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Jordan Belfort on prostitutes, quaaludes and the story behind the controversial cerebral palsy scene in The Wolf of Wall Street - viaGuardian culture



In the 16th century, the French landowner Michel de Montaigne retired to his chateau to write down and publish his thoughts and inadvertently invented the essay.




British-based pawnbroker, borro.com, recently lent $120,000 in exchange for 128 bottles of Chateau d’Yquem, which had an estimated worth of $250,000.
英國當鋪borro.com 最近就用估計價值約為25萬美元的128瓶伊肯堡名酒當抵押，借出了12萬美元。

quaalude

A pill/capsule that is a CNS Depressant (Central Nervous System) with similar properities to barbiturates, and similar addictive and withdrawal properities. It was quickly pulled from the markets in the USA as a result of wide-spread abuse, although it did enjoy a number of years as a near top-selling sedative/hypnotic before being made Schedule I and thus banned in the USA. Worldwide it is a Schedule II controlled substance under international law and thus available by prescription in most nations...

Quaalude is a brand-name for methaqualone (C16 H14 N2 O)... In other words, Methaqualone is a downer, a depressant, similar to barbiturates in most every way, although probably more addictive.

Quaalude, "Lude," Methaqualone.

downer

Line breaks: down¦er

Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊnə 

  

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NOUN

• informal

• 1(usually downers) A depressant or tranquillizing drug, especially a barbiturate:during that week I was heavily doped on downers

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• 2A dispiriting or depressing experience or factor:the thought of the danger his son was in put something of a downer on the situation

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• 3A cow or other animal that has fallen down and cannot get to its feet unaided.

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château[châ・teau]

• 発音記号[ʃætóu | –]
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[名]（複〜s, 〜x 〔-z〕）

1 （フランスの）城；（フランスの貴族の）大邸宅, 館.

2 ((しばしばC-))（フランスのBordeaux地方の）ぶどう園.

［フランス語. △CASTLE］

chateau wine

[U]シャトーワイン：フランスBordeaux地方の特定のぶどう園で製造される.

 美銷歐葡萄酒掛名「酒莊」？法酒商反彈 批此舉欺騙消費者
〔編譯魏國金／綜合布魯塞爾24日外電報導〕歐盟應美國葡萄酒業者要求，提議會員國同意授權美方在出口至歐洲的葡萄酒酒瓶上標明「酒莊」（chateau）一詞。該案引起波爾多葡萄酒業者反彈，警告此舉不啻於「欺騙消費者」。
須來自單一莊園 才能掛名
目前標有「酒莊」的美國酒不能在歐盟會員國內銷售，因歐盟規定，「酒莊」葡萄酒必須來自單一莊園。
美要求解禁 尚未議決
歐盟27個會員國的農業部長原訂25日齊聚布魯塞爾，針對變更相關規範進行投票。但在歐盟執委會農業執委喬洛許24日與法國農業部長勒佛爾會面後，已排除立即做下裁定的可能。一名消息來源透露，25日將持續進行商討，而不會對該議題票決。
勒 佛爾坦承︰「法國特別堅守『酒莊』的名號，因為這對我們有特殊意義，但其他國家感受沒那麼深。我們的談判很艱困。」該議題在法國波爾多地區格外敏感，波爾 多葡萄酒協會（CIVB）主席豪薩特說︰「酒莊對我們來說，意味在單一莊園生產的酒，而美國的定義極寬鬆，若因貿易談判放棄此個原則，將令人遺憾。」
法 國波爾多酒莊聯盟（FGVB）主席加彭表示︰「美國人可能取自各地來的葡萄製造『酒莊』酒，價格當然便宜很多，而消費者可能抱持我方定義所代表的品質，購 買『酒莊』酒，結果買到的並非如此。」他強調，「酒莊」代表著對數百年傳統及品質的尊重，美方的要求「將完全敗壞、掏空相關意義」。
去年，美國葡萄酒中約34%出口至歐盟，該價值達4億7800萬美元，然而歐盟輸美葡萄酒價值站上22億美元，打上「酒莊」的頂級酒行情十分看俏。美國製酒產業企圖消除貿易障礙，以進一步推升外銷。