银行英语情景口语 第44期:外汇业务 存款情景(4)

 　　A: Hello. It's good to see you again Ms Harrow, sending more money to your grandson today?

　　您好。再次见到您真高兴，Harrow女士，您今天又给您的孙子汇钱吗？

　　B: Today I'm here to find out about paying in foreign currency. You do that here,I suppose?

　　今天我来这儿是想知道如何存外币。我想你们这里有这业务，对吗？

　　A: Yes, of course. What would you like to know?

　　是的，当然啦。您想知道些什么？

　　B: My nephew has told me about something called a "timing¹ deposit²" or something like that?

　　我的侄子告诉过我一些关于那个叫"定时存款"或什么类似的业务？

　　A: A T-I-M-E, Time Deposit. You can chose from 5 different grades:1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year and 2 years. If you want to get access to your money very quickly, I would recommend the 1 month time saving. But of course the interest is lower.

　　是"定期"，定期存款。您可以从5档不同的存期中选择：1个月、3个月、6个月、1年和两年。如果您想要快速地存取您的钱，我会推荐1个月的定期存款。当然利息就比较低。

　　B: Put me down for 2 years. Here's the money I'd like to pay in....

　　我就存两年的啦，这些是我要存的钱……

1 timing   

n.时间安排，时间选择

参考例句：

• The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
• The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。

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。