2015年CRI 希腊总理宣布银行放假并且实施资本管制-英语课

时间：2019-03-04 作者：英语课 分类：2015CRI中国国际广播电台

英语课

The decision of the European Central Bank means Greek lenders will have no way to replenish 1 fast diminishing deposits.

Tsipras says capital controls will be introduced on the recommendation of the Bank of Greece.

"This decision, today, led the European Central Bank to not increase the liquidity 2 to Greek banks and forced the Bank of Greece to recommend measures for a bank holiday and a limit on bank withdrawals 3. It is more than clear that this decision had no other goal but to blackmail 4 the will of the Greek people and obstruct 5 the smooth democratic process of the referendum. But they will not succeed."

While Tsipras sought to reassure 6 people that their deposits are safe, he gave no details of how long banks will remain closed or what restrictions 7 will be placed on transactions.

The developments have thrown into question Greece's financial future and continued membership in the Eurozone and even the European Union.

Over the weekend, Greeks have been rushing to ATMs to withdraw money following Tsipras' sudden decision to call a referendum on creditor 8 proposals for Greek reforms in return for vital bailout funds.

Since Friday night alone, 1.3 billion euros have been withdrawn 9 from the Greek banking 10 system, according to the bank workers' union.

The government is urging Greeks to vote against the creditor proposals, arguing that they are humiliating and that they would prolong the country's financial woes 11.

On the streetsof Athens, protesters gathered outside the European Union offices.

"We are here today to protest against the measures that the European Union wants to bring against the new austerity measures and to rally in support of the 'no' as an answer to the referendum that the government has brought and to support the exit from the European Union and the eurozone."

"As you can see here we are sending a specific message which says 'No to the agreement, overthrow 12 the European Union and the International Monetary 13 Fund."

However, two opinion polls published Sunday have indicated that more Greeks want to stay in the eurozone and make a deal with creditors 14 than want to break from the country's European partners.

The country's negotiations 15 with its European creditors have been suspended, with both sides accusing each other of being responsible.

Greece is due to make a 1.6-billion-euro payment to the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday, the same day that its current bailout expires.

The country risks default and moving closer to a possible exit from the eurozone.

For CRI, I'm Qi Zhi.

(APTN contributed to the story)

1 replenish

vt.补充；(把…)装满；(再)填满

I always replenish my food supply before it is depleted.我总是在我的食物吃完之前加以补充。
We have to import an extra 4 million tons of wheat to replenish our reserves.我们不得不额外进口四百万吨小麦以补充我们的储备。

2 liquidity

n.流动性，偿债能力，流动资产

The bank has progressively increased its liquidity.银行逐渐地增加其流动资产。
The demand for and the supply of credit is closely linked to changes in liquidity.信用的供求和流动资金的变化有密切关系。

3 withdrawals

n.收回，取回，撤回( withdrawal的名词复数 )；撤退，撤走；收回[取回，撤回，撤退，撤走]的实例；推出（组织），提走（存款），戒除毒瘾，对说过的话收回，孤僻