时间:2018-12-13 作者:英语课 分类:创新英语教程第一册


英语课
00:04.70]2 Borrowing money
[00:10.95]Have you got time for a coffee?
[00:15.10]Yes,OK.Where do you want to go?
[00:19.77]How about that place on the corner?
[00:24.14]Yes,fine.Oh no!
[00:28.50]What's the matter?
[00:31.56]Oh,I've just realised I've left my wallet at home.
[00:36.91]Don't worry.It's ok.I'll pay for the coffee.
[00:42.79]Yes,thanks,but it's not just that I'm Meeting someone at two and I'll have to go back home and get it.
[00:50.83]I can't spend the whole day without any Money.
[00:55.51]Well,do you want me to lend you some?
[00:59.77]Would you mind?
[01:02.93]No,of course not.How much do you need?Is thirty euros enough?
[01:09.77]That'd be great,if you can.
[01:13.85]Yes,sure.No problem.I'll just have to go to the cash 1 machine,though.
[01:20.09]Do you want to meet me in the cafe 2?I'll be there in a minute.
[01:25.66]OK.There you are.
[01:32.60]Great that's briliant.I'll pay you back next week,when I see you.
[01:39.08]Yes,fine.There's no hurry.Have you ordered?
[01:45.14]No,I was walting for you to get here.I wasn't sure how you like your coffee.
[01:51.60]1 They're rich
[02:02.36]Maybe I'm just jealous,but I think banks are too rich.
[02:08.42]The big banks in Britain made over 15 billion last year.
[02:15.50]If you ask me,they shouldn't be allowed to make so much money.
[02:21.06]2 They're mean
[02:25.61]One reason they make so much money is that,like all rich people,
[02:32.45]they are mean!
[02:35.79]That's why they give us about 0.2% interest when we have money in the bank,
[02:43.45]but when we borrow money from Them,
[02:47.52]they charge 3 us anything from 8% to 25% interest.
[02:54.18]It's terrible!
[02:57.35]3 Bank charges
[03:01.79]Imagine you borrowed my car and I said,
[03:07.66]'Listen,can you bring it back by six o'clock,because I need to go out somewhere?
[03:14.14]You bring car back at 6.01 and I ask for 40,
[03:20.91]because you brought it back late.
[03:24.36]The following day,I write you a letter telling you that you gave me 40.
[03:31.02]I then also charge you another 15 because I had to send you a letter.
[03:37.99]On top of that,I ask for another 5,because my car is less valuable 4 now,
[03:45.44]because you drove 5 it for two hours.
[03:49.09]I then phone you to say you can borrow my car whenever you like.
[03:55.05]It doesn't sound fair,does it?
[03:58.89]But that's the kind of thing banks do if you spend 1 more than you should.
[04:05.34]The only difference is,they don't ask you for the money,
[04:10.70]they just take it from your account 6!
[04:14.54]4 Changing banks
[04:19.50]It's very difficult to change banks.
[04:24.54]In fact,it's more difficult than getting divorced 7!
[04:29.58]You have to write to so many people to tell them you've changed banks,
[04:35.64]you get bored and you stop.
[04:39.30]And anyway,you know it's a waste of time,because(unlike a new wife or husband!)
[04:46.75]your new bank will be exactly the same as your old one!
[04:51.79]5 Junk 8 mail
[04:56.44]asking me if I'd like to take out a loan 9 or get a new credit 10 card.
[05:05.79]I always throw these letters in the bin 11.
[05:10.23]I wish the banks would stop sending me them.
[05:15.09]It's such a waste of paper.
[05:19.16]6 They're bad for poor countries
[05:24.62]One way banks make their money is by charging 12 a lot of interest
[05:31.10]to poor countries for loans 13 they have made to their governments.
[05:36.43]A lot of these countries now spend so much on the interest to the banks,
[05:42.78]they can't afford to spend money on education,health and other basic 14 services.
[05:49.86]7 Banks abroad
[05:54.51]I often hope that when I go abroad,banks will be better than they are here.
