华尔街危机和 Trillion 有多少个零？

天天听着花样翻新的金融新闻，读着网上网下各种分析，想着政府救市的钱不过是在大桶里掉了一滴水，真吓得心惊胆颤。 这加快马力印票子可不是好玩的。TNND，几个月前就想买纸上黄金，俺还没动手它就翻身了。

看着唾沫横飞的主持人们动不动就把个万亿 挂在嘴边上，搞得我好奇这trillion之后是啥数字单位？zillion? 有多少个零啊？

沟来一篇文章科普一下，咱也得跟上革命形势,搞明白这无价的信用危机到底有多少个零？

© Copyright 1999, Jim Loy

People sometimes ask me the names of the large numbers. Here is a table. The system used in the U.S. is not as logical as that used in other countries (like Great Britain, France, and Germany). In these other countries, a billion (bi meaning two) has twice as many zeros as a million, and a trillion (tri meaning three) has three times as many zeros as a million, etc. But the scientific community seems to use the American system.