简介:一位著名的演讲家在研讨会开始时举起一张20美元的钞票,问在场的两百人:"谁想要这20美元?"人们纷纷举起手来。演讲家便说:"我会把它给在座的其中一位。不过首先,我要这么做。"他把那张钞票揉成一团,然后问:"谁还想要?"大家仍旧高高地举着手。
简介:TheoriginofthealmightydollarisinwhatisnowtheCzechRepublic.In1519,asilverminenearthetownofJoachimstal(literally"Joachim'svalley,"fromtheGerman,Tal,meaningvalley)beganmintingasilvercoincalled,unimaginatively,theJoachimstaler.Thecoin,whichwascirculatedwidely,becamebetterknownbyitsclippedform,thetaler.InDutchandLowGerman,theinitialconsonantsoftenedtobecomedaler.Englishadoptedthisform,eventuallychangingitsspellingtothemoderndolla...