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@ 50195 中國新富豪
A: 哎，上海的房價真是越來越高了，可叫我們平民百姓怎麼活。有時想想自己奮鬥三十年還不一定買得起房，就覺得很低落。
āi, Shànghǎi de fángjià zhēnshì yuèláiyuègāo le, kě jiào wǒmen píngmín bǎixìng zěnme huó. yǒushí xiǎngxiang zìjǐ fèndòu sānshí nián hái bùyīdìng mǎideqǐ fáng, jiù juéde hěn dīluò.
Oh, housing prices in Shanghai are getting higher all the time. How can common folks like us go on living? Sometimes, I think that even if I worked like a dog for thirty years, I might not be able to afford a house. I get really down in the dumps.
B: 我聽說有些暴發戶，前段時間大肆炒房，將上海的房價炒得很高，是真的嗎？
wǒ tīngshuō yǒuxiē bàofāhù, qiánduànshíjiān dàsì chǎofáng, jiāng Shànghǎi de fángjià chǎo de hěn gāo, shì zhēnde ma?
I hear there are some nouveaux riches who were doing large-scale real estate speculation recently. They're making Shanghai's housing prices really high. Is that true?
A: 好像有過這種說法。真不知道那些暴發戶有些什麼祕訣，能一夜間暴富，很多人並沒有很高的學問，說難聽點還很土氣不上臺面，可是有錢卻是不爭的事實。
hǎoxiàng yǒu guo zhèzhǒng shuōfa. zhēn bù zhīdào nàxiē bàofāhù yǒuxiē shénme mìjué, néng yīyèjiān bàofù, hěn duō rén bìng méiyǒu hěn gāo de xuéwèn, shuō nántīng diǎn hái hěn rustic bù shàng táimiàn, kěshì yǒuqián què shì bùzhēng de shìshí.
It seems like people have said that. I don't know what kind of secret tricks those newly rich have. They can get rich overnight. A lot of them aren't very well-educated. Not to put too fine a point on it, they're so vulgar that they wouldn't normally be able to make it. But it's an uncontested fact that they have money.
B: 哎，這些暴發戶怎麼這麼霸道呢，有錢也沒什麼了不起呀。我印象中的暴發戶，就是除了有錢，什麼也沒有的那種。他們大建豪宅，大肆揮霍，卻沒有什麼精神實質和生活格調，即便有錢，也被稱作“不入流”的一族。
āi, zhèxiē bàofāhù zěnme zhème bàdào ne, yǒuqián yě méi shénme liǎobuqǐ yā. wǒ yìnxiàng zhōng de bàofāhù, jiùshì chúle yǒuqián, shénme yě méiyǒu de nàzhǒng. tāmen dàjiàn háozhái, dàsì huīhuò, què méiyǒu shénme jīngshén shízhì hé shēnghuó gédiào, jíbiàn yǒuqián, yě bèi chēngzuò" bùrùliú” de yīzú.
Ah, how can these nouveaux riches be so high-handed? There's nothing great about having money. It seems to me that these New Money guys are the kind who have nothing but their cash. They build McMansions, and throw their money around, but they don't have much in the way of spirit or lifestyle. Even though they have money, they're still called ''arrivistes."
A: 據說同是有錢人，不張揚和冷靜有禮的通常是貴族，而態度粗魯要求甚多的通常是暴發戶。當然也不是絕對的，也有的暴發戶在暴富之後仍然不忘回報社會，會參加很多的慈善事業和社會公益活動，這些人應該作為富人的榜樣。
jùshuō tóng shì yǒuqiánrén, bù zhāngyáng hé lěngjìng yǒulǐ de tōngcháng shì guìzú, ér tàidu cūlǔ yāoqiú shèn duō de tōngcháng shì bàofāhù. dāngrán yě bù shì juéduì de, yě yǒude bàofāhù zài bàofù zhīhòu réngrán bùwàng huíbào shèhuì, huì cānjiā hěn duō de císhàn shìyè hé shèhuì gōngyì huódòng, zhèxiērén yīnggāi zuòwéi fùrén de bǎngyàng.
People say that those who are calm, and not showy about their money, and have manners, are called aristocrats. But people who are crude and want a lot are called ''new money." Of course it's not absolute. There are also ''nouveaux riches" who remember to give back to society after they make it big. They take part in a lot of charitable activities for the benefit of society. These people should be models for the rich.
B: 呵呵，我也發覺了。所謂的上流社會的貴族，大概太習慣於別人的關注和奢侈的生活，所以面對很多事物都波瀾不驚。而大多暴發戶通常之前都並不富有，一夜暴富後不禁處處顯擺，反而和真正的有錢人有些格格不入。
hēhē, wǒ yě fājué le. suǒwèi de shàngliúshèhuì de guìzú, dàgài tài xíguàn yú biérén de guānzhù hé shēchǐ de shēnghuó, suǒyǐ miànduì hěn duō shìwù dōu bōlánbùjīng. ér dàduō bàofāhù tōngcháng zhīqián dōu bìng bù fùyǒu, yīyè bàofù hòu bùjīn chùchù xiǎnbai, fǎnér hé zhēnzhèng de yǒuqiánrén yǒuxiē gégébùrù.
Ha ha, I noticed that too. Aristocrats at the so-called upper reaches of society are probably accustomed to an extravagant lifestyle and being noticed by others. So they don't get excited easily. Most nouveaux riches, on the other hand, never used to be rich. When they get rich overnight, they can't help showing off all over the place. They don't fit in with real rich people.
