以花100万美元在大陆上买一套豪宅。

You would only be paying gardeners and cleaners about 10 dollars a day,

你每天只需付给园丁和清洁工大约10美元，

since that's the average wage in Belize for this kind of work.

因为这是伯利兹此类工作的平均工资。

With all that money you are saving on local staff,

既然你在当地员工身上省下了这么多钱，

you may as well splurge and get yourself a luxury yacht. 語法

你不妨挥霍一下，给自己买一艘豪华游艇。

With just a mere million, though,

不过，仅凭区区一百万，

you may find you have to buy a fairly old yacht.

你可能会发现你只能买一艘相当旧的游艇。

Right now online,

现在在网上，

you can buy a 2001 Mangusta 10 yacht going for 999,000 dollars. 短語動詞

你可以花999,000美元买到一艘2001年的Mangusta 10游艇。

It comes with four staterooms and a big living room,

它配有四个特等舱和一个大客厅，

all consisting of the comforts of a luxury home.

拥有豪华住宅的舒适设施。

None of this would be a problem for the richest Belizean alive,

所有这些对世界上最富有的伯利兹人来说都不是问题，

China-born Huang Maoru, who is worth about 1 billion dollars.

这位出生于中国的富豪黄茂如，身价约10亿美元。

If that kind of life is not for you,

如果那种生活不适合你，

what about steeping yourself in history and living in an old castle? 習語

那么沉浸在历史中，住在一座古堡里怎么样？

Well,

好吧，

you could do just that for just over a million dollars in Bonnie Scotland. 文化背景

你可以在美丽的苏格兰花一百多万美元做到这一点。

Carbisdale Castle in Sutherland, Northwest Highlands,

位于西北高地萨瑟兰的卡比斯代尔城堡，

was on sale recently for just over 1 million dollars.

最近以略高于100万美元的价格挂牌出售。

Built in 1905, 語法

这座建于1905年的住宅，

the 40-bedroom home comes replete with huge gardens, feasting halls, game rooms, 用詞

拥有40间卧室，配备了巨大的花园、宴会厅、游戏室，

and just about everything else you'd expect in a British castle.

以及你期望在英国城堡里看到的一切。

Writing about owning a castle of a similar size,

在谈到拥有一座类似规模的城堡时，

the BBC reported in 2014 that gardening, heating, and personnel could cost anywhere from 6,800 to 11,000 dollars a month. 語法

BBC在2014年报道称，园艺、供暖和人员配置每月的成本可能在6,800至11,000美元之间。

If you needed to renovate,

如果你需要翻新，

the same article said that would cost up to 5,800 dollars per square meter.

同一篇文章指出，成本最高可达每平方米5,800美元。

Fixing things and paying staff would soon take up another million dollars. 短語動詞

维修物品和支付员工工资很快就会耗费掉另一个一百万美元。

According to job sites in Scotland,

根据苏格兰的招聘网站，

the average cleaner's wage is just over 22,000 US dollars a year.

清洁工的平均工资略高于每年22,000美元。

So you can only imagine how much money you'd be paying to keep your castle dust free.

所以你完全可以想象，要保持你的城堡一尘不染，你需要花多少钱。

You should also have fine wine when inviting guests to such a grand place.

邀请客人来到如此宏伟的地方时，你也应该备有高档葡萄酒。

UK auction house Sotheby's reports that its recent fine and rare wine season sale amounted to 1,059,000 dollars of wine sold.

英国拍卖行苏富比报告称，其最近的高级稀有葡萄酒拍卖季售出了价值1,059,000美元的葡萄酒。

Sotheby's writes,

苏富比写道，

"The rarity factor of these wines and their impeccable provenance led to an intense bidding competition." 用詞

“这些葡萄酒的稀缺性及其无可挑剔的来源导致了激烈的竞标竞争。”

The most expensive bottle of wine ever sold was a Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon 1992 sold in 2000 at a Napa Valley charity auction.

史上售出的最昂贵的一瓶葡萄酒是1992年的啸鹰赤霞珠，于2000年在纳帕谷的慈善拍卖会上售出。

It was a whopping 500,000 dollars. 用詞

价格高达50万美元。

So for your million,

因此，用你的一百万美元，

you could get drunk enough on two bottles to forget you'd bought them. 語法

你可以喝上两瓶，醉到忘记你买了它们。

With all the wealth in the world,

即使拥有世界上所有的财富，

you are still going to age,

你仍然会变老，

but could you at least stall this cosmetically if you had the chance?

但如果有机会，你至少能通过整容来延缓衰老吗？

The famous American socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein, aka Catwoman,

著名的美国名媛乔斯林·威尔顿斯坦，又名“猫女”，

is known for her very extensive facial surgeries.

以她广泛的面部手术而闻名。

There is no exact number online regarding how much each surgery cost her,

网上没有确切的数据说明她每次手术花了多少钱，

but it's thought she has spent in the region of 4 million dollars on surgeries in total. 講解

但据信她在整容手术上总共花费了大约400万美元。

If you do have plans to live forever, 語法

如果你确实有长生不老的计划，

you might choose to cryogenically freeze your body so it can be brought back to life in the future 習語

你可能会选择将身体进行低温冷冻，以便将来复活，

when the tech is good enough to do so.

等到技术足够成熟的那一天。

The largest facility in the world today is the Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale, Arizona.

