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要想了解从前放债还款的机制，并不需要穿越时空
To get a better idea of how primitive moneylending works, you don't need to travel back in time
我们周围就有许多当代夏洛克的影子
There are plenty of modern-day Shylocks remarkably close to home
他们不一定是犹太人，却与夏洛克的命运相似
And they don't need to be Jewish to suffer a similar fate to Shylock
这是格拉斯哥东部的谢特尔斯顿
This is Shettleston in the east end of Glasgow
我的祖母曾经住在这里
It's actually where my grandmother used to live
我认为这些独特的钢筋围栏，使这里成为西欧最阴森的地方之一
And I think with its distinctive steel shuttering, it's one of the grimmest places in the whole of western Europe
平均预期的男性寿命只有64岁，比孟加拉国还要少一点
In fact, average male life expectancy here is just 64, which is slightly worse than Bangladesh
这意味着平均下来，谢特尔斯顿的人无法活到能领取政府养老金的岁数
That means that the average Shettlestonian doesn't actually live long enough to collect his state pension
你也许会认为来这种地方提供金融服务的人脑子肯定进水了
You might think nobody would be mad enough to try and provide financial services here
但有人却这么做了
But someone does
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