2015年ESL之商务英语 15 Hiding Money Offshore

Hiding Money Offshore¹ 

Sabrina: Wait! Don’t deposit that money into our regular bank account. I’ll take care of it. 

Luis: Okay, but why? 

Sabrina: I’ve come up with a way for us to avoid paying so much in taxes each year. I’ve opened an offshore account in the Crook² Islands. We can funnel³ our money into that account and it’ll be untraceable. 

Luis: But that’s tax evasion⁴. 

Sabrina: The banks in the Crook Islands have ways of covering up the paper trail so no one will be the wiser. 

Luis: That doesn’t make it legal. 

Sabrina: They haven’t caught us yet. 

Luis: You mean you’ve already started putting money into that account? 

Sabrina: I’ve been depositing money into it for nearly a year. 

Luis: And when were you going to tell me? 

Sabrina: I’m telling you now. Trust me. These tax havens⁵ are very popular with the rich. We’re just taking a page from their book on how to save money. 

Luis: We’re going to get caught. We should come clean now. 

Sabrina: That’s why I didn’t tell you before! I knew you’d make a fuss about it. 

Luis: And you were right. We need to quietly close the account and bring the money back. 

Sabrina: Then we’ll have to pay taxes on it and maybe even a penalty, more than we would’ve had to pay in taxes originally. 

Luis: Right and that’s called poetic⁶ justice. 

 

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 

1 offshore   

adj.海面的，吹向海面的；adv.向海面

参考例句：

• A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
• A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。

2 crook   

v.使弯曲；n.小偷，骗子，贼；弯曲(处)

参考例句：

• He demanded an apology from me for calling him a crook.我骂他骗子，他要我向他认错。
• She was cradling a small parcel in the crook of her elbow.她用手臂挎着一个小包裹。

3 funnel   

n.漏斗；烟囱；v.汇集

参考例句：

• He poured the petrol into the car through a funnel.他用一个漏斗把汽油灌入汽车。
• I like the ship with a yellow funnel.我喜欢那条有黄烟囱的船。

4 evasion   

n.逃避，偷漏(税)

参考例句：

• The movie star is in prison for tax evasion.那位影星因为逃税而坐牢。
• The act was passed as a safeguard against tax evasion.这项法案旨在防止逃税行为。

5 havens   

n.港口，安全地方( haven的名词复数 )v.港口，安全地方( haven的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Your twenty havens would back out at the last minute anyhow. 你那二十个避难所到了最后一分钟也要不认帐。 来自辞典例句
• Using offshore havens to avoid taxes and investor protections. 使用海面的港口避免税和投资者保护。 来自互联网

6 poetic   

adj.富有诗意的，有诗人气质的，善于抒情的

参考例句：

• His poetic idiom is stamped with expressions describing group feeling and thought.他的诗中的措辞往往带有描写群体感情和思想的印记。
• His poetic novels have gone through three different historical stages.他的诗情小说创作经历了三个不同的历史阶段。