段落提要：马里兰州的其他专员都灰心失望地打道回府。只有皮博迪选择留下来与英国贷款人继续周旋。他设下丰盛的晚宴招待这些人。想尽办法让他们改变对美国人的看法。他告诉英国人唯有继续提供贷款才能保证先前债务的偿还。银行家在他的劝说下，不但没有中断对马里兰州的贷款，反而又追加了另外八百万美元的贷款。与此同时，为了减少英国人对见钱眼开美国人的偏见。皮博迪毅然选择放弃从马里兰州可以提取的60,000的雇金。

原文段落：Though intensely patriotic, the forty-year-old Peabody identified with the British creditors. When the other Maryland commissioners returned home in despair, Peabody threw a glittering dinner for a dozen bankers to persuade them that Americans weren’t all rustic swindlers. He argued that only new loans could guarantee repayment of the old—a convenient line to be echoed by many future debtor states. Far from cutting off Maryland’s credit, the bankers advanced another $8 million. As his friend the English political leader George Owen said of Peabody, “He borrowed the money on his face.”2 To mitigate British prejudice against “venal” Americans, he boldly waived his $60,000 commission from Maryland.

单词与短语：

Identify v. to associate or affiliate closely with 与⋯打成一片

to identify with the British creditors 和英国的债权人处好关系

Return home in despair 失望地踏上归土

Glitter n. to sparkle brilliantly often with superfuidal attrativeness

Thrown a glittering dinner for 为⋯举办丰盛的晚宴

Rustic adj. of relating to, or typial of country life or country people 粗俗的

Swindle v. to cheat someone in a business transaction 骗子

Convenient adj. fitting

A convenient line 信手拈来的话

Debtor n. one that owns something to another 举债人

debtor country 债务国

Far from - not at all, anything but 没有

Credit n. sum of money lent by a bank, etc; loan 贷款

Cut off someone’s credit 中断对某人的款贷

Advance v. to supply or lend 拨付

Borrow the money on one’s face 靠自己的脸面借钱

Mitigate v. to alleviate 减少

To mitigagte British prejudice 减少英国人的偏见

Venal adj. characterized by corrupt dealings, especially bribery 贪腐

Waive v. to give up (a claim or right, for example) 放弃

金立群译文：

40岁的皮博迪非常爱国，但这没有影响他和英国的债权人打成一片。从马里兰州来的其他特派员都失望地踏上归途。此时，皮博迪却为十几个银行家设下盛宴，劝说他们相信美国人并不都是粗俗的骗子。他分辩说只有向美国提供新的贷款才能保证先前所欠债务的偿还——这句可以被信手应用的话后来一再为许多债务国所引用。结果，银行家们不但没有中断对马里兰州的贷款，反而又拨给他们800万美元。正如他的朋友、英国政治领袖乔治・欧文所说：“皮博迪靠自己的脸面借到了这笔钱。”(2)为减少英国人对“见钱眼开”的美国人的偏见，他毅然放弃了马里兰州方面应付给他的60000美元佣金。