金融英语学习：Money(2)

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　　B:Still in our daily life, I feel the importance of money and we know the power of it and will be dealing with money every day.
! [" S. {8 O! O4 h　　B：在日常生活中，我感到金钱的重要性，我们都知道金钱的能量，几乎天天要同钱打交道。
3 n3 {# P$ f" G% ^0 z2 R, L) b　　A:Do you know all the uses of the word 'money'?
: P: r8 v5 r' @+ ]2 B　　A：你知道“money”这个词的全部用法吗？
3 ^0 t( }% ^5 l* i; I# Q　　B:No.
　　B：不知道。
　　A:Does the word 'money' usually mean the bills we use every day to buy something?
  e: W$ `$ T" r( x# x　　A：“money”这个词的含意是否指的是我们天天用来买东西的钞票吗？
4 G! |. G% S; U3 m1 k　　B:Only bills?
　　B：仅仅是指钞票吗？
　　A:No, money is in two kinds, one is hard currency money and the other is paper.
　　A：不，货币有两种，硬的货币和纸做的货币，
　　The former is called coins, a coin may be made of gold, silver, copper, aluminium...
　　前者称为硬币，硬币可由于金，银，铜，镍和铝等金属铸成，
　　usually metals are used as alloy.
. @' I* D( q9 |% Z  H$ T! Q　　一般都用作合金铸造硬币。
- L, m( {; Z& y0 t　　B:In the museums we can see that Chinese copper money had a long history.
1 ?, M0 |! _1 W0 v　　B：在博物馆里我们可以看到中国使用的铜币具有很悠久的历史。
3 f. j2 F1 f  R1 F" Q7 h　　A:Yes, the form of them changed. Copper coins were in use until Kuomintang time when the coin became round,
* |+ ]+ R6 }2 P$ ]1 o1 d( e　　确实如此，但铜币的形式在过去也在不断变化，我国的铜币一直使用到国民党时代，这时铜币成了圆形，
　　rather than having the square hole in the middle as in the Ching and Ming Dynasties.
6 l/ w1 r- p5 D9 ]5 r0 U$ f- [　　不再像清明两代用的铜币中间留有一个方形空洞。
& X3 R. C+ V% m5 f　　B:How many kinds of coins were used then?
; Q7 i$ q- L* y. d3 w& C　　B：国民党时代的硬币有几种？
" N9 _6 s" ]7 V- C% b% y　　A:My grandfather told me that when he was young, there were four kinds:
　　A：我的祖父告诉我说，在他小的时候当时有4种硬币流通，
　　a silver coin called yuan, on which was the head of Yuan Shikai and the other depicted Sun Yat-sen.
6 r; }5 Z/ v% X　　第一种是一元的银币，上面印铸有袁世凯的头像，另一种是印铸有孙中山的头像，
4 Z7 r% u' n6 M: H2 f　　The people called them 'Yuan big head' and 'Sun big head' in Chinese.
　　人们把这两种硬币叫作袁大头和孙大头。
　　The second was a 20-cent coin made of silver alloy.
　　第二种硬币是两角的合金银币。
　　The third was a one-cent copper coin and my grandfather told me that he used another kind of copper coin to buy sweets.
' k0 Z# r& y9 F( }! O　　第三种是一分钱的铜币。爷爷还告诉我他当时还用另一种铜币买糖吃。
& ~  A: v3 f; y& g　　B:What was its value?
2 A8 H: s3 d1 @　　B：那这种铜币价值多大？
　　A:A one-cent copper coin could be exchanged for three copper coins.
* v5 f* `+ w0 u1 {9 A, ~! F　　A：当时一分铜可兑换三枚“铜板”。
　　B:How different from today! Nowadays there are six kinds of currency.
　　B：这同今天我们使用的硬币大不一样！今天我国市场上流通的有6种。
　　The first is the one yuan coin, then fifty-cent piece, ten-cent piece, a five-cent piece,
　　第一种是一元硬币，其次是五角硬币，一角，五分，
5 e, V' w( s7 K: I& B# O" e　　two-cent piece and the smallest is the one-cent coin. Only the fifty-cent piece is golden in colour.
) }: k5 H4 P% K0 g. F3 d7 r* b! S　　二分和最小值的一分硬币。其中只有五角硬币呈金黄色。
　　A:Very well! But have you ever seen other kinds of big round gold coins?
% `2 q/ p) u2 N& j　　A：很对，但你可见到过另外发行的大而圆的金币吗？
　　B:No, I have not seen them.
0 s; u  X) q; {) ]: B, C　　B：我还没有见过。
7 k6 p" |( @1 v6 Q# @  b; f　　A:They are commemorative coins, one in honour of the world famous giant pandas,
: \3 [8 Z, _) E$ `. d　　A：那是纪念币，一种是世界闻名的大熊猫命名的，
　　which live only in China, so China minted a Giant Panda Gold Coin.
　　这种动物仅生活在中国，所以我国专业些铸造大熊猫金币。
　　The other is in honour of the XI Asian Games, China produced this special big gold coin to commemorate the holding of the XI Asian Games in China.
　　另一种是以十一届亚运会命名的大金币，为纪念该届亚运会在中国的召开。
　　It is worth fifty yuan and foreigners collect them.
4 P/ F' _9 v  X1 R+ L% y# l　　它值50元人民币。供外宾收藏。
　　B:What a pity I haven't seen them!
0 \  C5 T- `$ V1 s' h2 c6 d　　B：没有亲眼目睹，真可惜！
　　A:Yes. Few Chinese has interest in these coins.
　　A：在中国仅有少数人对这两种金币发生兴趣。