It all started with the stock market crash of Thursday, October 24th, 1929, which reached its grim peak on October 28th, also known as Black Tuesday.

这一切都始于1929年10月24日星期四的股市崩盘，10月28日股市崩盘达到了顶峰，形势严峻，那一天也被称为“黑色星期二”。

In October of that year, October 29, there was something known as a stock market crash;we sometimes call it Black Tuesday.

那年的 10 月， 也就是 10 月 29 日，发生了一场被称为股市崩盘的事情； 我们有时称之为黑色星期二。

Well, the stock prices – and remember " stocks" are just partial ownership that people have in different companies – stock prices dropped dramatically on Black Tuesday.

好吧，股票价格——记住“股票” 只是人们在不同公司拥有的部分所有权——股票价格在黑色星期二大幅下跌。

The decadence and flamboyance that characterized  the previous decade came crashing down after October 29, 1929. Now known as Black Tuesday,   billions of dollars invested in the stock market were wiped out in a single day.

1929 年 10 月 29 日之后，过去十年的颓废和浮夸轰然倒塌。现在被称为“黑色星期二”，投资于股市的数十亿美元在一天之内化为乌有。