A: 對，大概這也是為什麼“暴發戶”成為了一個貶義詞。其實很多人都是在改革開放後背井離鄉，到沿海的開放城市去“淘金”，幸運地致富的。他們的經歷中也會有坎坷和辛勞，可是到後來暴發戶卻成為了不勞而獲的代名詞。也許是他們富有之後的轉變實在太大，所以才不被世人所接受吧。
duì, dàgài zhè yěshì wèishénme" bàofāhù” chéngwéi le yī ge biǎnyìcí. qíshí hěn duō rén dōushì zài gǎigékāifàng hòu bèijǐnglíxiāng, dào yánhǎi de kāifàngchéngshì qù" táojīn”, xìngyùn de zhìfù de. tāmen de jīnglì zhōng yě huì yǒu kǎnkě hé xīnláo, kěshì dào hòulái bàofāhù què chéngwéi le bùláoérhuò de dàimíngcí. yěxǔ shì tāmen fùyǒu zhīhòu de zhuǎnbiàn shízài tàidà, suǒyǐ cái bù bèi shìrén suǒ jiēshòu ba.
Yeah. That's probably why ''new money" has become a pejorative word. Actually, a lot of people left their homes after Reform and Opening. They went to coastal cities to seek their fortune, and they got rich because of their luck. Their experiences were bumpy and full of back-breaking work. But later on, ''nouveau riche" became a word for those who reaped what they did not sew. Maybe they're not accepted by the rest of the world because they changed so much after getting rich.
B: 我也這麼覺得。如果他們有錢不是到處擺闊，而是多致力於公眾事業，相信人們會改觀很多。
wǒ yě zhème juéde. rúguǒ tāmen yǒu qián bù shì dàochù bǎikuò, érshì duō zhìlì yú gōngzhòngshìyè, xiāngxìn rénmen huì gǎiguān hěn duō.
I think so, too. If they didn't show off their money all over the place, and put more energy into public works, I'm sure people's opinions of them would change.
A: 是的。有錢還故意擺闊會讓人瞧不起，會讓人質疑你的文化底蘊，覺得沒文化沒知識的人才會這麼做，無怪有很多暴發戶會被“貴族”們鄙視為不懂禮數，不是真正的有錢人，只是幸運地暴富了而已。
shìde. yǒu qián hái gùyì bǎikuò huì ràng rén qiáobuqǐ, huì ràng rén zhìyí nǐ de wénhuà dǐyùn, juéde méi wénhuà méi zhīshi de rén cái huì zhème zuò, wúguài yǒu hěn duō bàofāhù huì bèi" guìzú” men bǐshì wéi bùdǒng lǐshù, bùshì zhēnzhèng de yǒuqiánrén, zhǐshì xìngyùn de bàofù le éryǐ.
Yeah. Showing off your money intentionally makes people look down at you. It'll make people suspect that you don't have much culture. They think that only people without culture or knowledge would act that way. It's no wonder that many of the nouveaux riches are looked down on by ''aristocrats" as not understanding etiquette. They say that nouveaux riches aren't ''real" rich people, they just got rich because of their luck.
B: 其實那些貴族也會被人說太過於傲慢冷淡，同樣也是很揮霍的。總歸都不是我們平常百姓所能理解的生活方式。
qíshí nàxiē guìzú yě huì bèi rén shuō tài guòyú àomàn lěngdàn, tóngyàng yě shì hěn huīhuò de. zǒngguī dōu bùshì wǒmen píngcháng bǎixìng suǒ néng lǐjiě de shēnghuófāngshì.
Actually, people have said that those aristocrats are too proud and detached, and they waste their money just the same. In the end, neither one is a lifestyle that we common folks can understand.
A: 對呀，所以現在流行的是“知識新貴”，這群人通常有很高的學歷和很深的文化背景，並通過自己的努力，學識和辛勤勞動來獲取財富，他們通常聰明又有涵養是社會發展的中堅力量。
duìyā, suǒyǐ xiànzài liúxíng de shì" zhīshi xīnguì”, zhè qún rén tōngcháng yǒu hěn gāo de xuélì hé hěn shēn de wénhuà bèijǐng, bìng tōngguò zìjǐ de nǔlì, xuéshí hé xīnqín láodòng lái huòqǔ cáifù, tāmen tōngcháng cōngming yòu yǒuhányǎng shì shèhuìfāzhǎn de zhōngjiān lìliang.
Right. So these days, ''newly rich intellectuals" are in fashion. This kind of person is often very well-educated and has a deep cultural background. They got rich through their own hard work, knowledge and industry. They're often smart and deep. They're the heart of social development.
B: 沒錯，這也正是我們努力的目標和方向呢！
méicuò, zhè yě zhèngshì wǒmen nǔlì de mùbiāo hé fāngxiàng ne!
That's right. That's exactly what we're striving for!
Key Vocabulary
大肆 dàsì large-scale
揮霍 huīhuò to squander
張揚 zhāngyáng to publicize
奢侈 shēchǐ luxurious
波瀾不驚 bōlánbùjīng determined
格格不入 gégébùrù completely incompatible
背井離鄉 bèijǐnglíxiāng to leave home
不勞而獲 bùláoérhuò to reap without sowing
底蘊 dǐyùn the true details
中堅 zhōngjiān core
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