金融英語口語(2)

金融英語口語

　　金融英語口語:SHALL

　　New Words

　　新單詞

　　teller n.

　　出納員

　　director n.

　　主任

　　collate v.

　　核對

　　shall

　　用于第二，三人稱表示說話人的許諾

　　accompany v.

　　伴隨。陪同

　　arrange v.

　　安排

　　result n.

　　結果，成果

　　sharp adv.

　　正

　　Phrases & Expressions

　　短語

　　accompany us on the piano

　　用鋼琴給我們伴奏

　　profit-sharing

　　得益分配

　　1.Shall I make you a cup of coffee before the interview?

　　在接見前我給你來一杯咖啡好嗎?

　　-Yes, thank you very much.

　　行，非常感謝你。

　　2.Shall I call the teller?

　　要不要我去把出納員叫來?

　　-Yes, if she is free, please ask her to come here now.

　　好，假如她現在有空，請她來一下。

　　3.Shall we wait for the reply today?

　　3.我們今天能等到答復嗎?

　　-Yes, our director says he will reply in half an hour.

　　能，我們的主任說半個小時之后答復你們。

　　4.Shall we collate the accounts today?

　　4.今天我們要核對帳目嗎?

　　-Please do it as quickly as possible.

　　請盡快核對。

　　5.Shall I ask him?

　　5.要我去請他嗎?

　　-Yes, please tell him to join us this evening.

　　是的，請你告訴他今晚來參加。

　　6.Shall those goods from abroad be sent to you at once?

　　6.從國外運來的那些貨物要不要馬上送到你們那兒?

　　-No, that's not necessary. I will come and take a look myself.

　　沒有必要，我將親自來看一看。

　　7.Shall she sing for us?

　　7.她能為我們唱一支歌嗎?

　　-Yes, why not?

　　當然可以。

　　8.Shall we ask her to accompany us on the piano?

　　8.我們去請她給我們用鋼琴伴奏好嗎?

　　-Yes, piano accompaniment will add a lot to our singing.

　　是，我們唱歌請她用鋼琴伴奏效果更好。

　　9.Shall we send these old computers to the store?

　　9.我們要不要把這些陳舊的計算機放到倉庫里去?

　　-Sure, please arrange it.

　　行，請你安排一下。

　　10.Shall I phone you tonight?

　　10.今天晚上要不要我給你打電話?

　　-Yes, I'd like to hear the result of the negotiation.

　　要，我想聽一聽談判的結果。

　　11.We shall discuss profit-sharing, shan't we?

　　11.我們將討論利潤分配，是不是?

　　-Yes, it's very important.

　　是，這很重要。

　　12.Let's meet at the station, shall we?

　　12.我們在車站會面，行不行?

　　-Yes, we'd better meet at six sharp this evening.

　　行，我們最好今晚6點整在車站見面。

　　金融英語口語：Money(1)

　　New Words

　　新單詞

　　campus n.

　　校園

　　sink v.

　　使陷入，使沉浸

　　importance n.

　　重要性

　　power n.

　　力量,權力

　　gold n.

　　金

　　silver n.

　　銀

　　coper n.

　　銅

　　nickel n.

　　鎳

　　aluminium n.

　　鋁

　　alloy n.

　　合金

　　depict v.

　　描繪

　　commemorative adj.

　　紀念性的

　　mint v.

　　鑄造

　　A:Today is such a fine spring day, let's take a walk after lunch.

　　A：今天真是美好的春天，陽光明媚。咱們午飯后去散散步吧!

　　B:Good idea. Let's go now.

　　B：好，走吧。

　　A:Do you feel ourselves being sunk bit by bit in a sea of money,

　　A：你是否有這樣一種態度，我們日復一日地正被浸泡在金錢中，

　　but we can't earn as much as accountants do.

　　但我們不可能掙得像會計師那么多。

　　B:Yes, but what can we do to make money?

　　B：是啊，但假如我們要賺錢，那我們該去做什么呢?

　　A:I think it's too early to think about it now. There is no one who doesn't like money.

　　A：我想這個問題現在考慮為時過早。世上無人不喜歡金錢。

　　B:Including us.

　　B：也包括我們。

　　A :Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha!(laughing)

　　A：哈，哈，哈，哈!

　　B:Still in our daily life, I feel the importance of money and we know the power of it and will be dealing with money every day.

