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[考试辅导] 金融英语备考资料口语篇-应付通货膨胀

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发表于 2012-8-16 08:17:42 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
  Dealing with Inflation
+ C% w6 Q  u9 e7 x6 w% z  应付通货膨胀 : I. A! K) }$ b1 f" l
  Situation 3 - G) H: Z$ ^' w; r7 `
  情景 3
7 o" ~  g1 Z+ s1 t* O' ~0 }  Robert Albert ,president of Albert Electronics ,is talking aboutinflation and general financial conditions with his banker ,WilsonHall. - x  s! N/ M: U( ]
  艾伯特电子公司总裁罗伯特·艾伯特正和他的银行职员威尔逊·霍尔在谈论通货膨胀和金融状况。
; u/ f- }, N/ D  ?3 v. _  Albert:I’m really concerned about the general financial situation ,Mr.Hall.
3 U& P  U* a) p  艾伯特:霍尔先生,我对于目前金融价总的状况甚为关切。 $ |2 ?8 I& q) T/ M  k
  We’ve been living with constantly rising prices for too long . & B" r; N9 _+ _* ]- C
  我们长期在物价不断上涨的情况下生活着, 7 T# ^0 X% @5 {/ G" }! \' U
  You would think that the tight money policies that the government has been following would starthaving some effect . ' }7 I2 n. t- @/ h5 u9 V- @" |
  你大概认为政府所实施的银根紧缩政策已经开始产生一些效果。
) w! f: ]5 ^# _  Hall:I think they’re starting to work ,Mr.Albert .Interest rates have gone up substantially recently , 0 F! ?5 `% v  r9 p$ m* F* G4 Z
  霍 尔:我认为这些政策已经开始生效,艾伯特先生。近来利率已大幅度提高, - [9 `; X9 N% y) B" s, C* K! D) _
  and the availability of credit has been sharply curtailed .
! d5 y9 `! j* b( g2 ^  信贷的使用已大大削减。 " \- P' g  l9 {  R8 D4 b
  Unfortunately ,however demand-pull inflation is not our only problem . & x& t. w& p, _, _' T, ~
  不幸的是,由需求而促成的通货膨胀并不是我们唯一的问题。
1 g# W0 M2 _$ ]! Y  A;Yes ,the new problem seems to be cost-push inflation ,or what the economists sometimes callsellers’inflation .
  D+ ^5 C/ @4 d$ Q  艾伯特:是的,新的问题似乎是成本促成的通货膨胀,就是经济学家们有时称之为卖方通货膨胀。
5 i$ A% }; p8 |( H# Z  H:Exactly .For example ,the rising costs of commodities and energy supplies over which we haveno real control . 0 a4 ^, ~) a$ _- D2 U
  霍 尔:的确如此,譬如说,商品和能源的成本一直不断增加,对此我们没有得到真正的控制。 8 S/ C. i: c4 W# K) I0 C
  Fiscal and monetary policies can’t do much to help us deal with this kind of inflation .
/ p8 U5 o' M6 I) K3 ]  财政和货币政策对于我们解决这类性质的通货膨胀也是爱莫能助。
) e  G, H$ @1 F7 n# O8 K7 g  A:It must be very difficult for you as a banker to try to satisfy your customers during periods likethis .
1 K+ b5 O2 L0 L; \4 K  艾伯特:处于这样的时期,你作为一个银行家,要想尽力去满足你的顾客们的要求肯定是很困难的。
+ c* S; {" ~; l  H:Indeed it is.Tight money policies make it necessary for us to turn down loan requests from manyclients or to increase the downpayment requirements on mortgage and installment loans .   j) b) z- y" k
  霍 尔:确实如此。银根紧缩政策使得我们必须拒绝许多客户的贷款要求,或者增加抵押货款和分期贷款的定金。
: _4 x4 l) _- L7 U8 b0 \1 C% ]- y  A:Well,let’s hope we see an improvement soon.People on fixed incomes,particularly retired people,
) G/ b9 R7 f# G9 `3 z  艾伯特:我们指望着不久将看到情况有所好转。眼下,那些靠固定收入的人们,特别是那些退休的人,
4 C4 m$ v8 B4 m  must be having a terrible time making ends meet.
& G4 l6 j' j, G9 `: a  为维持生计一定会碰到不少困难。
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