Overview of the Banking Industry in China I.The Role of the Banking Sector in China Paragragh 5 (P1) 1.Fourth, the banking sector provides the indispensable national payments mechanism for the development of modern financial and business systems. 第四,银行部门为现代财政和企业体制的发展提供必要的国家支付体系。 (1)the indispensable national payment mechanism:必要的国家支付体系 indispensable:a.不可缺少的;绝对必要的 mechanism: n.way in which sth works or is constructed:机制;结构 例:competitive mechanism:竞争机制 exchange rate mechanism:汇率机制 market mechanism:市场机制 price mechanism:价格机制 mechanism of exchange:交易机构 mechanism of government:政府机构 (2)modern financial and business systems:现代财务制度和工商企业体系 Paragragh 6 2.Fifth, the banking system as a whole reduces risks through aggregation and enables them to be carried by those more willing to bear them. 整个银行体系采用集中风险的手段来降低风险,使那些更原意承担风险的人去承担风险。 (1)aggregation: n.聚集;汇集(风险) aggregate: v.bring or come together in a mass聚集;汇聚 them:此处指“风险” carry them (risks):负担(具有)风险 carry: v. involve;entail:具有;使负担 例:The loan carries 3.5% interest.该贷款负担百分之三点五的利息。 (2)(those persons) (who are) more willing to bear them:更原意承担风险的(那些人) 由(who are) willing to bear them定语从句(简化为分词短语)修饰前面的those (persons)。 bear: v.endure承担;忍受 Paragragh 7 3.Following five decades of evolution, particularly more than two decades of reform and opening to the outside world, China's banking sector has entered a stage of vigorous development. 中国银行业经过50年的发展,特别是经过20多年的改革开放,已经进入了一个蓬勃发展的阶段。 (1)decade: n.period of ten years:十年的期间 (2)evolution: n.process of opening out or developing:发育;发展 (3)reform and opening to the outside world:改革开放 4、The past few years have seen marked acceleration of China's banking reform, particularly significant strengthening of the central bank’s capacity for supervision and microeconomic management. 在过去的几年中,中国银行业的改革速度显著加快,特别是强化了中央银行的监管职能和对宏观经济的管理职能。 (1)strenghen: v.make or become strong(er)加强;强化 (2)capacity: n.ability能力;职能 (3)supervision: n.监督;管理 supervise: v.watch and direct监督;管理;指导 (4)microeconomic management:宏观经济管理 (5)openness: n.open+ness Paragragh 8 5. The evolution of the Chinese banking system can be broadly divided into three phases. 现代中国银行业体制的发展演变大体上分为三个阶段。 (1)phase: n.stage of development:阶段;时期