Opening a Savings Account
1 r; n# [' [. H- R 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. * Y. z$ c, M" T$ V3 e! ]
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。 0 r4 m& f! d; F0 {: |. A
Clerk:May I help you ,sir?
: r/ M3 |) I8 s( V* S+ E 职员:我能为您做些什么吗?先生? 0 E) i) o& d, S' q9 n, V8 P
Samson:Yes,please .I’d like to open a savings account .Can you give me some information? K& K6 w5 o1 |! h* ~: c4 a
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? S. r' |; J) t+ v; c" B
C:Yes,I’d be happy to help you .We call our regular savings account plan passbook savings.
6 l: u. j; [2 z 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。
* Q2 x7 ?" i3 x# X$ T You may open an account in your name only ,or a joint account with your wife.
; l( l; k8 B( W 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。
) A. [! k; l: B/ b There is no minimum balance ,and you may make deposits or withdrawals at any time .
& D$ l' ]( G% L2 ? 我们这里没存款最小余额的限制,而且可随时存款或取款。
2 K1 {7 D3 X1 B; X% G' K& o S:Do I earn interest on the account ?
9 Y8 W; R# h. G. @/ v' g 萨姆森:我能从帐户上得到利息吗? ! O% [4 ^+ G+ K% N( x: Z: k( {
C:Yes,we pay the highest interest rate permitted for commercial banks . 6 G/ i1 D3 C8 h; p
职员:可以的。我们这里支付商业银行所允许的最高利率。 3 ]; `+ M7 g/ s# ?
We credit the earned interest to your account automatically every quarter.
/ k, X R3 I5 b 每个季度,我们会自动地把利息划入您的帐户的贷方。 + Q, w( b* N" \0 O* f5 W
S:Is it difficult to open an account?I mean ,do I have to be a regular customer of the bank?
2 R& C1 ]- _7 L, r5 j. k/ ^ 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? ) b) \$ K! T, x8 v: W
C:No ,sir.not at all.All that’s necessary is to fill out this signature card and make your initial deposit . 9 D# p u: [ b! [) n3 R
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, 5 K/ Y, C/ J6 n* B0 m3 w3 z- Q* s* o
Even a dollar is enough to open the account . * Y; D! w! `. z
甚至一美元就可开立一个帐户。
) f, C E& Y8 L( V8 a+ ^4 [ S:Let’s see .You want my name,address,occupation ,date of birth and Social Security number .
0 g$ K8 C9 M% @7 e; b# o- z 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。 " X) t- \5 v- C a
What’s this item here,"Mother’s Maiden Name"?
" q4 H8 ~/ a: N7 ]& U 母亲婚前姓名这一项是怎么回事? ; k1 E4 K8 g$ U$ Y+ N/ l0 u
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 . 4 h( i) v: q7 u% x% `7 K' b) r
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。 0 l6 F+ a% O! U0 Q4 b4 ~
S:I see.Well,let me fill this out and I’ll open an account. 7 _/ G5 F- A! G; {5 x
萨姆森:我明白了,那我就填写这张卡片,然后开立一个帐户。 |