· the Fed and the Treasury decided to let Lehman Brothers go into uncontrolled bankruptcy in order to try to teach financiers that having an ill-capitalized counterparty was not without risk, and that people should not expect the government to come to their rescue automatically.
· 当美联储与财政部决定听任雷曼兄弟公司破产，此举是为了试图让金融家们得到教训——资本状况糟糕的银行是不是没有风险的，人们也不应当指望政府将自动地向他们伸出援手。