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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 5 g9 n  g6 q0 J0 L) j- R& i
  应付通货膨胀
$ ?% X  h# G( Z  Situation 3
5 P, t' M& h# n( g6 _  情景 3 ( J% ?  ?! C2 J
  Robert Albert ,president of Albert Electronics ,is talking aboutinflation and general financial conditions with his banker ,WilsonHall.
" D; z9 A4 w5 y. t' p, d; F6 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。 * q9 k1 K% A( E: W
  Albert:I’m really concerned about the general financial situation ,Mr.Hall. & b! I; w  s' w1 p
  艾伯特:霍尔先生,我对于目前金融价总的状况甚为关切。 " V9 c7 g' j0 v2 t6 a* J/ S
  We’ve been living with constantly rising prices for too long . ( I, A1 G% u+ a% [! o
  我们长期在物价不断上涨的情况下生活着,
. G8 {+ k7 |9 N5 x: U! o- |  You would think that the tight money policies that the government has been following would starthaving some effect .
- d% h) e/ z7 [  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。
, x; `# j# O9 G0 G  Hall:I think they’re starting to work ,Mr.Albert .Interest rates have gone up substantially recently , ! V/ K* |7 J4 n( K( V* I
  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,
/ s" D# q! R' ]' X. q2 n  and the availability of credit has been sharply curtailed . , \' l8 c0 t9 K4 P; Z# }2 {" X
  信贷的使用已大大削减。   a9 b" n( |+ j' x
  Unfortunately ,however demand-pull inflation is not our only problem .
, B/ O9 V9 l8 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。
2 N7 u2 x' ]1 ?: l' q5 i( e  A;Yes ,the new problem seems to be cost-push inflation ,or what the economists sometimes callsellers’inflation .
9 E( }# r. a: B& h* [4 V  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。
; j, G( y% ]* g& a  H:Exactly .For example ,the rising costs of commodities and energy supplies over which we haveno real control .
* Y2 c4 K& b4 Z) f0 V' C8 u; i: f/ N  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。
* ?, J! }- X- H: E0 m; `1 ?  Fiscal and monetary policies can’t do much to help us deal with this kind of inflation . 0 ^7 o7 v1 M( t8 q, n% f
  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。
4 C( ^/ N, f1 O  A:It must be very difficult for you as a banker to try to satisfy your customers during periods likethis . 8 \/ m6 f' X0 Y$ a; t1 G* Z
  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。 ; O6 T9 ]( e* e6 \
  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 . * A3 y, W! w) j: {' N
  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。 2 Y$ g# W5 t1 s
  A:Well,let’s hope we see an improvement soon.People on fixed incomes,particularly retired people,
9 A$ P" N; N) 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,
" A7 D& c' `' F- Z  must be having a terrible time making ends meet.
% Z( k2 N, D7 U4 A. u' h) e* f  为维持生计一定会碰到不少困难。
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