金融英语口语(6)
金融英语口语：Digits or Numbers
Part Two
Situation Dialogues
New Words
新单词
number n.
数目
digit n.
数字
Phrases & Expressions
短语汇
be interested in
在...感兴趣，爱好....
even number
偶数
odd number
奇数
cardinal number
基数
ordinal number
序数
A:Are you interested in accounting?
A：你对会计感兴趣吗?
B:Not very much. I hope little by little it gets better.
B：不太感兴趣，我希望能逐步对会计有好感。
A:We will.
A：我们一定会的。
B:Maybe you can help me. What is the difference between a number and a digit?
B：或许你能帮助我解答一个问题。你说数字和数目之间有什么差别?
A:Ah, that's easy. For example, a number like 237 865 contains six digits,
A:啊，这是很容易。举例说吧，在一个数目237 865里有6个数字组成，
so several digits make up a number over ten.
因此一个十以上的数目是由几个数字组成的。
B:Which term is used more often?
B：这两个词中哪一个用途更广?
A:The word 'number' is more widely used. For example, you'd say 'even number',
A：数目“(数)这个词用处更广泛。例如，我们常说“偶数“，
'old number', 'cardinal number', 'ordinal number', a known number or an unknown number.
‘奇数’，‘基数’，‘序数’，已知数或未知数。
B:How else is this word used?
B：数个词另外还有那种用途?
A:For instance, my home telephone number is 62028431 and my home address is No.346 Beijing Road.
A：比如我的家里电话号码是62028431，我的地址是北京路346号。
Our classroom is 253.
我们的教室是253号。
B:Where do we use 'digits' most often?
B：“数字”在哪儿用得最多?
A:In mathematics or in computer science. All of us will have a special course to learn.
A：在数学和计算机科学有用得最多。我们不久就要学这门课程。
B:Yes. Banks today have computers to process everyday accounts.
B：是的，现在银行里都用计算机处理每天的来往账目。
A:We might say, the day of the abacus is gone.
A：我们可以说，算盘的时代已经过去了。
B:But I am interested in using an abacus.
B：可我对打算盘还是很感兴趣。
A:So am I. Using an abacus is still a basic accounting.
A：我也一样，打算盘仍然是会计的基本技能。
An abacus is also a counting machine, using our brain and our fingers.
算盘也是一台计数器，用我们的头脑和手指来操作。
B:Digits will be the main things we cope with in the future.
B：我们将来天天打交道的主要东西是数字。
A:Yes, digits are numbers from 1-0, ten elements - one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight,
A：是的，数字是从1到0之间的数。共有10个：1，2，3，4，5，6，7，8，
nine and 0. For example, 2432079, We read:two, four, three, two, ou (or zero), seven nine.
9和0。例如243207，我们就可按次序往下读。
B:Thanks for teaching me so much!
B:谢谢你，教了我不少。
A:My pleasure.
A：很高兴同你谈谈，不用谢
金融英语口语：DID
New Words
新单词
annual adj.
每年的，年度的
banquet n.
正式大宴会
credit n.
信贷
total v.
计算...的总数;总数达
chamber n.
会议厅
invoice n.
发票
record v.
记录，记载
guarantee n.
保证
Phrases & Expressions
短语
interest-free loan
无息贷款
the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
国际商会
the International Trade Organization Building
国际贸易组织大厦
1.Did you use to rise early in the morning?
1.你过去习惯早上起得很早吗?
-Yes, every morning, after exercising I would always read some English.
是的，我每天早上锻炼身体后还读点英语。
2.Did they all attend the annual banquet?
2.他们大家都参加了年会宴席吗?
-Yes, they all went to the banquet.
是的，他们大家都去了。
3.Did they promise to give us credit?
3.他们答应给我们信贷吗?
-Yes, they did.
他们已答应给我们信贷。
4.Did they promise an interest-free loan?
4.他们答应给我们一笔无息贷款吗?
-Yes, they did.
是的，他们已答应了。
5.Did she visit the International Chamber of Commerce?
5.她去国际商会参观过吗?
-Yes, she went there once a week.
去，她当时每周去一次。
6.Did you total the invoices?
6.你把发票都统计了吗?
-Yes, I've totalled them.
是，我已全部统计完毕。
7.Did our manager visit the International Trade Organization Building in New York City last month?
7.我们经理上个月去纽约时参观过国际贸易大厦吗?
-I have no idea whether he went there or not.
我不知道他是否已去参加过。
8.Did he copy the company report to take home?
8.他已复印一份公司报告拿回家了吗?
-Yes, he did.
是的。
9.Did you record the figures from the computer?
9.你从计算机上把各种数据记录下来没有?
-Yes, I put them in my notebook.
我已记在我的小本子上了。
10.Did the foreign company give us the letter of guarantee?
10.外国公司是否已给了我们保证书?
-No, they said they would send it to us.
还没有，他们说他们将寄给我们。
11.The accounting department told us the net profit, didn't it?
11.会计部门已把纯利润告诉了我们。是吗?
-Yes, it did.
是的，他们已告诉我们了。
12.Mary didn't go to the concert last night, did she?
12.玛丽昨晚没有去听音乐会，是不是?
-No, she didn't.
是的，她没有去。
