1.Due to its participation in underwriting subprime loans, Bear Stearns was one of the first casualties of the current financial crisis.
由于在认购次贷方面的参与，贝尔斯登成为当前金融危机的首批受难者。
2.But the meeting left Bear Stearns's representatives concerned that Mr. Flowers simply was trying to gauge their desperation.
但是，会议让贝尔斯登的代表们感觉弗劳尔斯仅仅是想知道他们有多绝望。
3.Some lawmakers and government officials contend the problems at Bear Stearns might have been prevented with more oversight.
这将中止一些立法者和政府官员在贝尔斯登问题上的争论。
4.Mr. Flowers and a team of bankers were trying to arrange a last-minute buyout of Bear Stearns Cos. , the struggling investment bank.
当时弗劳尔斯正联手一个银行家团队试图对苦苦挣扎的投行贝尔斯登（BearStearnsCos.）进行最后的营救。
5.As you know, in March the Federal Reserve acted to prevent the default of the investment bank Bear Stearns.
如各位所知，3月份联储出面阻止贝尔斯登投资银行拖欠。
6.VOA's white house reporter, Scarts Sterns Scott Stearns, says the president did not learn about the port deal until it was already approved.
美国之声白宫记者斯科特·斯特恩说除非被许可，否则总统不能了解港口买卖。
7.THE dramatic $2-a-share rescue of Bear Stearns was, almost everyone agreed at the time, the best way out of an awful situation.
以每股2美元的戏剧性价格救贝尔史登公司于水火，这几乎是当时所有人都赞同的最佳出路了。
8.Rising lease rates prefigured the last big move in gold back in the spring of 2007 just as the two Bear Stearns hedge funds were blowing up.
早在2007年春，不断上升的黄金租赁价格就曾预示过上次金价的飙升。当时正值贝尔斯登（BearStearns）旗下两只对冲基金破产。
9.Then came the whopper: on July 18, Bear Stearns admitted it could not figure out how much money it had lost.
噩耗随之传来：7月18日，贝尔斯登承认，它搞不清亏损究竟有多大。
10.Short of an implosion to rival that of Bear Stearns in March, however, the rumours are unlikely to become real deals for the time being.
只差一次内部爆炸便足以同三月份的BEARSTEARNS相媲美，不管怎么说，时间不会让流言成真。