金融英語口語 5.Money (2)

[00:00.73]新單詞 [00:01.46]buck n. [00:02.10]元 [00:02.74]greenback n. [00:03.53]美鈔 [00:04.31]dough n. [00:05.04](美俚)錢 [00:05.77]assistant n. [00:06.57]售貨員 [00:07.37]change n. [00:08.11]找頭，零錢 [00:08.86]sovereign adj. [00:09.69]獨立自主的 [00:10.53]uncountable adj. [00:11.35]不可數(shù)的 [00:12.17]mare n. [00:12.87]母馬，牝驢 [00:13.56]Phrases & Expressions [00:14.63]短語 [00:15.70]public money [00:16.44]公款 [00:17.19]tax money [00:18.05]稅款 [00:18.91]A:Now let's talk about paper money. [00:20.36]A：現(xiàn)在我們來談談紙幣吧。 [00:21.81]B:Yes, paper money can be folded into a wallet. Every country produces its own. [00:24.91]B：好，紙幣可以折疊放進錢包。每個國家都印制紙幣。 [00:28.00]A:Another term for paper money is 'note' or 'banknote', we say a five-yuan note, [00:31.26]A：紙幣的另一種叫法是鈔票，我們一般講一張五元的鈔票， [00:34.51]a twenty-cent note. In American English, 'bill' is another term. [00:37.21]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， [00:39.92]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'. [00:45.98]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。 [00:52.04]B:How complex it is! [00:52.96]B：多復雜啊! [00:53.89]A:Yes, we'd better understand these terms when we deal with Americans. [00:55.93]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。 [00:57.97]B:What's cash? [00:58.93]B：什么是現(xiàn)金? [00:59.90]A:Cash is really a common term including everything - currency, coins, paper money. [01:03.15]A：現(xiàn)金是對流通貨幣，硬幣，鈔票的共同叫法。 [01:06.40]American people may also say 'dough' for cash. When you use one dollar to buy something worth less than one dollar, [01:10.41]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， [01:14.42]the assistant will give you change. We always say a dollar note (banknote), [01:17.22]售貨員還將給你攏頭。我們還經(jīng)常說：一張一美元的鈔票， [01:20.01]a fivepound note, a ten-yuan note. [01:21.75]一張五英鎊的鈔票，一張十元的鈔票。 [01:23.49]B:Is every country's monetary unit different? [01:25.26]B：每一國家的貨幣單位是否不一樣? [01:27.04]A:In general, each sovereign state has its own money. [01:29.12]A：一般來說，每一個獨立自主的國家都有自己的貨幣。 [01:31.19]B:Does your family have many money? [01:32.50]B：你家是否很有錢? [01:33.81]A:The word 'money' is uncountable, so you'd say 'much money'. My family is the same as yours, [01:37.99]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， [01:42.16]We are living on salaries, our deposits in the bank are limited. [01:44.32]我們都靠工薪生活，我們在銀行的存款也很有限。 [01:46.48]B:Is the word money used in other ways? [01:48.13]B:money這個詞是否還有其他用法? [01:49.79]A:Yes,in many conditions we still use money to show things, [01:51.82]在很多情況下我們?nèi)匀挥胢oney指很多事情， [01:53.84]for example, 'big money' means a large amount of money; 'good money' means a high salary. [01:57.26]例如，big money表示掙大錢，good money 表示工資很高。 [02:00.69]B:Anything else? [02:01.47]B：還有其他用途嗎? [02:02.25]A:When foreigners come to China,the first thing they do is to go to the bank to change American dollars into Chinese money. [02:06.13]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。 [02:10.01]When we have money left from monthly expenses, we'd better put some in a savings bank. [02:12.68]當我們每月開支后尚有余款，便把它存入儲蓄所(銀行)。 [02:15.34]The problem is many businesses are mostly 'money matters'. So time is money and money is life. [02:18.89]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。 [02:22.45]Do you know the proverb about money? [02:23.46]你知道這個有關“錢”的諺語嗎? [02:24.48]B:Of course. I know another one:'Money makes the mare go.' Or we say 'Money talks'. [02:27.98]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”。 [02:31.48]A:Yes, good. You understand well. You know 'make money' and 'lose money' in business, don't you? [02:35.12]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? [02:38.75]B:Can we use money in its plural form? [02:40.30]B：我們能不能把money這個詞用作復數(shù)? [02:41.85]A:Yes, but it's not the same word, it's spelled monies or moneys. [02:47.13]A：可以，復數(shù)的money寫成monies或moneys ，但其詞意不同， [02:52.41]It means an amount of money, for example, public monies and tax monies. [02:55.63]表示一定量的錢財，例如：公款，稅款。 [02:58.86]Anyway, there are many other places for us to use the word 'money'. Let's work on mastering them. [03:02.48]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。

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