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.
1 B; b8 h3 v- r5 ~8 G6 {　　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。
　　A:Do you know all the uses of the word 'money'?
　　A：你知道“money”这个词的全部用法吗？
9 m) w& p# I; Z4 y　　B:No.
　　B：不知道。
　　A:Does the word 'money' usually mean the bills we use every day to buy something?
2 ?9 B! x) v) x: d& Z0 ?5 O　　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？
　　B:Only bills?
: ?2 w9 s" r. e0 y" R　　B：仅仅是指钞票吗？
- }1 x  d9 q0 V2 g　　A:No, money is in two kinds, one is hard currency money and the other is paper.
& c, h* S; S6 e3 U* }' V0 E　　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.
　　一般都用作合金铸造硬币。
" L0 k; P# _) @, ?  n　　B:In the museums we can see that Chinese copper money had a long history.
　　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 Y' e7 R5 z7 A- r- F% G- A: g- ]　　A:Yes, the form of them changed. Copper coins were in use until Kuomintang time when the coin became round,
! V: O; j3 F$ l/ y　　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，
3 M+ \  E6 U. ~  x/ E* ?2 g　　rather than having the square hole in the middle as in the Ching and Ming Dynasties.
8 `; X- g) z& f1 K6 F$ A3 M　　不再像清明两代用的铜币中间留有一个方形空洞。
+ o6 z' K6 F/ }: k. l! S+ ?　　B:How many kinds of coins were used then?
　　B：国民党时代的硬币有几种？
　　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.
+ t, F* p1 Z' I  p1 g$ q　　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，
3 A( g, U9 r3 `( W1 r2 i) v  D- W) l　　The people called them 'Yuan big head' and 'Sun big head' in Chinese.
& p6 O$ ^, h. J8 G8 a　　人们把这两种硬币叫作袁大头和孙大头。
% Q4 R& |' D9 }% v6 s　　The second was a 20-cent coin made of silver alloy.
　　第二种硬币是两角的合金银币。
7 V: D  v/ H6 w5 |- A1 R　　The third was a one-cent copper coin and my grandfather told me that he used another kind of copper coin to buy sweets.
　　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。
* G! C3 h3 K) d( W  _& z* i1 u　　B:What was its value?
　　B：那这种铜币价值多大？
  z- Q8 V  H1 [4 r2 W　　A:A one-cent copper coin could be exchanged for three copper coins.
　　A：当时一分铜可兑换三枚“铜板”。
8 \1 x2 c7 G" j& B$ q3 i　　B:How different from today! Nowadays there are six kinds of currency.
3 |  C: y% Q3 b( e. ?　　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,
& ^4 W6 m$ }; I5 D　　第一种是一元硬币，其次是五角硬币，一角，五分，
　　two-cent piece and the smallest is the one-cent coin. Only the fifty-cent piece is golden in colour.
　　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?
+ j8 H# _3 e6 ?2 ]! D. J$ I　　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.
　　B：我还没有见过。
　　A:They are commemorative coins, one in honour of the world famous giant pandas,
  z! F" d6 B: F　　A：那是纪念币，一种是世界闻名的大熊猫命名的，
* d" y0 _7 q  |& L# t　　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。
7 j& B1 n' G9 j* V" E; K　　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.
3 M" |0 F! o+ H5 J( ^9 P　　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.
* f1 t3 o( p% c+ M　　它值50元人民币。供外宾收藏。
2 Z+ t2 @8 u+ h% y　　B:What a pity I haven't seen them!
　　B：没有亲眼目睹，真可惜！
2 `+ m: O! Q7 R" m4 Q　　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。