Overview of the Banking Industry in China3 L' ?( H7 N: f/ a
I.The Role of the Banking Sector in China6 s# K& Q5 b# m o
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3 A. ^+ l+ p' w4 ?" C4 V 1.Fourth, the banking sector provides the indispensable national payments mechanism for the development of modern financial and business systems.
3 ^/ @: X1 F" O- O2 n1 _8 T 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。9 b% m8 C2 z4 d* ?/ L9 t" @% T
(1)the indispensable national payment mechanism:必要的国家支付体系
8 P- B- `) {( K( P indispensable:a.不可缺少的;绝对必要的
1 _, }* L! l: \' s mechanism: n.way in which sth works or is constructed:机制;结构
: U. D2 S. _2 V 例:competitive mechanism:竞争机制. f0 P( ^' d& |
exchange rate mechanism:汇率机制
7 y3 l H6 @4 H; ]- @ market mechanism:市场机制
: ^/ D; ]7 k" E; Z8 j' S price mechanism:价格机制1 h4 V. X) X9 O$ R& n
mechanism of exchange:交易机构
Q" N" t0 F1 U d mechanism of government:政府机构( N2 x/ I* T- b
(2)modern financial and business systems:现代财务制度和工商企业体系 Paragragh 6
% L b9 c+ H S; B2 `) }" E 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.4 i: P4 Z7 c4 t$ ?; _) r
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 U4 u6 W' z0 { p1 E- p; ^
(1)aggregation: n.聚集;汇集(风险)
* U) F4 ~; \5 m3 Q aggregate: v.bring or come together in a mass聚集;汇聚4 p/ y. O; U+ y$ R+ N
them:此处指“风险”
' c* E# E0 {8 Z' n2 A/ t( F/ k5 k carry them (risks):负担(具有)风险
' a0 A! H. ]+ K/ b0 [7 m, u$ ` carry: v. involve;entail:具有;使负担
U6 q0 \* ]/ l k! ? 例:The loan carries 3.5% interest.该贷款负担百分之三点五的利息。* H( K0 h5 Z+ B0 U. o& w
(2)(those persons) (who are) more willing to bear them:更原意承担风险的(那些人)
6 J$ z0 k% g( K/ M0 y" @' m3 D 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)。! S/ }: ?& @& j8 f" J# j) r
bear: v.endure承担;忍受
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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.
* f; ] ^6 n5 N d7 V* f5 V 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。 p! t" h5 R( O2 @4 G1 s' ~
(1)decade: n.period of ten years:十年的期间
/ C+ D0 `* p' a (2)evolution: n.process of opening out or developing:发育;发展
X, E; |) O: }! h6 B/ g (3)reform and opening to the outside world:改革开放 |