金融英语口语 5.Money (2)

[00:00.73]新单词 [00:01.46]buck n. [00:02.10]元 [00:02.74]greenback n. [00:03.53]美钞 [00:04.31]dough n. [00:05.04](美俚)钱 [00:05.77]assistant n. [00:06.57]售货员 [00:07.37]change n. [00:08.11]找头，零钱 [00:08.86]sovereign adj. [00:09.69]独立自主的 [00:10.53]uncountable adj. [00:11.35]不可数的 [00:12.17]mare n. [00:12.87]母马，牝驴 [00:13.56]Phrases & Expressions [00:14.63]短语 [00:15.70]public money [00:16.44]公款 [00:17.19]tax money [00:18.05]税款 [00:18.91]A:Now let's talk about paper money. [00:20.36]A：现在我们来谈谈纸币吧。 [00:21.81]B:Yes, paper money can be folded into a wallet. Every country produces its own. [00:24.91]B：好，纸币可以折叠放进钱包。每个国家都印制纸币。 [00:28.00]A:Another term for paper money is 'note' or 'banknote', we say a five-yuan note, [00:31.26]A：纸币的另一种叫法是钞票，我们一般讲一张五元的钞票， [00:34.51]a twenty-cent note. In American English, 'bill' is another term. [00:37.21]一张两角的钞票。美国英语把钞票叫Bill。美国俚语中叫钞票的词更多， [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]我们到听到一百元美钞，一元，十元，以及greenback ，long green(folding green )，folding money等钞票的各种说法。 [00:52.04]B:How complex it is! [00:52.96]B：多复杂啊! [00:53.89]A:Yes, we'd better understand these terms when we deal with Americans. [00:55.93]A：是很复杂，我们在同美国人交往中最好还是要知道这些叫法。 [00:57.97]B:What's cash? [00:58.93]B：什么是现金? [00:59.90]A:Cash is really a common term including everything - currency, coins, paper money. [01:03.15]A：现金是对流通货币，硬币，钞票的共同叫法。 [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]美国人民把钱，现钞也叫做dough。当你去买小东西不到一美元时， [01:14.42]the assistant will give you change. We always say a dollar note (banknote), [01:17.22]售货员还将给你拢头。我们还经常说：一张一美元的钞票， [01:20.01]a fivepound note, a ten-yuan note. [01:21.75]一张五英镑的钞票，一张十元的钞票。 [01:23.49]B:Is every country's monetary unit different? [01:25.26]B：每一国家的货币单位是否不一样? [01:27.04]A:In general, each sovereign state has its own money. [01:29.12]A：一般来说，每一个独立自主的国家都有自己的货币。 [01:31.19]B:Does your family have many money? [01:32.50]B：你家是否很有钱? [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”这个词属不可数名词，所以得说“much money”表示很有钱。我家同你家一样， [01:42.16]We are living on salaries, our deposits in the bank are limited. [01:44.32]我们都靠工薪生活，我们在银行的存款也很有限。 [01:46.48]B:Is the word money used in other ways? [01:48.13]B:money这个词是否还有其他用法? [01:49.79]A:Yes,in many conditions we still use money to show things, [01:51.82]在很多情况下我们仍然用money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表示挣大钱，good money 表示工资很高。 [02:00.69]B:Anything else? [02:01.47]B：还有其他用途吗? [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：外国人来中国时第一件事情是到银行兑换成中国的人民币。 [02:10.01]When we have money left from monthly expenses, we'd better put some in a savings bank. [02:12.68]当我们每月开支后尚有余款，便把它存入储蓄所(银行)。 [02:15.34]The problem is many businesses are mostly 'money matters'. So time is money and money is life. [02:18.89]问题在于忙忙碌碌的很多事务主要都同金钱有关，所以便流传有“时间就是金钱，金钱就是生命”的说道。 [02:22.45]Do you know the proverb about money? [02:23.46]你知道这个有关“钱”的谚语吗? [02:24.48]B:Of course. I know another one:'Money makes the mare go.' Or we say 'Money talks'. [02:27.98]B：当然我知道。我还知道另外一句谚语：“有钱能使鬼推磨”，还有“金钱万能”。 [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：对，很好，你知道的也不少。你知道商业上的赚钱和赔钱吧? [02:38.75]B:Can we use money in its plural form? [02:40.30]B：我们能不能把money这个词用作复数? [02:41.85]A:Yes, but it's not the same word, it's spelled monies or moneys. [02:47.13]A：可以，复数的money写成monies或moneys ，但其词意不同， [02:52.41]It means an amount of money, for example, public monies and tax monies. [02:55.63]表示一定量的钱财，例如：公款，税款。 [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]不管怎样，还有其他很多地方也都用money 来表示。我们多多学习后逐步会掌握它的用法。

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