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| This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. |
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这里是VOA 特别英语教育报道。 |
| Personal finance is an increasingly complex world. There are more ways to invest money, more ways to save it -- and more ways to lose it. |
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在美国的马萨诸塞州，一些未成年犯罪者被判演出莎士比亚的戏剧。 |
| Yet many people are more strangers to this world than they might like to admit. |
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“A kingdom for a stage...” |
| In the United States, there are growing calls to do more to help young people learn skills in financial literacy. |
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12 名年轻的演员正在彩排《亨利五世》的开幕词。他们在三周半之前开始聚集。 |
| Some efforts begin in high school. But more and more information is available on the Internet, not only for young people but also for adults. |
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他们距离在法院节目中演出这出戏剧还有不到两周的时间。 |
| The goal is to teach about budgeting, saving, investing and using money. |
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15 岁的Tim 并不是莎士比亚迷。他在这里演出是因为犯了罪——殴打。 |
| The United States Financial Literacy and Education Commission was established in two thousand three. |
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“你知道，法官判我到这里来，所以，我的第一个感觉就是，就好像是，莎士比亚关我什么事。 |
| This government group supervises financial education efforts through nineteen federal agencies. |
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你知道，我不是很喜欢戏剧。但是，无论如何，总比捡垃圾轻松一些。你知道，所以，我决定尝试一下。” |
| Information on financial literacy and education can be found at its Web site. The address is MyMoney.gov. |
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他慢慢发现，这位在1616 年已经辞世的英国戏剧家有许多令人喜欢的方面。 |
| It includes links to agencies that deal with banking, buying a home, investing and other areas. |
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“每个人手中都有剑了吗？” |
| The National Council on Economic Education has found that seventeen states now require high school students to take a class in economics. |
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“我犯了斗殴罪，在演出莎士比亚的戏剧时你们却给我一把剑？我原本认为这是绝对不可能的。然而，我很高兴他们能够信任我。” |
| This number has grown from thirteen in nineteen ninety-eight. |
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对于导演Kevin Coleman 对他们表现出的信任和尊敬，这些年轻的演员们给出了回报。 |
| As of three years ago, half of all states required students to take a class in personal finance. |
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很明显，他们很喜欢跟他一起工作，同意喜欢与莎士比亚一起。 |
