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雙語(yǔ)閱讀：假如你能做五小時(shí)的億萬(wàn)

來(lái)源：新浪教育發(fā)布時(shí)間：2010-04-08

　　當(dāng)保羅•費(fèi)舍爾(Paul Fischer)周五晚查詢銀行帳戶余額時(shí)，他遇到了一個(gè)驚喜：他的帳戶余額一下子變成了88,888,888,888.88美元。這確實(shí)是一個(gè)非常吉利的數(shù)字，而且是將近890億美元。

　　當(dāng)然，這是SunTrust Bank的一個(gè)技術(shù)性失誤造成的，銀行很快就改正了錯(cuò)誤。其他人的帳戶也可能發(fā)生過(guò)類似的事。

　　費(fèi)舍爾說(shuō)，你說(shuō)說(shuō)看，880億美元，我能用這筆錢(qián)干點(diǎn)什么呢？他有佛羅里達(dá)主題公園的珠寶特許經(jīng)銷權(quán)。他說(shuō)，或許有幾個(gè)我們這樣的人，就能讓 SunTrust Bank傾覆。

　　費(fèi)舍爾還有其他的想法。在錯(cuò)誤改正之前，他問(wèn)SunTrust的一名業(yè)務(wù)代表，在這筆錢(qián)被銀行追回之前，他是否可以把它轉(zhuǎn)到一個(gè)生息帳戶，把利息捐給慈善機(jī)構(gòu)。總利息將有730多萬(wàn)美元。

　　銀行說(shuō)，不可以。

　　周六早晨之前，這筆錢(qián)就從他的帳戶中消失了。

　　他說(shuō)，都沒(méi)了，我又變窮了，我當(dāng)了五個(gè)小時(shí)的億萬(wàn)富翁。

　　這類銀行失誤經(jīng)常發(fā)生。不過(guò)費(fèi)舍爾提出了一個(gè)有趣的問(wèn)題：如果你真的擁有890億美元達(dá)五個(gè)小時(shí)，你會(huì)怎么辦？

　　你會(huì)拿這筆錢(qián)做什么？規(guī)則是，五個(gè)小時(shí)之后，你必須把錢(qián)退回去──無(wú)論你用這筆錢(qián)買(mǎi)了什么或投資了什么項(xiàng)目，你也都必須退回去。

　　When Paul Fischer checked his bank account Friday night, he had a happy surprise. His balance had exploded to $88,888,888,888.88. A very lucky number indeed, and close to $89 billion。

　　Of course, the balance was a technical error by SunTrust Bank, which quickly fixed the problem. It also may have occurred in other accounts。

　　“You say, Eighty-eight billion, what can I do with that?” said Mr. Fischer, who owns a jewelry concessionaire for Florida theme parks. “Maybe a handful of us could have brought down SunTrust Bank。”

　　Mr. Fischer had other ideas as well. Before the problem was fixed, he asked a SunTrust rep if he could move the money to an interest-bearing account until it was reclaimed and donate the interest to charity. Total interest: more than $7.3 million。

　　The bank said no。

　　The money was stripped out of his account by Saturday morning。

　　“It's all gone. I'm poor again,”he said. “I was a billionaire for five hours。”

　　This kind of bank error happens frequently. But Mr. Fischer raises an interesting question: What if, for five hours, you truly did have $89 billion?

　　What would you do with the money? The ground rules are that you would have to give the money back - and whatever you bought or invested with it - after five hours。

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