加拿大废除了1分硬币（万岁！）：英语精读讲义

Hello internet.

你好，互联网。

I want to talk about Canada,

我想聊聊加拿大，

who this week made my reasons to like her list

本周她让我喜欢她的理由清单

one item longer by deciding to abolish the penny.

又多了一项，因为她决定废除一分硬币。

Since I previously made a video called death to pennies,

既然我之前做过一期叫“一分硬币去死”的视频，

it should come as no surprise that this move gets a big go Canada from me. 短語搭配

那么我对这一举动大呼“加拿大干得漂亮”也就不足为奇了。

So let's take a moment to cheer Canada for her economic rationalism,

所以让我们花点时间为加拿大的经济理性欢呼，

look at how getting rid of a coin works in practice, 短語動詞

看看在实践中取消硬币是如何运作的，

and remind her sister to the south why she might want to do the same. 習語

并提醒她南边的妹妹（美国）为什么她可能也想这样做。

Canada's plan is pretty simple.

加拿大的计划很简单。

In a couple months,

几个月后，

the Royal Canadian Mint will switch the penny-making machine from on to off. 語法

加拿大皇家铸币局将把一分硬币制造机的开关从“开”拨到“关”。

That's it.

就这样。

Pretty much nothing else in the world is going to change.

世界上几乎没有其他事情会改变。

Pennies will still be legal tender in Canada, 用詞

在加拿大，一分硬币仍然是法定货币，

so that jar of several hundred that you'll never bother to count

所以你那罐永远也懒得数的好几百个一分钱

will always be worth just as much as it is today. 語法

价值将永远和今天一样。

And in shops,

而在商店里，

there will still be that person who pays with exact change. 短語搭配

仍然会有那种付刚刚好零钱的人。

But after they've tediously counted out their precious worthless pennies, 短語動詞

但当他们繁琐地数完那些宝贵又毫无价值的一分硬币后，

the shop will send them back to the Royal Canadian Mint to be melted down. 短語動詞

商店会把它们送回加拿大皇家铸币局熔毁。

Thus the supply of pennies will slowly decrease over time in a pleasant half-life curve. 文化背景

这样一来，一分硬币的供应量将随着时间推移，以令人愉悦的半衰期曲线缓慢减少。

But while the penny will functionally go away, 語法

但是，虽然一分硬币在功能上将会消失，

prices listed in 1-cent intervals will not.

以1分为单位标价的价格却不会。

Your coffee and Timbits will still cost the same, 文化背景

你的咖啡和Timbits依然是一样的价格，

and when you get to the cash register,

当你走到收银台，

the total amount after tax will still have single cents.

税后的总金额仍然会有零头。

If you pay by card, 短語搭配

如果你刷卡，

that exact amount will be deducted from your account. 短語搭配

那笔确切的金额就会从你的账户中扣除。

The only difference is if you pay in cash,

唯一的区别是如果你用现金支付，

not card, and you don't have any pennies with which to waste everyone else's time, 語法

而不是刷卡，而且你没有一分硬币来浪费其他人的时间，

then the price will be rounded to the nearest 5 cents. 短語搭配

那么价格将被四舍五入到最近的5分。

Of course,

当然，

in rounding,

在四舍五入时，

sometimes you win and sometimes you lose, 表達脈絡

有时你赚，有时你亏，

but, and this is the rather salient point,

但是，而这也是相当突出的一点，

either way a 1 or 2 cent difference just isn't worth caring about, 語法

无论如何，1分或2分的差别根本不值得关心，

which is why Canada can safely jettison the penny in the first place. 習語

这也是为什么加拿大一开始就能安全地抛弃一分硬币。

inevitably, though,

不过，不可避免地，

this is the point in the discussion when pro-penny people propose 用詞

在讨论进行到这里时，支持一分硬币的人会提出，

that ditching the worthless coin will make prices go up and your savings go down. 講解

抛弃这枚毫无价值的硬币会让物价上涨，存款减少。

But the evidence for this claim is nonexistent 短語搭配

但这种说法毫无根据，

because many countries have done this before with no ill effect. 短語搭配

因为许多国家以前都这样做过，并没有带来不良影响。

Sure, coin collectors and inefficiency fans will be sad to see the penny go, 語氣意圖

当然，硬币收藏家和低效爱好者会因为一分硬币的消失而感到悲伤，

but overall, it's a big win for Canada

但总的来说，这对加拿大来说是一个巨大的胜利，

because printing money isn't free. 用詞

因为印钞票并不是免费的。

The cost to make a 1-cent penny is 1.6 cents.

制造1分硬币的成本是1.6分。

So every year when Canada visited the Mint,

所以每年当加拿大造访铸币局时，

she spent $29 million to buy $18 million worth of pennies, 語法

她花了2900万美元去买价值1800万美元的一分硬币，

effectively throwing away $11 million a year. 習語

实际上每年白白扔掉了1100万美元。

Now, obviously, ditching pennies won't single-handedly balance the budget, 短語搭配

显然，现在抛弃一分硬币并不能靠一己之力平衡预算，

but it's the easiest most rational place to start.

但这是最简单、最理性的切入点。

Congratulations, Canada.

恭喜你，加拿大。

May others follow in your path. 語法

愿其他人也能走上你的道路。

P.S.

附言：

If you want to know more about why the United States in particular should get rid of pennies,

如果你想了解更多关于为什么美国特别应该取消一分硬币，

you can either watch my video on the topic 語法

你可以看我关于这个话题的视频，

or listen to fellow penny hater John Green get arm-wavingly angry about not only pennies, 講解

或者听听同样讨厌一分硬币的John Green不仅对一分硬币感到愤怒地挥舞手臂，

but also nickels, which are even worse.

而且对更糟糕的五分硬币也一样。

Also, there should be a new main video up in the next week or two, 用詞

另外，在接下来的一两周内应该会有一个新的主视频上传，

but if you want to help me make them faster,

但如果你想帮我做得更快，

you can go here on my website

你可以去我的网站这里，

to help out with the fact-checking for upcoming projects. 短語動詞

帮忙为即将到来的项目做事实核查。

Thanks for watching.

感谢观看。