100萬美元在世界各地能買到什麼：英語精讀講義

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

你可能看過我們的節目《一美元在世界各地能買到什麼》，

in which we demonstrated how in countries such as Switzerland,

在那期節目中，我們展示了在像瑞士這樣的國家，

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

區區一美元根本買不到什麼。

A tin of cheap dog food,

一罐廉價的狗糧，

for instance,

舉個例子，

was the same price in Switzerland

在瑞士的價格

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

與在泰國著名的路邊攤吃一頓豐盛的飯菜價格一樣。

Today, we won't concentrate on frugality,

今天，我們不打算探討如何節儉，

but on quite the opposite. 片語搭配

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

當世界上花錢大手大腳的人決定拋開顧慮，花掉一些存款時，他們能得到什麼？

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

如果你在紐約市相對富有，然後移民到索馬利亞農村，會怎樣？

Just how rich would you be or feel then?

那時你會多有錢，或者感覺自己有多富有？

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

這正是我們打算在這期The Infographics Show中尋找的答案：

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

《在世界各地，一百萬美元能買到什麼》。

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

別忘了訂閱並點擊小鈴鐺按鈕，這樣你就能加入我們的通知俱樂部了。

First of all,

首先，

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

讓我們來看看這些百萬富翁都在哪裡。

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

《全球財富數據手冊》最近的一份報告向我們展示了全球百萬富翁最多的前20個國家列表中

is populated mostly by European nations.

大部分是歐洲國家。

The United States has the most millionaires, though,

不過，美國的百萬富翁人數最多，

at 13,554,000.

達到13,554,000人。

Japan is second with 2,826,000 millionaires,

日本位居第二，有2,826,000名百萬富翁，

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

英國排名第三，有2,225,000人。

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

德國、法國、中國、義大利、加拿大、澳洲和瑞士

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

也按此順序位列前十。

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

如果我們看看榜首的美國，

the median yearly salary in the country

該國的中位數年薪

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，一個富有的美國人在自己的國家花上一百萬美元能買到什麼呢？

The Daily Mail reported in 2017

《每日郵報》在2017年報導稱，

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

美國某些地區房屋的成本

is so different that in New York City, 文法

差異如此之大，以至於在紐約市，

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

100萬美元只能買到一套750平方英尺的公寓，

and in San Francisco,

而在舊金山，

you can buy a rather unprepossessing renovated condo.

你可以買到一套看起來不怎麼起眼的翻新公寓。

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

但如果你搬到喬治亞州的薩凡納或北卡羅來納州的阿什維爾，

you can live like a king in a country mansion 慣用語

你可以在一棟鄉村豪宅中像國王一樣生活，

surrounded by manicured gardens.

周圍環繞著修剪整齊的花園。

If you are filling those houses with children,

如果你的房子裡住滿了孩子，

you'll need to keep spending

你就需要繼續花錢，

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

因為高盛集團報告稱，如今在美國撫養兩個孩子

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

大約需要花費100萬美元。

As you'll know from our other shows,

正如你從我們其他節目中了解到的，

healthcare can be quite costly in the US,

美國的醫療保健費用可能相當高昂，

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

所以美國人最好祈禱他們永遠不需要做腸道移植手術，

as that will cost them 1.1 million dollars.

因為那將花費他們110萬美元。

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

如果他們已經安排好了房子、孩子和健康問題，

and still have cash to around,

並且手頭還有閒錢，

they might buy 1 dollar for a million dollars.

他們可能會用一百萬美元買下「一美元」。

A 1794 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar,

也就是一枚1794年的飄髮自由女神銀元，

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

即美國歷史上鑄造的第一枚美元硬幣。

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

也許你心目中的奢華生活並不是在豪宅的牆上鑲嵌一枚稀有硬幣，

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

而是像一個真正的自由人一樣，擁有屬於自己的天堂島嶼。

Looking at the sales of private islands online,

查看網上私人島嶼的銷售情況，

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

在尋找天堂島嶼時，我們找不到價格剛好是100萬美元的地方，

at least.