[06:01.06]When I go to change money,there are almost no customers in the bank.
[06:07.23]However,I still have to wait for hours to be served.
[06:12.90]Then you have to fill in a form,
[06:17.03]have proof 15 of ID and sign your name about six times-just to change 50.
[06:24.57]Then they charge you 3% commission 16 for the service!
[06:29.54]8 I need them!
[06:34.81]Perhaps the thing I hate most about banks is the fact that I need one!
[06:41.29]They're like men-you can't live with them,
[06:45.94]but you can't live without them!
[06:49.42]For a while,I tried to live without having a bank account,but it was impossible.
[06:56.26]Everything just took a very long time.
[07:01.43]It was difficult to get paid,it took a long time to pay bills,
[07:07.99]and if people gave me cheques,I had to pay the bank to get them cashed 17.
[07:14.05]And I worried about having lots of cash in the house
[07:19.09]and carrying it around in the street.
[07:22.93]I couldn't do it,and in the end,I opened a new account.
[07:28.60]I was lucky,because millions of people can't open an account.
[07:34.53]The bank won't let them,because they don't have enough money
[07:39.57]which is another reason why I hate banks!
[07:44.22]1 While you listen
[07:56.16]Conversation 1
[08:00.13]Can't you ask your mum and dad for some?
[08:04.57]I have,but they just said I've had my pocket money already.
[08:11.05]They only give me 15 a week.
[08:15.70]I buy one CD and it's nearly all gone.
[08:20.53]It's a pain.I can never afford to go out these days.
[08:26.78]Won't they give you any more? Fifteen pounds is nothing.
[08:32.13]No.I've asked them,but they just said I should get a job.
[08:38.37]It's so unfair.You don't have a job.
[08:44.02]Gino doesn't have a job.None of my friends have one.
[08:49.97]I know,It's awful!
[08:54.13]I don't want to spend my weekends filling shelves in a supermarket for 5 an hour.
[09:01.99]I'm glad they're not my parents.
[09:06.06]Conversation 2
[09:11.21]So how's work?
[09:14.87]Oh,dont ask! It's just the same old thing.I'm really fed up with it.
[09:21.95]You know,I'm earning the same money as I was
[09:26.91]when I first started there five years ago.
[09:31.35]That's terrible.Haven't you had any pay rise in five years?
[09:37.41]No,nothing.
[09:40.57]So how much do you get?
[09:44.02]Seven euros an hour.
[09:47.86]Seven?That's awful.How do you survive 18?
[09:53.50]Well,I have to live at home with my parents,I cycle 19 to work,that kind of thing.
[10:01.05]I manage,but it's terrible money.
[10:05.73]I never have any money at the end of the month.
[10:10.59]So why don't you get another job?
[10:14.35]I can't afford to take time off work to go to interviews.
[10:19.70]And there aren's that many jobs around at the moment,anyway.
[10:25.48]That's awful.
[10:28.64]Conversation 3
[10:35.19]Did you see the new jeans Jenny was wearing?
[10:40.76]Yes,they looked OK.I'm not sure I would wear them,though.
[10:47.52]No,me neither.But you know how much they cost?
[10:53.87]No.Were they expensive?
[10:58.60]Two hundred and fifty pounds
[11:03.35]Two hundred and fifty pounds for a pair of jeans!You're joking.
[11:10.01]No,honestly,she told me herself.
[11:15.06]She got them in some fancy 20 designer 21 shop on Saturday.
[11:20.62]That's craxy.Is she really well off,then?
[11:26.18]I don't think so.She's a nurse.She works 22 at the Springfield card.
[11:33.63]I went out with her the other day and she probably spent 150 then.
[11:45.41]Honestly,she just spends money like water.
[11:50.66]Maybe she's from a rich family.
[11:54.53]I don't think so-
[11:57.98]and she was complaining she couldn't afford to go on holiday in the summer,
[12:04.04]because she's in debt 23!I'm not surprised.
[12:09.39]Conversation 4
[12:14.85]Did you get the bill?Yes.
[12:19.60]How much was it?Fifteen pounds.
