越来越多富人为躲避雾霾移民(英汉双语).docx

Chinasrichmakeplanstoavoidsmog 越来越多富人为躲避雾霾移民 By the 1970s, Central Park was in a state of decay. Bridges were crumbling. Meadows had dried up. Graffiti and vandalism blighted playgrounds and benches. There was an overwhelming feeling that its best days had passed. Positive use had increasingly been displaced by illicit and illegal activity, is how the Central Park Conservancy describes it today. 早在上世纪70年代以前，纽约中央公园还是一片颓败之象。桥梁摇摇欲坠，柳树也枯萎了。涂鸦和肆意破坏令游乐场和长椅一片狼藉。这种景象会让人不由自主地认为，美好的时光一去不复返了。“正面利用已逐渐被违法活动所取代，” 纽约中央公园保护协会（CentralParkConservancy ）如此形容道。 Then George Soros stepped in. Frustrated by what he and others saw as New York Citys inept management of the 160-year-old institution, Soros and another financier commissioned a study on potential fixes. Its chief recommendation was creating a private citizen-based board to oversee an individual running the parks operations -- in effect, allowing private citizens to control the park. Soon the not-for-profit Central Park Conservancy was created, and the area returned to its former glory. Thirty years later the conservancy provides 75% of a nearly $60 million annual park budget and is a New York institution unto itself. The board of trustees includes former J.P. Morgan (JPM) Chairman and CEO William Harrison, KKRs (KKR) Henry Kravis, and the hedge fund manager John Paulson, who two years ago announced he would give $100 million to the conservancy, the largest park donation ever. 后来，乔治?索罗斯站了出来。这个知名区域有着 160年的历史，但纽约市政府的糟糕管理，却让他和其他人很是懊恼，于是索罗斯和其他金融家委托进行了一项公园修复研究。研究的主要建议是，成立一个由私人组成的委员会，监督公园 的运营——实际上，就是允许普通公民控制公园。很快，非盈利组织“中央公园保护协会”成立，这个地区也恢复了昔日的荣光。三十年后，中央公园每年约6,000万美元的预算中，75%都由这个保护协会提供，保护协会本身也成为纽约市赫赫有名的组织之一。协会的理事会成员包括前摩根大通（J.P. Morgan）主席兼 CEO 威廉?哈里森、投资机构KKR 的亨利?克拉维斯，以及对冲基金经理约翰?鲍尔森。鲍尔森在两年前宣布向保护协会捐助1亿美元，成为这座公园收到的最大一笔捐款。 The growing wealth gap around the world is raising concerns about economic fairness and class divisions. But Central Parks revival illustrates the importance of the very wealthy in civic society. Their private