Opening a Savings Account4 O/ Y4 ^ F8 ^9 w" M ~+ M
开立储蓄帐户
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Henry Samson is asking a clerk at the First National Bank aboutopening a regular savings account.9 X7 A4 [6 e3 y8 Y
亨利·萨姆森在第一国民银行向一个职员询问有关开立普通储蓄帐户事宜。
& h: I% [- C1 U$ G, t7 H Clerk:May I help you ,sir?
# ~5 a. G2 r$ b' d I 职员:我能为您做些什么吗?先生?
0 f$ \1 \/ D u& S. A# ]# G! l Samson:Yes,please .I’d like to open a savings account .Can you give me some information?6 {+ M7 _; @, @; t7 h/ b7 E1 b
萨姆森:谢谢,我想开立一个储蓄帐户。请您和我谈谈这方面的事,好吗?" }9 o# C, B6 \, j; e* e5 C
C:Yes,I’d be happy to help you .We call our regular savings account plan passbook savings.1 n3 u/ X4 ^+ ~
职员:好的,我很乐意为您服务。我们把我们的银行的普通储蓄帐户称为银行存折储蓄。
9 w- ]! {9 x. O: u9 {! y You may open an account in your name only ,or a joint account with your wife.* B: k/ G) u& C6 H' V
您可以只用您自己的名字开立帐户,也可以与您的妻子开立共同帐户。
+ O; J& B3 G7 M- Y) O! M; I There is no minimum balance ,and you may make deposits or withdrawals at any time .' O1 D, g- w8 d/ J
我们这里没存款最小余额的限制,而且可随时存款或取款。
+ V1 l( \0 R3 H S:Do I earn interest on the account ?8 X o8 v/ V# L v) f/ P
萨姆森:我能从帐户上得到利息吗?
1 N, d- J- |6 }4 t: U* S) Y C:Yes,we pay the highest interest rate permitted for commercial banks .
( J4 x0 Y2 P( n' T) t- B 职员:可以的。我们这里支付商业银行所允许的最高利率。- T4 U0 h/ Z+ p. [. ~
We credit the earned interest to your account automatically every quarter.
, t0 I/ G m ?, u 每个季度,我们会自动地把利息划入您的帐户的贷方。# E, I6 ^( G0 e4 X! S; W
S:Is it difficult to open an account?I mean ,do I have to be a regular customer of the bank?
+ I$ `- e) U! x7 T/ H 萨姆森:开立一个帐户难吗?我是说,我必须是银行的老客户吗?1 F: y1 K; C- @1 G/ s2 F
C:No ,sir.not at all.All that’s necessary is to fill out this signature card and make your initial deposit .0 l! y4 d0 x- [! _
职员:不,先生,完全不必。您所需要做的只是填写一下这张签名卡,并进行首次储蓄,, Y! [9 M0 @3 B8 g4 V
Even a dollar is enough to open the account .
/ @6 Y- I; S" w: k; [0 d 甚至一美元就可开立一个帐户。1 K) K0 z/ y; j3 u0 z
S:Let’s see .You want my name,address,occupation ,date of birth and Social Security number .! L# U% W9 N0 a! @: b8 e0 R8 F p" w
萨姆森:让我看看这张卡片。你要我填上姓名、住址、职业、出生日期和社会保险号码。
! x4 W+ R1 a" Q2 E What’s this item here,"Mother’s Maiden Name"?
: O" J' I: ~4 W 母亲婚前姓名这一项是怎么回事?
5 \( V) G7 t+ f8 e C:We ask that for identification purposes ,sir .It’s a code word we use to positively identify you incase you lose your passbook or there is some other need for positive identification .. N/ ?1 q R# R8 T. J
职员:我们要求这一姓名是为人便于辨别身份,先生。这是一个暗语,万一您丢失了您的存折,我们可以用它来确切地辨别您的身份,或者由于某种需要,用以准确地辨认身份。! i4 w6 J' f4 d( k
S:I see.Well,let me fill this out and I’ll open an account.1 Y5 ~, P$ F6 _- N a9 E# _" h `4 J
萨姆森:我明白了,那我就填写这张卡片,然后开立一个帐户。 |