ABC English Digest (第2期)

1) 2) 3) 4) 5) to bail out：帮助……摆脱困境 to estimate：估计; 评价, 评估 treasury：（政府的）财政部 financial system：金融体系 vague：不具体的、不明确的 7) 6) Congressional Budget Office：美 国国会预算办公室 legislator：立法者
English Expressway
Banking English
Difficulty coefficient: easy
1) 支票户头要收服务费，现金户头不收。
There's a service charge for the checking account but no charge for the savings.
*本材料仅作中国农业银行系统内部学习之用*
International Market
Bail-out(1) cost ‘impossible’ to estimate(2)
Sept.24, 2008 Source: Difficulty coefficient: medium
The cost of the Treasury(3) plan to save the US financial system(4) from collapse cannot be estimated because it is too vague(5), Peter Orszag, head of the Congressional Budget Office(6), told legislators(7) on Wednesday.
ABC Peers
ICBC New York Branch Granted Business License
Sept.24, 2008 Source： Difficulty coefficient: medium
The New York branch（1） of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (ICBC)（2）, the world's largest bank by market capitalization（3）, was officially granted（4） business license（5） in New York Tuesday.
3) 收到此信函后，请告知我方是否……
Will you please call us on receipt of this letter to let us know if ...
Business Etiquette
Question 1
Difficulty coefficient: medium
1)Βιβλιοθήκη International Market
At a hearing（1） before the House budget committee（2）, Mr Orszag said: “The secretary would have the authority（3） to purchase virtually（4） any asset, at any price, and sell it at any future date; the lack of specificity（5） regarding how that authority would be implemented makes it impossible at this point to provide a quantitative analysis（6） of the net cost（7） to the federal government（8）.”
Recently, the subprime crisis in the United States has dragged down the world economy particularly the financial markets and the US side has lowered its interest rates. On several occasions, the international oil prices are hovering at a very high level as high as 110 US dollars a barrel. And all these factors had adversely affected the Stock Exchanges all over the world. We have seen major fluctuations in the market.
中国实行从紧的货币政策和稳健的财政政策，是从中国的实际出 发，主要是投资增长幅度过快、货币和信贷增长过大、外贸的顺差增长 过快。
China pursues a tight monetary policy and a prudent fiscal policy based on its own reality. And the main problems we face now are the excess growth rate of investment and the excess growth rate of money supply and credit supply as well as the excess growth rate of China's trade surplus.
China Today
温家宝总理答中外记者问
Difficulty coefficient: difficult Mar. 18th, 2008 （excerpt）
最近因为美国次贷危机的影响，造成美元贬值，几次降息，石油价 格居高不下，已经达到每桶110美元，这对世界的股市也造成很大的影 响，出现了震荡。
Business Etiquette
Question 2
2)
When you have a business meeting in the UK, you should: a) b) c) d) get down to business straight away spend an hour introducing yourselves avoid talking business immediately spend time eating and drinking and getting to know each other Answer: a)
1) 2) New York branch：纽约分行 Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC)：中国工商银行 3) market capitalization：市场资本总值 4) 5) to grant：准许、承认、给予 business license：营业执照
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) wholesale deposit：大额存款 trade finance：贸易融资 U.S. dollar clearing：美元清算 banking business：银行业务 to file application to：提交申请材料 8) 6) 7) to obtain official approval：获得正式 批准 U.S. Federal Reserve：美国联邦储备 委员会 to be scheduled to do sth.：计划做
One of the most ill-mannered things to do at a business meal is _______. a) b) c) d) order a lot of food smoke while the others are eating set up business papers on the table use a cell phone Answer: c)
好事不出门，坏事传千里。
Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
English Expressway
A Joke
Difficulty coefficient: easy
Whose Dog is Smarter Two women who are dog owners are arguing about whose dog is smarter. Women A: My dog is very smart, every morning he waits for the paper boy to come around and then he takes the newspaper and brings it to me. Women B: I know… Women A: How? Women B: My dog told me.
2) 我们储蓄存款的最低存款额是100美元。
Our minimum deposit for a savings account is 100 dollars.
English Expressway
Well-known Quotations & Idioms
Difficulty coefficient: easy
ABC English Digest
Sept. 3Oth, 2008
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Happy National Day!
China Today
我对世界经济，特别是美国的经济十分关注，而且深感忧虑。