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[考试辅导] 金融英语备考资料口语篇-计算日息

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发表于 2012-8-16 08:17:42 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
  The British Financial System
5 d7 I  E9 P. r3 \5 t* m, {4 O  英国金融制度
- v, T, v. E8 y1 i% C  Situation 8
0 `- |: @1 K9 Y3 R' l  情景 8 7 H. I! g$ `& Q: a% S: `3 o! n9 P
  Tatsuo Horita ,a banker from Japan ,is visiting with an officer ofthe Bank of England . 7 z+ h4 o0 J  W* ~; R$ L2 x- _
  来自日本的银行家堀田达夫正在与英格兰银行的一位高级职员闲谈, 0 h9 ]) \! t# U5 ~) f/ O
  They are talking about the British monetary and financial system . , \6 M# u: F" H
  他们正谈论着英国的货币和金融制度。 , q9 R& W9 N9 @0 x+ S; s
  Horita:I understand that Bank of England notes have been legal tender in Britain since the earlypart of the 19th century .
  N) N0 E; y# X  堀 田:据我所知,从19世纪初叶,英格兰银行发行的纸币就已经成为英国的法币了。
- }4 U- N6 ~5 Q2 |7 m  Officer:Yes,actually from 1883,long before the Bank of England was the official central bank forBritain. / U$ j2 m% t- Y' i, |' D! w
  职 员:是的,实际上从1833年开始,英格兰银行早已成为英国的官方中央银行了,
% E3 n# A0 ~5 K9 f  And special restrictions put on note issurance by other banks in 1844 caused most banks todiscontinue issuing notes.
8 F$ `! A- f9 b+ i9 a! L- k! q% Z  而且在1844年,还对其他银行的货币发行实行期一些特别的限制,这就使得大多数的银行不再继续发行纸币。 3 G0 T  c" z" V+ L3 Q& J1 E# z( s
  H:Weren’t Bank of England notes backed by specie? + P0 d" j7 v' N6 F7 C- Q6 D1 _3 \
  堀 田:英格兰银行发行的纸币不是以金银铸币作为依据吗? ) E8 n4 j, {4 B( F- o; k0 P/ }
  O:Specie or government bonds until 1931.Since then ,of course,the Bank of England like othercentral banks has not held specie reserves equal to our note issue.
0 E9 ~, g  u0 @# z, v* b0 u; T  职 员:直到1931年,还是以铸币或政府的债券为依据的。当然,从那以后,象其它的中央银行一样,英格兰银行并不持有与我们发行的纸币等量的金银铸币储备。 6 T& i$ I* Q+ P% Y& q8 t) g: A1 @
  H:When did the Bank of England become the official central bank of the United Kingdom? 5 }2 T2 S" h. b; t/ f8 R
  堀 田:英格兰银行什么时候成为联合王国的官方中央银行的呢?
( G, Z6 G% K3 _8 s" Y  O:That’s difficult to say .Actually ,the bank was nationalized by the government in 1946.
; a/ p: a# m, O! H: N  职员:这很难说,实际上,在1946年政府已将其收归国有。 ' V0 `) S. a& y4 i8 R& Z" }
  Before that ,however ,the bank had been the central banking instituion for over a century .
( w" i; b. i) c9 Z  然而,在这之前,英格兰银行就已经成为中央银行有100多年了。
  ^$ ]* [7 S* _- k0 C1 `  While we were privately owned ,successive governments felt that we operated in the public interestand gradually enacted laws, # `7 o- x! W; G1 f8 r* L- z1 _& ]
  当时,虽然我们是私立银行,但历届政府都认为我们的业务经营活动有利于公众利益,并逐步地有所立法,
3 K# Q. O2 Z4 M1 w# a+ t  which gave us various supervisory functions over other banks .
  J! Q0 Z" S2 L% x  这一切赋予了我们对其他银行的各种监督职能。 * n1 G3 B1 c+ N! T" ^" D
  H:So the bank now makes fiscal and monetary policies for the country ? % W. F, N$ _0 D- g
  堀田:因此,目前该银行就是为国家制定财政和金融政策的。 8 b0 u& n. K* [$ x; m
  O:In coperation with the Cabinet we do .Our functions are not as independent as those of theFederal Reserve in the United States. ! k7 U# ?2 j# D  v  _% y
  职员:我们在与内阁合作中行使我们的职能,但我们的职能不象美国联邦储备那样具有独立性。
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