Computing Daily Interest
計(jì)算日息
Situation 20
情景 20
Donald Craig is asking the New Accounts clerk at the First National Bank about their daily interest advertisements.
唐納德·克雷格在第一國(guó)民銀行向一個(gè)負(fù)責(zé)新開(kāi)帳戶的職員詢問(wèn)有關(guān)銀行的日息廣告的事。
Craig:What do you mean when you say daily interest in your advertisements?
克雷格:你們的廣告中所說(shuō)的日息是什么意思?
Clerk:We mean that we compute interest on your account balance every day and credit it to your account on a quarterly basis.
職員:我們的意思是說(shuō),我們每日計(jì)算您的帳戶余額應(yīng)得利息,并且每個(gè)季度把應(yīng)得利息計(jì)入您的帳戶的貸方。
Cr:How can you compute the earnings daily ?Isn't that too much trouble ?
克雷格:你們?cè)趺茨軌蛎咳斩加?jì)算應(yīng)得利息呢?那不是太麻煩了嗎?
C:Well,actually Mr.Craig ,it's relatively easy to do since we keep all our account records by computer
職員:哦,克雷格先生,實(shí)際上做到這一點(diǎn)是比較容易的。因?yàn)槲覀兪褂糜?jì)算機(jī)儲(chǔ)存我們所有的帳戶記錄,
This enables us to give even better service to our customers .
這樣我們就能更好地為我們的顧客服務(wù)。
Cr:You really mean ,then ,that you're paying me interest on the interest that I earn if I keep my money in the bank .
克雷格:那么您實(shí)際上是說(shuō),如果我把錢存入銀行,你們就會(huì)以復(fù)制的形式支付我所贏得的利息了。
C:Yes,that's right.We credit your earned interest automatically to your account and that figures as part of the balance for the next interest-earning period.
職員:是這樣的。我們會(huì)自動(dòng)地把您贏得的利息計(jì)入您的帳戶的貨方,而且這些利息成了您的帳戶中存款余額的一部分。
It's really an accumulative account which continues to grow and earn returns for you .
再接著計(jì)算利息時(shí),這一部分余額也將贏得利息。這的確是個(gè)累計(jì)帳戶,不斷地增加數(shù)額為您生息。
Cr:What if I withdraw the earned interest each time? Then I lose the advantages of an accumulative account ,don't I ?
克雷格:如果我每次都把贏得的利息取出來(lái),又會(huì)怎么樣呢?那我就失去了累計(jì)帳戶的優(yōu)勢(shì),對(duì)嗎?
C:Yes,you would .The accumulative effect only works if you maintain the balance and earned interest in the account.
職員:是的,您會(huì)失去的。您只有保留帳戶中的金額和贏得的利息,累計(jì)帳戶的效果才能體現(xiàn)出來(lái)。
Cr:That's a good way to make money .I'll try not to make any more withdrawals .
克雷格:這到是個(gè)掙錢的好辦法,我爭(zhēng)取盡量少提取存款。
C:Yes,that's a good plan .
職員:這是個(gè)好計(jì)劃。
Cr:You're right .Maybe I'll become rich that way!
克雷格:您說(shuō)得對(duì),照這樣做法或許我會(huì)變得富裕起來(lái)。