外貿(mào)英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ):應(yīng)付通貨膨脹

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    Situation 3
    情景 3
    Robert Albert ,president of Albert Electronics ,is talking about inflation and general financial conditions with his banker ,Wilson Hall.
    艾伯特電子公司總裁羅伯特·艾伯特正和他的銀行職員威爾遜·霍爾在談?wù)撏ㄘ浥蛎浐徒鹑跔顩r。
    Albert:I'm really concerned about the general financial situation ,Mr.Hall.
    艾伯特:霍爾先生,我對(duì)于目前金融價(jià)總的狀況甚為關(guān)切。
    We've been living with constantly rising prices for too long .
    我們長(zhǎng)期在物價(jià)不斷上漲的情況下生活著,
    You would think that the tight money policies that the government has been following would start having some effect .
    你大概認(rèn)為政府所實(shí)施的銀根緊縮政策已經(jīng)開(kāi)始產(chǎn)生一些效果。
    Hall:I think they're starting to work ,Mr.Albert .Interest rates have gone up substantially recently ,
    霍 爾:我認(rèn)為這些政策已經(jīng)開(kāi)始生效,艾伯特先生。近來(lái)利率已大幅度提高,
    and the availability of credit has been sharply curtailed .
    信貸的使用已大大削減。
    Unfortunately ,however demand-pull inflation is not our only problem .
    不幸的是,由需求而促成的通貨膨脹并不是我們的問(wèn)題。
    A;Yes ,the new problem seems to be cost-push inflation ,or what the economists sometimes call sellers'inflation .
    艾伯特:是的,新的問(wèn)題似乎是成本促成的通貨膨脹,就是經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家們有時(shí)稱之為賣方通貨膨脹。
    H:Exactly .For example ,the rising costs of commodities and energy supplies over which we have no real control .
    霍 爾:的確如此,譬如說(shuō),商品和能源的成本一直不斷增加,對(duì)此我們沒(méi)有得到真正的控制。
    Fiscal and monetary policies can't do much to help us deal with this kind of inflation .
    財(cái)政和貨幣政策對(duì)于我們解決這類性質(zhì)的通貨膨脹也是愛(ài)莫能助。
    A:It must be very difficult for you as a banker to try to satisfy your customers during periods like this .
    艾伯特:處于這樣的時(shí)期,你作為一個(gè)銀行家,要想盡力去滿足你的顧客們的要求肯定是很困難的。
    H:Indeed it is.Tight money policies make it necessary for us to turn down loan requests from many clients or to increase the downpayment requirements on mortgage and installment loans .
    霍 爾:確實(shí)如此。銀根緊縮政策使得我們必須拒絕許多客戶的貸款要求,或者增加抵押貨款和分期貸款的定金。
    A:Well,let's hope we see an improvement soon.People on fixed incomes,particularly retired people,
    艾伯特:我們指望著不久將看到情況有所好轉(zhuǎn)。眼下,那些靠固定收入的人們,特別是那些退休的人,
    must be having a terrible time making ends meet.
    為維持生計(jì)一定會(huì)碰到不少困難。