广播电视英语短句 第 152 课：财大气粗-3

Nobody is sure how the word got started. But it began to appear in American newspapers in the eighteen hundreds. 没有人能确切说出这一单词是怎样产生的。但是，它开始出现于 18 世纪美国的报纸上。

A newspaper in Boston , Massachusetts said the word came from a criminal whose name was Borghese. 一份来自马萨诸塞州波士顿的报纸说，这个单词源于一个名叫 Borghese 的罪犯。

The newspaper said Borghese wrote checks to people although he did not have enough money in the bank. 该报纸说，虽然 Borghese 没有足够的储蓄，但他向别人开支票。

After he wrote the checks, he would flee from town. 开完支票后，他就会从镇上逃之夭夭。

So, people who were paid with his checks received nothing. 因此，那些给他开支票的人什么也得不到。