[12:24.05]Really? Let me have a look..What? Two fifty for a coffee.I'm running out of money-fast!
[12:30.81]That's terrible! No,that's quite normal,isn't it?
[12:36.85]No way!Things like that are much cheaper in my country than they are here in London.
[12:43.79]I mean,you probably only pay about a pund for a coffee
[12:49.25]and a snack like this would only cost about six or seven.
[12:54.30]Oh,in my country it's fairly 24 similar to here.
[13:00.17]The only thing which is cheaper there is public transport 25.
[13:05.74]Buses and trains are much cheaper than they are here.
[13:11.38]And they're nicer as well.
[13:15.51]Yes,well,everything's cheaper in my country than it is here.
[13:21.28]That's why I can't afford to stay here in the UK much longer.
[13:26.74]I'm running out of money-fast!


1 cash
n.现金,现款;vt.兑换现款,付现款
  • Could you cash these chips?可以兑现这些筹码吗?
  • I never carry much cash with me.我从不多带现款。
2 cafe
n.小餐馆;咖啡厅
  • I always go to the cafe to have a rest.我经常去那家咖啡馆休息。
  • Is there a cafe near by?请问附近有没有咖啡店?
3 charge
n.指控;费用;冲锋;电荷;炸药;主管;被托管人;嘱咐;vt.控诉,加罪于;使充满
  • The cook is in charge of the kitchen helper.这位厨师负责管理厨工。
  • The policeman said he would take charge of the gun.那个警察说他来看管这支枪。
4 valuable
adj.有价值的,贵重的,宝贵的,可估价的
  • This is one of the most valuable lessons I learned.这是我所学到的最宝贵的教训。
  • He has a valuable collection of stamps.他收藏了很有价值的邮票。
5 drove
vbl.驾驶,drive的过去式;n.畜群
  • He drove at a speed of sixty miles per hour.他以每小时60英里的速度开车。
  • They drove foreign goods out of the market.他们把外国货驱逐出市场。
6 account
n.叙述;帐目;帐户
  • 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。
7 divorced
adj.离婚的;分开的;不相干的;脱离的v.与…离婚(divorce的过去式和过去分词);分离;与某人离婚,判某人离婚
  • Apparently they are getting divorced soon. 看样子,他们很快就要离婚。
  • Many divorced men remarry and have second families. 许多离婚的男子再婚组成了新的家庭。
8 junk
n.废弃的旧物;破烂物
  • I bought this old table in a junk shop.我在旧货店里买了这张旧桌子。
  • They cleared out the junk room to make a tiny beds.他们将废品间清理用作小卧室。
9 loan
n.贷款;借出的东西;借;vt.借出;贷予
  • I asked the bank to help me with a loan.我请银行给我一笔贷款。
  • Has the bank okayed your request for a loan?银行批准你的贷款要求了吗?
10 credit
n.信用,荣誉,贷款,学分;v.归功于,赞颂,信任
  • I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
  • He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉,我们做不讨好的工作。
11 bin
n.箱柜;vt.放入箱内;[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件
  • He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
  • He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。
12 charging
n.装料,炉料v.装( charge的现在分词 );控诉;记账;使充电
  • I'm charging you with cleaning the room before you go. 我要你负责把房间打扫干净再走。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He is charging a storage battery. 他在为蓄电池充电。 来自《简明英汉词典》
13 loans
n.借出物,借款( loan的名词复数 )v.借出,贷与(尤指钱)( loan的第三人称单数 );出借(贵重物品给博物馆等)
  • They are offering loans at extortionate rates of interest. 他们在放高利贷。
  • Government loans have been the salvation of several shaky business companies. 政府的贷款救活了几家濒临倒闭的公司。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
14 basic
adj.基本的;n.基本;要素
  • The family is the basic unit of society.家庭是构成社会的基本单位。
  • These rules of playing basketball are basic.这些篮球规则是基本的。
15 proof
adj.防...的,耐...的,能防护;n.校样,证据,证明;vt.检验,给...做防护措施
  • He is living proof of the wonders of modern medicine.他是当代医学奇迹的活证明。
  • The proof was fished up from some old papers.校样在旧文件中被找到了。
16 commission
n.委托,授权,委员会,拥金,回扣,委任状
  • The salesman can get commission on everything he sells.这个售货员能得到所售每件货物的佣金。
  • The commission is made up of five people,including two women.委员会由五人组成,其中包括两名妇女。
17 cashed
v.把支票兑换成现金( cash的过去式 )
  • Traveller's checks (are) cashed here. 此处承兑旅行支票。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The bank cashed his cheque. 银行兑了他的支票。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
18 survive
vt.幸免于;从…中生还;vi.幸存
  • I didn't know whether I could survive.我不知道我能否幸存下来。
  • I cannot survive without you.没有你我不能幸存。
19 cycle
n.周期,循环,自行车;vi.循环,轮转,骑自行车;vt.使循环
  • The seasons of the year make a cycle.一年四季构成一个循环。
  • Do you cycle to work everyday?你每天骑自行车上班吗?