至少沒找到。

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

最接近一百萬美元的是貝里斯一個價值945,000美元的私人島嶼。

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

這座名為Sunset Caye的2.5英畝島嶼位於普拉森西亞半島海岸外7英里處。

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

老實說，這個島沒什麼好看的。

If you want a really cool-looking private island,

如果你想要一個看起來很酷的私人島嶼，

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

你的預算應該在2500萬到5000萬美元之間。

According to Christie's International Real Estate,

根據佳士得國際房地產公司的數據，

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

在貝里斯，你可以花100萬美元在本土上買一套豪宅。

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

你每天只需付給園丁和清潔工大約10美元，

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

因為這是貝里斯此類工作的平均工資。

With all that money you are saving on local staff,

既然你在當地員工身上省下了這麼多錢，

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

你不妨揮霍一下，給自己買一艘豪華遊艇。

With just a mere million, though,

不過，僅憑區區一百萬，

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

你可能會發現你只能買一艘相當舊的遊艇。

Right now online,

現在在網上，

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

你可以花999,000美元買到一艘2001年的Mangusta 10遊艇。

It comes with four staterooms and a big living room,

它配有四個特等艙和一個大客廳，

all consisting of the comforts of a luxury home.

擁有豪華住宅的舒適設施。

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

所有這些對世界上最富有的貝里斯人來說都不是問題，

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

這位出生於中國的富豪黃茂如，身價約10億美元。

If that kind of life is not for you,

如果那種生活不適合你，

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

那麼沉浸在歷史中，住在一座古堡裡怎麼樣？

Well,

好吧，

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

你可以在美麗的蘇格蘭花一百多萬美元做到這一點。

Carbisdale Castle in Sutherland, Northwest Highlands,

位於西北高地薩瑟蘭的卡比斯代爾城堡，

was on sale recently for just over 1 million dollars.

最近以略高於100萬美元的價格掛牌出售。

Built in 1905, 文法

這座建於1905年的住宅，

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

擁有40間臥室，配備了巨大的花園、宴會廳、遊戲室，

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

以及你期望在英國城堡裡看到的一切。

Writing about owning a castle of a similar size,

在談到擁有一座類似規模的城堡時，

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

BBC在2014年報導稱，園藝、供暖和人員配置每月的成本可能在6,800至11,000美元之間。

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，成本最高可達每平方公尺5,800美元。

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

維修物品和支付員工工資很快就會耗費掉另一個一百萬美元。

According to job sites in Scotland,

根據蘇格蘭的招募網站，

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

清潔工的平均工資略高於每年22,000美元。

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

所以你完全可以想像，要保持你的城堡一塵不染，你需要花多少錢。

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

邀請客人來到如此宏偉的地方時，你也應該備有高檔葡萄酒。

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

英國拍賣行蘇富比報告稱，其最近的高級稀有葡萄酒拍賣季售出了價值1,059,000美元的葡萄酒。

Sotheby's writes,

蘇富比寫道，

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

「這些葡萄酒的稀缺性及其無可挑剔的來源導致了激烈的競標競爭。」

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

史上售出的最昂貴的一瓶葡萄酒是1992年的嘯鷹卡本內蘇維濃，於2000年在納帕谷的慈善拍賣會上售出。

It was a whopping 500,000 dollars. 用詞

價格高達50萬美元。

So for your million,

因此，用你的一百萬美元，

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

你可以喝上兩瓶，醉到忘記你買了它們。

With all the wealth in the world,

即使擁有世界上所有的財富，

you are still going to age,

你仍然會變老，

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

但如果有機會，你至少能透過整容來延緩衰老嗎？

The famous American socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein, aka Catwoman,

著名的美國名媛喬斯林·威爾頓斯坦，又名「貓女」，

is known for her very extensive facial surgeries.

以她廣泛的面部手術而聞名。

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

網上沒有確切的數據說明她每次手術花了多少錢，

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

但據信她在整容手術上總共花費了大約400萬美元。

If you do have plans to live forever, 文法

如果你確實有長生不老的計畫，

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

你可能會選擇將身體進行低溫冷凍，以便將來復活，

when the tech is good enough to do so.