目前世界上最大的此类机构是位于亚利桑那州斯科茨代尔的阿尔科生命延续基金。

It will charge you 200,000 dollars for a full body freeze,

全身冷冻收费20万美元，

so for a million, you could pay for the family.

所以用一百万，你可以为全家人买单。

According to the Guardian,

据《卫报》报道，

there are 300 cryogenically frozen folks in the US, 50 in Russia,

美国有300名接受了低温冷冻的人，俄罗斯有50名，

and thousands more people in line worldwide.

并且全球还有成千上万的人在排队等候。

A recent Global Finance Magazine report on the world's poorest nations

《全球金融杂志》最近一份关于世界上最贫穷国家的报告

put this 200,000 dollar price tag at more money than most people in those nations will earn in their entire lives. 用詞

指出，这20万美元的标价，比这些国家大多数人一辈子挣的钱还要多。

According to the website African Vault,

根据African Vault网站的数据，

Somalia is one of the most impoverished nations in the world with a GDP per capita of only 128.1 dollars. 文化背景

索马里是世界上最贫穷的国家之一，人均GDP仅为128.1美元。

The average net salary is about 202 dollars a month

平均净月薪约为202美元，

with about 43% of Somalia's population living below the poverty line. 文化背景

索马里约43%的人口生活在贫困线以下。

But what if you had a million dollars in Somalia?

但如果你在索马里拥有一百万美元呢？

A Somalian property website has a listing of a six-bedroom luxury house in Darasalam City, Mogadishu at 114,000 dollars.

索马里一个房地产网站上的挂牌信息显示，摩加迪沙达拉萨拉姆市的一套六居室豪宅售价为114,000美元。

If you had a million, you could buy nine of those and have some change. 用詞

如果你有一百万，你可以买九套这样的房子，还能有找零。

The country might be poor,

这个国家可能很穷，

but it's doing good business in livestock export.

但它的牲畜出口生意做得很好。

For 10 to 30,000 dollars,

花1万到3万美元，

you could buy a large plot of land for farming,

你可以买下一大块土地用于耕种，

and according to a Somalian website,

并且根据一个索马里网站的说法，

if you turn up to a local cattle market, 短語動詞

如果你去当地的牛市，

you can get your hands on a small goat or sheep for as little as 20 bucks. 講解

你花低至20美元就能买到一只小山羊或绵羊。

A million bucks gives you a massive farm in Somalia.

一百万美元可以让你在索马里拥有一个巨大的农场。

It also buys you 50,000 Somali goats.

它还可以让你买下5万只索马里山羊。

In 2014, a bumper year, 用詞

在2014年这个大丰收之年，

Somalia exported 4.6 million sheep and goats,

索马里出口了460万只绵羊和山羊，

so your order of 50,000 shouldn't be a problem.

所以你订购5万只应该不成问题。

Instead of purchasing thousands of sheep and goats and starting a farm,

与其购买成千上万只绵羊和山羊并建立一个农场，

you could have almost bought one Canadian cow. 語法

你差点就能买到一头加拿大的牛了。

She's called Missy, and she sold for 1.2 million dollars in 2009.

她叫Missy，2009年以120万美元的价格售出。

In 2012,

在2012年，

this Holstein cow was crowned Canadian cow of the year,

这头荷斯坦奶牛被评为年度加拿大奶牛，

which must have made her Danish millionaire owner very happy. 語法

这一定让她的丹麦百万富翁主人非常高兴。

Canada, a country often said to have a very high standard of living,

加拿大，一个通常被认为生活水平很高的国家，

as you know, is home to a lot of millionaires.

如你所知，是许多百万富翁的家园。

1,117,000 to be precise, 表達脈絡

准确地说是1,117,000名，

at least as of April 2017. 短語搭配

至少截至2017年4月是如此。

According to Canada's Globe and Mail,

根据加拿大《环球邮报》的报道，

right now, 1 million will buy you a renovated four-bedroom waterfront house in Halifax,

现在，100万可以让你在哈利法克斯买一栋翻修过的四居室海滨别墅，

but in Vancouver, only a fixer-upper in the suburbs. 用詞

但在温哥华，只能在郊区买一套需要大修的房子。

The newspaper was probably using Canadian dollars,

不过，这家报纸使用的可能是加元，

though, which would be 786,000 US dollars.

折合下来大概是786,000美元。

Head up north to the Yukon and you can spend the night at the Million Dollar Falls Campground, 短語動詞

向北前往育空地区，你可以在百万美元瀑布露营地过夜，

although it's actually only about 10 US bucks a night for camping.

尽管在那里露营一晚实际上只需大约10美元。

For a million dollars,

拥有一百万美元的话，

you could stay there 273.97 years.

你可以在那里住上273.97年。

Just watch out for the grizzlies who don't care if you are rich or poor. 短語動詞

只要小心那些不管你贫富的灰熊就行了。

So, what can you get for a million dollars in your country?

那么，一百万美元在你的国家能买到什么？

Or better yet, 表達脈絡

或者更进一步，

if you had a million dollars,

如果你有一百万美元，

where and on what would you spend it?

你会把钱花在哪里、花在什么地方？

Let us know in the comments.

请在评论中告诉我们。

Also, be sure to check out our other video called What A Dollar Gets You Around the World.

另外，请务必查看我们的另一段名为《一美元在世界各地能买到什么》的视频。

Thanks for watching,

感谢您的观看，

and as always, don't forget to like, share, and subscribe.

像往常一样，别忘了点赞、分享和订阅。

See you next time.

我们下期再见。