20 fancy
n.想像力,幻想;喜好,爱;adj.想像的,时髦的,华丽装饰的,奢侈的;技巧的;vt.想象,自认为,喜好
  • He seemed to have taken quite a fancy to her.他似乎相当喜欢她。
  • I have a fancy that it's going to rain.我想大概要下雨。
21 designer
n.设计者,制图者
  • Carolyne is a fashion designer.卡罗琳是一名时装设计师。
  • He was a set designer.他是一个布景设计者。
22 works
n.作品,著作;工厂,活动部件,机件
  • We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
  • The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。
23 debt
n.债务,义务,负债状态,罪,过失
  • The man was pressed to pay off his debt.那人被逼还债。
  • The firm had to charge off the debt as hopeless.公司只得把那笔没希望要回的债务注销。
24 fairly
adv.公正地,正当地;相当;完全,简直
  • I think I was quite fairly treated by the police.我认为警察对我非常公正。
  • It fairly destroyed the machine.它将那部机器完全毁了。
25 transport
n.运输、运输工具;(常用复数)强烈的情绪、狂喜或狂怒; vt.运输;流放;为强烈的情绪所激动
  • Transport has always been the key to developing trade.运输一直是发展贸易的关键。
  • The books are packed up for transport.书已包扎好待运。
学英语单词
analytical syntax
appended procedure
argoed
atrichopogon pruinosus
bag men
ballahs
bash sb up
befall
BIL(basic impulse insulation level)
Biscaya
butter-bowzy
clamped amplifier
coded instruction
Corylopsis veitchiana
cpls
credit exemption
cross one's palm
crucial use of variable
deines
denigrates
die making
dimethylphenosafranine
doodies
dummy riser
duplex bag
edge surface
elasmobranchian
endogenous hormone
energy energy release
etopic testis
final climbout speed
flood control storage
free-minded
Front panel connector
genus Symphoricarpos
green index number
green ormer
gunn (diode) source
hasty expedient road
Hupyong
hydraulic jetting
hydrogen blower
hypsochromic
input data selection
ivoriness
joysticking
kinetic art
L-Hydroxyproline
landing simulation
legitimacy status of children
linearity control circuit
macrodome
mamola
manure conveyor
MAOT
Marizile
medialised
microdiffusion analyser
monoxygenase
multiarray
Narathiwat, Changwat
neoprene glove
night sky radiation
off-minded
one-hand
pachometry
paillasses
perflate
pipers
pissing around
plexus rectalis cranialis
polarization battery
polycyclic relief
Prefox
profos
propellerlike
proper cut set
pslra
qat
queer-bashing
respiratory arrest
reticular layer of skin
right of offset
rilozarone
Rφksund
Saxifraga yunlingensis
scartella emarginata
sebcs
slow storage
Sobralite
sturnella magnas
swear sb to silence
tetragon-trisoctahedron
threw her weight around
trip setting
turns loose
Tycho Brahe
variable free expression
waziristans
wine-maker's yeast
yield stresses
zero-type dynamometer