银行英语情景口语 第42期:外汇业务 存款情景(2)

 　　A: Morning,Madam. This is the window for Foreign Exchange Savings¹.How can I help you?

　　早上好，夫人。这个窗口是办外汇存款的。我如何为您效劳？

　　B: I want to save some US dollars into my account.

　　我想存一些美元到我的账户里。

　　A: That's fine. Is it a Time Deposit²?

　　那好。是定期存款吗？

　　B: Yes, that's what my husband advised me to do. But I'm not sure how long I should save for.

　　是的，是我的丈夫让我这样做的。但我确定不了应该存多长时间。

　　A: Well, we offer 5 grades as standard:1 month,3 months, 6 months, 1 year and 2 years.

　　嗯，我们有5档基准存期：1个月、3个月、6个月、1年和两年。

　　B: Hmmm ... 2 years does seem like a long time. How about the interest if I save for 6 months?

　　唔……两年期好像很长。如果我存6个月的话，利息怎么样？

　　A: For 6 months we can offer you 0. 59%.

　　6个月存期的，我们可以给您按0.59%的利率计算。

　　B: That sounds fine to me. Yes, I think 6 months is the way to go.

　　对我来说是蛮好的。好吧，我想6个月存期正合适。

1 savings   

n.存款，储蓄

参考例句：

• I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
• By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。

2 deposit   

n.定金，存款，矿藏；vt.使沉淀，寄存，储蓄

参考例句：

• There is too much deposit in a bottle of wine.酒瓶里有太多的沉淀物。
• The hotel requires a deposit for all advance bookings.旅馆规定凡预订房间都要先付订金。