B:(Teacher) Madam, you have just said that our future work deals with numbers, but what concrete work do you mean?/ |6 ]( I# Q. S' X( H
B:老师,你方才说我们将来的工作是同数目打交道,但你具体指的是什么工作?
4 ~9 I F, T$ Z, F) x" W% W9 J C:Madam, please explain this.
# k. W6 m+ v6 g% I C:老师,请你解释一下。
! s0 x2 `2 l/ s# s A:All right. This is a good question. There are, in general, four processes in accounting:
: X; U; G0 J( U1 E2 d, y+ s A:好,这个问题提得好。一般说来,在会计业务中有四个方面,, F! m$ y: E: `
addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. The most frequently used is addition.
' j1 n; m9 i0 ]& L* r 即加,减,乘,除。最频繁使用的计算是加法。" R* ?7 W! u( n& J+ k7 d
Every day we have many current accounts, and every account withdraws money or makes some deposits.% Z* u7 l2 q; |1 w; n: W6 p
每天我们有很多往来帐目,每位帐户要就是取款,或是存款。0 g% r' H7 \# ~$ E' i4 m( `
B:When do we use subtraction for current accounts?! O3 r8 n; S! V& [/ [" D6 K
B:在往来帐户中什么时候要用减法呢?
' y; J" b; o9 V4 g) U A:Very simple. When an amount of money is withdrawn, you must subtract this number from the general deposit,0 @1 E& x8 D1 C
A:很简单,例如是取款,你就得存款总额中减去取款的数,7 U( W! W& n# D; y- \
then write the new amount of deposit in the account book.
, v1 X7 P, x: s9 W. U( r 然后在存折上写上新的存款总额。
3 ]* U( m6 k: [- Z) h C:How do we use English to say this?
! Z! F7 [! D- [/ y: k C:那么我们用英语怎样说呢?4 n8 H" |. J5 Z/ _2 _* K4 J
A:The formulas for addition:7+9=16, 239+145=384. We say 'seven and nine is (or are) sixteen',6 I$ t0 J! }6 t. ^* } x$ r
A:这里看两个算式:7+9=16,239+145=384。第一个算式我们这样说:seven and nine is (或用are)sixteen,2 g7 y, f1 k; ?$ j8 _8 O
but in the latter three-digit number, we should use 'plus' instead of 'and',
/ B: K. O" Y, U d$ z7 r# Z 但在第二个算式中三位数字的加法法则不用and,而用plus,
3 W$ F6 P% _" l we say 'two hundred and thirty-nine plus one (a) hundred and forty-five is (or equals) three hundred and eighty-four.'. b. f# ^+ E. m ~8 j8 S
我们得这样说:two hundred and thirty-nine plus one (或用a)hundred and forty-five is leaves(或用equals)three hundred and eighty-four。
( \# W: y f9 ?' x M B:How about subtraction?
2 B' q8 ]. V9 w B:那减法怎样说呢?
3 T# M6 W1 D+ a* w) d) X A:Look at these two formulas:8-5=3, 543-216=327. In the first formula,
6 ]1 L" W2 |2 Z) b# v# h A:看这两个算题:8-5=3 ,543-216=327。第一个算式,
. l5 M+ y6 f+ {9 J. N+ c& U6 a we say 'five from eight leaves (or is) three', or 'eight minus five is three'.
+ W; ]6 e% \+ E( E% Q5 D 我们说:five from eight leaves(或用is )three ,另一种说法是:eight miuns five is three。1 I I6 {; U2 q" j
In the latter threedigit number we should use 'minus':! l4 a& p7 `& O/ b: ?; h+ H
在第二个三位数字算式我们应该用“minus”,
6 G/ t; m& h. q+ X+ N" \ five hundred and forty-three minus two hundred and sixteen equals three hundred and twenty-seven.2 d9 _6 q% q9 s7 e' [
我们就得这样说:five hundred and forty-three minus two hundred and sixteen equals three hundred and twenty-seven。
6 X) W J; g: q C:When do we use multiplication and division?
2 Q" q. o8 a( Q$ ]6 z C:什么时候我们用乘法和除法?
. y9 E& p0 |+ Q& M4 B A:Multiplication and division are used to calculate interest rates.2 s) C7 L# R( Z1 K8 L6 V
A:乘法,除法用在计算利率。# p9 X3 O& |$ ^7 q& t1 [
Every savings deposit compounds the amount of interest.
$ P7 Y$ y/ f! X5 x 每一个存款帐本中都包含有利息。
" y4 M0 t/ r1 u" Z' K: T9 k5 Q: V% h2 \ We should use 'times' or 'multiply' to express this. For the simple formula:4*6=24,7 @# T% c( W, K' I" z
这种乘法我们得用times或是multiply 来表示。拿这个4*6=24简单的算式来说吧,
L# D* q+ F* Q# j; _- I we can say four sixes are twenty-four, but for the larger numbers, such as 18*243=4374& i( p0 K* K; r" r# B1 d
我们说four sixes are twenty-four ,但在大数目中,如18*243=4372,+ ~2 y& L2 F) {! ~- n7 O% Q
we say eighteen times two hundred and fortythree makes (or is) four thousand three hundred and seventy-four,& G- T& F1 c/ F
我们就得说:eighteen times two hundred and forty-three makes(或用is)four thousand three hundred and seven-four," t/ x: h) L; \6 D- e, G% @
but more formally:18 multiplied by 243 equals 4374.+ `6 N# x, m8 Q
但一般较正式的用法是:18 multiplied by 243 equals 4374。
* d Z3 O" R' A; X+ I0 H( @ B:Is division used in accounting?6 o- G7 c% t: h/ G: Q
B:在会计工作中除法用不用?
# y M$ w! Y i; K. e A:Well, in big firms, companies, enterprises, joint ventures and others,
2 _$ H1 e( X8 A9 ]1 L A:在大商行,大公司,大企业和联合企业等大的金融机构内,
9 o t% d; [$ [4 K0 d. h sometimes the amount of investments are large,' ~* o6 k( [$ h. Z4 _
有时投资的量相当大,
5 W( b0 Z+ k7 V' i% ^6 X and everyday current accounts are very complex, so all those processes have to be used.
. G q* J! V) H/ I 每天的往来帐目又相当复杂,所以这几种计算法都得用上。
; V& Y/ I+ S$ j( u3 v. K C:Can you give us some examples on division?0 r. H' i2 b. @' x/ d
C:能不能再给我们举个例子说说除法?
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A:A simple one is 9/3=3, we say three into nine goes three; |