与美国小学生一起学英文第4册 第21期:银行

 　　Bank 银行

　　Do you have a bank account¹? 你有银行账户吗？

　　Banks do a lot of jobs. 银行做很多工作。

　　People save their money in their bank account. 人们将钱存到他们的银行账户中。

　　The bank can lend this money to companies. 银行会将这些钱贷给公司。

　　Companies can make a factory and invest² to make more money with that money. 公司能用银行贷款来建工厂和进行投资，以此来挣更多的钱。

　　What is the first bank in history? 历史上第一家银行是哪个呢？

　　We don't know for sure, but there were banks a long, long time ago. 我们不敢肯定，但是我们知道很早很早以前就有银行了。

1 account   

n.叙述；帐目；帐户

参考例句：

• She left out an important item in her account.她的账目漏掉了一个重要的项目。
• He has made several withdrawals from his bank account.他从银行账户上提了几次款。

2 invest   

v.投资；投入(时间等)；授予，赋予

参考例句：

• I have decided to invest in a new car.我已经决定买一辆新汽车。
• The best time to invest is now.现在是投资的最佳时机。