　　B：在日常生活中，我感到金錢的重要性，我們都知道金錢的能量，幾乎天天要同錢打交道。

　　A:Do you know all the uses of the word 'money'?

　　A：你知道“money”這個詞的全部用法嗎?

　　B:No.

　　B：不知道。

　　A:Does the word 'money' usually mean the bills we use every day to buy something?

　　A：“money”這個詞的含意是否指的是我們天天用來買東西的鈔票嗎?

　　B:Only bills?

　　B：僅僅是指鈔票嗎?

　　A:No, money is in two kinds, one is hard currency money and the other is paper.

　　A：不，貨幣有兩種，硬的貨幣和紙做的貨幣，

　　The former is called coins, a coin may be made of gold, silver, copper, aluminium...

　　前者稱為硬幣，硬幣可由于金，銀，銅，鎳和鋁等金屬鑄成，

　　usually metals are used as alloy.

　　一般都用作合金鑄造硬幣。

　　B:In the museums we can see that Chinese copper money had a long history.

　　B：在博物館里我們可以看到中國使用的銅幣具有很悠久的歷史。

　　A:Yes, the form of them changed. Copper coins were in use until Kuomintang time when the coin became round,

　　確實如此，但銅幣的形式在過去也在不斷變化，我國的銅幣一直使用到國民黨時代，這時銅幣成了圓形，

　　rather than having the square hole in the middle as in the Ching and Ming Dynasties.

　　不再像清明兩代用的銅幣中間留有一個方形空洞。

　　B:How many kinds of coins were used then?

　　B：國民黨時代的硬幣有幾種?

　　A:My grandfather told me that when he was young, there were four kinds:

　　A：我的祖父告訴我說，在他小的時候當時有4種硬幣流通，

　　a silver coin called yuan, on which was the head of Yuan Shikai and the other depicted Sun Yat-sen.

　　第一種是一元的銀幣，上面印鑄有袁世凱的頭像，另一種是印鑄有孫中山的頭像，

　　The people called them 'Yuan big head' and 'Sun big head' in Chinese.

　　人們把這兩種硬幣叫作袁大頭和孫大頭。

　　The second was a 20-cent coin made of silver alloy.

　　第二種硬幣是兩角的合金銀幣。

　　The third was a one-cent copper coin and my grandfather told me that he used another kind of copper coin to buy sweets.

　　第三種是一分錢的銅幣。爺爺還告訴我他當時還用另一種銅幣買糖吃。

　　B:What was its value?

　　B：那這種銅幣價值多大?

　　A:A one-cent copper coin could be exchanged for three copper coins.

　　A：當時一分銅可兌換三枚“銅板”。

　　B:How different from today! Nowadays there are six kinds of currency.

　　B：這同今天我們使用的硬幣大不一樣!今天我國市場上流通的有6種。

　　The first is the one yuan coin, then fifty-cent piece, ten-cent piece, a five-cent piece,

　　第一種是一元硬幣，其次是五角硬幣，一角，五分，

　　two-cent piece and the smallest is the one-cent coin. Only the fifty-cent piece is golden in colour.

　　二分和最小值的一分硬幣。其中只有五角硬幣呈金黃色。

　　A:Very well! But have you ever seen other kinds of big round gold coins?

　　A：很對，但你可見到過另外發行的大而圓的金幣嗎?

　　B:No, I have not seen them.

　　B：我還沒有見過。

　　A:They are commemorative coins, one in honour of the world famous giant pandas,

　　A：那是紀念幣，一種是世界聞名的大熊貓命名的，

　　which live only in China, so China minted a Giant Panda Gold Coin.

　　這種動物僅生活在中國，所以我國專業些鑄造大熊貓金幣。

　　The other is in honour of the XI Asian Games, China produced this special big gold coin to commemorate the holding of the XI Asian Games in China.

　　另一種是以十一屆亞運會命名的大金幣，為紀念該屆亞運會在中國的召開。

　　It is worth fifty yuan and foreigners collect them.

　　它值50元人民幣。供外賓收藏。

　　B:What a pity I haven't seen them!

　　B：沒有親眼目睹，真可惜!

　　A:Yes. Few Chinese has interest in these coins.

　　A：在中國僅有少數人對這兩種金幣發生興趣。