傍晚英语2——Evolutionofcurrency(货币的演变).doc

Evolution of currency(货币的演变)Has is it ever happened to you? undefined60052233-d2d7-47a4-b207-6ad324878a1c.mp3 Youre out somewhere . you need something . undefinedb7bc84c7-d992-4fa9-8f58-f12bdedbe3df.mp3 but you find that youve got no cash on you . not a dime . undefined8f0b98ef-742c-4cad-860f-7ea53e66a9e0.mp3 In this day and age, its increasingly likely that you cant even exchange what you have for what you want . undefined935aabbb-2c7f-4e98-97d8-4b356cd1a36d.mp3 In olden times, it was commonplace to barter for what you wanted . say you needed some sheep. 0這種事情發生在你身上過嗎？ 0你身在某處需要某種東西 0但你發現你身上沒有現金，連一塊錢都帶。 0在現在這個時代，越來越不可能透過交換的方式獲取你想要的東西。 0在古老時候，以物易物是件稀鬆平常的事情，譬如你需要一些羊隻， undefinedb34ef7a3-6cbb-4538-b785-c9b79b22ba1c.mp3 But all you have is a cow. undefinedefd2f1b5-eb6c-40a2-81ad-80e1b661ad2c.mp3 Well, if you find a person with some sheep who wants your cow, you can exchange goods. undefinedc5f9c45e-c3ee-405c-ba2b-19d71e2ecf76.mp3 Simple! undefinedde2cd920-b841-403f-988f-aeb654ade7b9.mp3 At some point in history, some bright spark had the idea of attributing value to certain objects which you could use to buy things. undefinedd3f6e94b-de5d-4ccf-ba88-35108857aeb7.mp3 For example, found along the shores of the Indian Ocean, Cowrie shells were used as a form of currency in parts of Middle East, India and China. 0但你只有牛。 0如果你能找到一位有羊的人剛好也想要牛，你們就能做交換。 0很簡單啊！ 0在歷史上的某個時刻，某個聰明的傢伙有了開創性的發想，賦予了某些物品價值，然後用它們來購買東西。 0舉例來說，在印度洋附近國家，像是部分的中東、印度和中國，瑪瑙貝殼被用來當作有價物品。 undefineda3b0cd2a-9aa7-4974-ac72-d607c7c4e672.mp3 In western Africa, shell money was tender up until the middle of the nineteenth century. undefined21629a31-67a2-4480-ae8d-7c73f8154867.mp3 If you wanted to purchase something in Ghana quartz stones would come in handy to get you the goods you needed . undefined5241bed4-cab9-46c8-ad4d-684acb0f8ba3.mp3 and if you found yourself in the south Pacifics Papua New Guinea, teeth of dogs, whales and sharks would have been useful if you needed to carry out any financial transactions. undefinedf6db78f2-b308-470c-a893-6445b53498b1.mp3 In the sixth century AD, coins first came into use in ancient Greece being made from materials such as tin, gold and silver they were generally harder than shells. undefinedb1c33e14-cb07-442b-bd45-4e933ab05899.mp3 What all these forms of currency had in common was that the actual object or the materials they were made from were not easy to find or get hold of . 0在西非，貝殼錢一直被使用到十九世紀中。 0如果你想在迦納買東西，石英石能讓你買到你想要的物品。