金融英語口語(3)
金融英語口語
金融英語口語：Money(2)
New Words
新單詞
buck n.
元
greenback n.
美鈔
dough n.
(美俚)錢
assistant n.
售貨員
change n.
找頭，零錢
sovereign adj.
獨立自主的
uncountable adj.
不可數(shù)的
mare n.
母馬，牝驢
Phrases & Expressions
短語
public money
公款
tax money
稅款
A:Now let's talk about paper money.
A：現(xiàn)在我們來談談紙幣吧。
B:Yes, paper money can be folded into a wallet. Every country produces its own.
B：好，紙幣可以折疊放進錢包。每個國家都印制紙幣。
A:Another term for paper money is 'note' or 'banknote', we say a five-yuan note,
A：紙幣的另一種叫法是鈔票，我們一般講一張五元的鈔票，
a twenty-cent note. In American English, 'bill' is another term.
一張兩角的鈔票。美國英語把鈔票叫Bill。美國俚語中叫鈔票的詞更多，
In American slang you may hear 'a hundred dollar bill' or 'a buck' as 'ten bucks' or 'greenback' or 'long green(folding green)' or 'folding money'.
我們到聽到一百元美鈔，一元，十元，以及greenback ，long green(folding green )，folding money等鈔票的各種說法。
B:How complex it is!
B：多復雜啊!
A:Yes, we'd better understand these terms when we deal with Americans.
A：是很復雜，我們在同美國人交往中最好還是要知道這些叫法。
B:What's cash?
B：什么是現(xiàn)金?
A:Cash is really a common term including everything - currency, coins, paper money.
A：現(xiàn)金是對流通貨幣，硬幣，鈔票的共同叫法。
American people may also say 'dough' for cash. When you use one dollar to buy something worth less than one dollar,
美國人民把錢，現(xiàn)鈔也叫做dough。當你去買小東西不到一美元時，
the assistant will give you change. We always say a dollar note (banknote),
售貨員還將給你攏頭。我們還經常說：一張一美元的鈔票，
a fivepound note, a ten-yuan note.
一張五英鎊的鈔票，一張十元的鈔票。
B:Is every country's monetary unit different?
B：每一國家的貨幣單位是否不一樣?
A:In general, each sovereign state has its own money.
A：一般來說，每一個獨立自主的國家都有自己的貨幣。
B:Does your family have many money?
B：你家是否很有錢?
A:The word 'money' is uncountable, so you'd say 'much money'. My family is the same as yours,
A：“money”這個詞屬不可數(shù)名詞，所以得說“much money”表示很有錢。我家同你家一樣，
We are living on salaries, our deposits in the bank are limited.
我們都靠工薪生活，我們在銀行的存款也很有限。
B:Is the word money used in other ways?
B:money這個詞是否還有其他用法?
A:Yes,in many conditions we still use money to show things,
在很多情況下我們仍然用money指很多事情，
for example, 'big money' means a large amount of money; 'good money' means a high salary.
例如，big money表示掙大錢，good money 表示工資很高。
B:Anything else?
B：還有其他用途嗎?
A:When foreigners come to China,the first thing they do is to go to the bank to change American dollars into Chinese money.
A：外國人來中國時第一件事情是到銀行兌換成中國的人民幣。
When we have money left from monthly expenses, we'd better put some in a savings bank.
當我們每月開支后尚有余款，便把它存入儲蓄所(銀行)。
The problem is many businesses are mostly 'money matters'. So time is money and money is life.
問題在于忙忙碌碌的很多事務主要都同金錢有關，所以便流傳有“時間就是金錢，金錢就是生命”的說道。
Do you know the proverb about money?
你知道這個有關“錢”的諺語嗎?
B:Of course. I know another one:'Money makes the mare go.' Or we say 'Money talks'.
B：當然我知道。我還知道另外一句諺語：“有錢能使鬼推磨”，還有“金錢萬能”。
A:Yes, good. You understand well. You know 'make money' and 'lose money' in business, don't you?
A：對，很好，你知道的也不少。你知道商業(yè)上的賺錢和賠錢吧?
B:Can we use money in its plural form?
B：我們能不能把money這個詞用作復數(shù)?
A:Yes, but it's not the same word, it's spelled monies or moneys.
A：可以，復數(shù)的money寫成monies或moneys ，但其詞意不同，
It means an amount of money, for example, public monies and tax monies.
表示一定量的錢財，例如：公款，稅款。
Anyway, there are many other places for us to use the word 'money'. Let's work on mastering them.
不管怎樣，還有其他很多地方也都用money 來表示。我們多多學習后逐步會掌握它的用法。
金融英語口語：IS
Part One
第一部分
Making Questions
提問
New Words
新單詞
booklet n.
小冊子，手冊
cable n.
電纜，越洋電報
transfer n.
匯兌
original n.
原先的
contract n.
合同
draft n.
草案
assembly n.
裝配
safe n.
保險柜
deposit n.
存放
quarter n.
季度
Phrases & Expressions
短語和詞組
by cable
通過電報
money order
匯票
post transfer
郵匯
banking terms
銀行術語
day laborer
臨時工
parking place
停車場
1.Is this book useful?
1.這本書有用嗎?
-Yes, it is a bank booklet.
是的，這是一本銀行手冊。
2.Is the payment by cable or mail?
2.付款用電匯還是郵匯?
-I have no idea, you can call and ask them.
我不知，你可以打電話詢問他們。
3.Is the money order from the bank or the post?
3.匯票是由銀行，還是由郵局匯來的?
-It's a post transfer.
是由郵局匯來的。
4.Is this the original contract?
4.這是一份原版合同嗎?
-No, it's a copy.
不，這是一份復印本。
5.Is this a draft contract for the car assembly plant?
5.這是一份汽車裝配廠的合同草簽樣嗎?
-Yes, we will discuss it at our next meeting.
是的，你的保險柜只有這把鑰匙。
6.Is this the only key to my safe deposit box?
6.這是我的存款保險柜唯一的一鑰匙嗎?
-Yes, it is the only key to your safe.
是的，你的保險柜只有這把鑰匙。
7.Is this a list of banking terms?
7.這是銀行術語的目錄嗎?
-Yes, it is.
是的。
8.Is the weather hot or cold in fall here?
8.秋天這里的天氣熱還是冷?
-It's usually cool in fall.
這里秋天的天氣很一般很涼爽。
9.Is it difficult to buy the new equipment?
9.買新的設備有困難嗎?
-Yes, we overspent during the second quarter. Maybe in autumn we can manage it.
是的，我們第二季度已經超支：或許到秋天可以考慮購置。
10.Is there a good supply of day laborers for our building project?
10.我們的建房工程有足夠的臨時工可以招聘嗎?
-Yes. Just look at the corner of the street. You will find many unemployed farmers who are looking for work.
是的，你看這一張單子的角上，可以招來很多閑散的農民，他們正在尋找工作。
11.This is your homework done, isn't it?
11.這是你已做好的作業(yè)，是嗎?
-No, I have finished only the first part.
不，我僅完成了作業(yè)的第一部分。
12.It isn't easy to find a parking place, is it?
12.這里要停車場真不易，是不是?
-No, it isn't easy.
是的，不好找。