等到技術足夠成熟的那一天。

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類機構是位於亞利桑那州斯科茨代爾的阿爾科生命延續基金。

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

全身冷凍收費20萬美元，

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

所以用一百萬，你可以為全家人買單。

According to the Guardian,

據《衛報》報導，

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

美國有300名接受了低溫冷凍的人，俄羅斯有50名，

and thousands more people in line worldwide.

並且全球還有成千上萬的人在排隊等候。

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

《全球金融雜誌》最近一份關於世界上最貧窮國家的報告

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，這20萬美元的標價，比這些國家大多數人一輩子賺的錢還要多。

According to the website African Vault,

根據African Vault網站的數據，

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

索馬利亞是世界上最貧窮的國家之一，人均GDP僅為128.1美元。

The average net salary is about 202 dollars a month

平均淨月薪約為202美元，

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

索馬利亞約43%的人口生活在貧窮線以下。

But what if you had a million dollars in Somalia?

但如果你在索馬利亞擁有一百萬美元呢？

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

索馬利亞一個房地產網站上的掛牌資訊顯示，摩加迪休達拉薩拉姆市的一套六居室豪宅售價為114,000美元。

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

如果你有一百萬，你可以買九套這樣的房子，還能有找零。

The country might be poor,

這個國家可能很窮，

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1萬到3萬美元，

you could buy a large plot of land for farming,

你可以買下一大塊土地用於耕種，

and according to a Somalian website,

並且根據一個索馬利亞網站的說法，

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

如果你去當地的牛市，

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

你花低至20美元就能買到一隻小山羊或綿羊。

A million bucks gives you a massive farm in Somalia.

一百萬美元可以讓你在索馬利亞擁有一個巨大的農場。

It also buys you 50,000 Somali goats.

它還可以讓你買下5萬隻索馬利亞山羊。

In 2014, a bumper year, 用詞

在2014年這個大豐收之年，

Somalia exported 4.6 million sheep and goats,

索馬利亞出口了460萬隻綿羊和山羊，

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

所以你訂購5萬隻應該不成問題。

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

與其購買成千上萬隻綿羊和山羊並建立一個農場，

you could have almost bought one Canadian cow. 文法

你差點就能買到一頭加拿大的牛了。

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

她叫Missy，2009年以120萬美元的價格售出。

In 2012,

在2012年，

this Holstein cow was crowned Canadian cow of the year,

這頭荷斯登乳牛被評為年度加拿大乳牛，

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

這一定讓她的丹麥百萬富翁主人非常高興。

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

加拿大，一個通常被認為生活水準很高的國家，

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

如你所知，是許多百萬富翁的家園。

1,117,000 to be precise, 表達脈絡

準確地說是1,117,000名，

at least as of April 2017. 片語搭配

至少截至2017年4月是如此。

According to Canada's Globe and Mail,

根據加拿大《環球郵報》的報導，

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

現在，100萬可以讓你在哈利法克斯買一棟翻修過的四居室海濱別墅，

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

但在溫哥華，只能在郊區買一套需要大修的房子。

The newspaper was probably using Canadian dollars,

不過，這家報紙使用的可能是加幣，

though, which would be 786,000 US dollars.

折合下來大概是786,000美元。

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

向北前往育空地區，你可以在百萬美元瀑布露營地過夜，

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

儘管在那裡露營一晚實際上只需大約10美元。

For a million dollars,

擁有一百萬美元的話，

you could stay there 273.97 years.

你可以在那裡住上273.97年。

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

只要小心那些不管你貧富的灰熊就行了。

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

那麼，一百萬美元在你的國家能買到什麼？

Or better yet, 表達脈絡

或者更進一步，

if you had a million dollars,

如果你有一百萬美元，

where and on what would you spend it?

你會把錢花在哪裡、花在什麼地方？

Let us know in the comments.

請在留言中告訴我們。

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

另外，請務必查看我們的另一支名為《一美元在世界各地能買到什麼》的影片。

Thanks for watching,

感謝您的觀看，

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

像往常一樣，別忘了按讚、分享和訂閱。

See you next time.

我們下期再見。