金融英語口語(7)
金融英語口語
金融英語口語：Current Currencies
New Words
新單詞
oversea(s) adj.
外國的
traveler n.
旅行者
identify v.
鑒定，識別
pence n.
便士
Phrases & Expressions
短語
Hongkong dollar
港元
pound sterling
英鎊
French franc
法國法郎
deutsche mark
德國馬克
foreign exchange rate
外匯匯率
A:Have you seen any foreign currencies?
A：你看到過外幣沒有?
B:I have seen some American dollars.
B：我見到過一些美元。
A:Where?
A：在哪里見到?
B:My father had a chance to buy a color TV set duty-free in the special store for overseas travelers.
B：我父親有一次在出國人員免稅商店購置一臺彩電時見到的。
A:I see, so your father managed to exchange Chinese money for dollars to buy the set.
我明白了，所以你父親想辦法用人民幣兌換了美元去買彩電。
B:Yes. Are you familiar with foreign paper money?
對的，你對外國人紙幣熟悉嗎?
A:My father is an officer in the Bank of China.
A：我父親在中國銀行是一名官員。
They must learn how to identify the false money from all sorts of foreign banknotes.
他們必須學習識別外國真假紙幣。
B:Can you tell me what some current banknotes are of foreign countries?
B：你能告訴我哪些是流通的外幣嗎?
A:My father said that he most often sees American dollars.
A：我父親說他見得最多的是美金。
When you receive a bank draft with the 57.12,
當你收到一張銀行匯票，款額為57.12，
you should read two thousand four hundred fifty-seven dollars and twelve cents.
你就得讀作：two thousand four hundred fifty-seven dollars and twelve cents。
B:What is the next in frequency?
B：其次常見的是哪種外幣?
A:Hongkong Dollars.Very often we receive some cheques,on which is written:
A：香港元(港元)，我們經(jīng)常收到一些港元支票，票面上類似這樣的金額：
HK 254.48, you'd says:twenty-eight thousand two hundred and fifty-four and forty eight cents.
HK 254.48，你就得讀作：twenty-eight thousand two hundred and fifty-four and fortyeight cents。
B:What else has he seen?
你父親還見到過哪些其他外幣?
A:Japanes yen. In this case, we must pay close attention,
A：日元。遇到這種情況，我們必要要注意，
[01:37.28]because in China we use yuan in abbreviation ￥,the same ￥ Japanese use for yen.
中國人民幣代號元￥同日本代號一樣。
For example, on the check you see: J ￥ 21 340 100.00. You'd say:
舉例說：J ￥21 340 100.00 ，你就得說：
twenty-one millon three hundred and forty thousand one hundred Japanese yen.
twenty-one millon three hundred and forty thousand one hundred Japanese yen 。
B:What about English money?
B：英國貨幣是什么情況?
A:The formal term for England is the United Kingdom. The currency is the pound sterling,
A：英國的正式稱呼是聯(lián)合王國。它的貨幣是英磅，
abbreviated like: ￡or Stg. For example, for ￡ 3044.50, you'd say:
縮寫的符號是：￡或stg.舉例說：￡3 044.50，你就得讀作：
three thousand and forty-four pounds and fifty pence.
three thousans and forty-four pounds and fifty pence。
B:The French franc and the deutsche mark are also in use between countries, aren't they?
法國的法朗和德國的馬克在國際間也流通，是嗎?
A:There are at least two kinds of Francs:French and Swiss.
法朗至少有兩種，法國法朗和瑞士法朗，
They have no special sign, but an abbreviation, for example: FF. 53 000,
他們沒有專門的代號，但有縮寫詞如：FF.5300，
you'd know this is French franc. You'd say fifty-three thousand French francs.
讀作法國法朗，fifty-three thousand French Francs。
When you see the abbreviation SFRS, you'd know this is Swiss Franc:such as,
當你見到SFRS的縮寫詞，這是瑞士法朗，例如：
SFRS 21 400, you'd say twenty-one thousand four hundred Swiss Francs.
SFRS 21 400，你讀作twnety-one thousand four hundred Swiss Francs 。
B:Now, I understand.
B：我現(xiàn)在明白了。
A:As for mark, this means mainly the deutsche mark, for example,
A：馬克，主要指的是德國馬克，例如，
Dm 63 308.50, we say sixty-three thousand three hundred and eight and a half deutsche marks.
DM 63 308.50，我們讀作sixty-three thousand three hundred and eight and a half deutshe mark。
All of these are commonly seen in China. If we exchange them for Chinese Renminbi in our accounts we should follow the foreign exchange rates for all these currencies daily.
這些外幣一般在中國能見到。假如我們要把外幣兌換在人民幣，我們就得按每天公布的外匯率來兌換人民幣。
B:Will you follow in your father's footsteps to become a banker?
B：你想像你父親將來成為一名銀行家嗎?
A:It's too far away for me to think of!
A：我還遠遠沒有考慮這個問題?