英語小達人每天10分鐘 388 The Bank

[00:00.04]The Bank 銀行 [00:04.14]Banks will loan you money if you can prove you don't need it. 銀行會貸款給你，如果你能證明你并不需要這筆錢。 [00:19.44]Bank accounts give a person a good feeling 有銀行賬戶會讓人感覺良好， [00:22.10]until they realize that banks are insured by an agency of a federal government that's over $2 trillion in debt. 可等他們知道銀行因為欠債1萬億而被聯(lián)邦政府部門上了保險之后呢。 [00:31.24]Banks have a very interesting philosophy. 銀行有一套有趣的哲學。 [00:35.12]You give them your money to keep-- 你把你的錢放在他們那里保管， [00:37.15]and if you try to borrow it back, they want to know if you're good for it! 當你想借回時，他們卻要你證明自己的資信！ [00:42.55]I just went partners with my bank. They own half my car. 我剛和我的銀行合股，他們擁有我的車的一半產(chǎn)權(quán)。 [00:47.28]Even my bank doesn't have confidence in me. 我的銀行都不信任我。 [00:51.33]I have three things printed on my checks: my name, address and insufficient funds. 我的支票上印了三樣東西：我的姓名、我的地址和短缺資金。 [00:58.15]Banks are very much concerned with the best interest of your own. And they get it! 銀行非常在乎本城最好的利率，他們確實拿到了！ [01:05.58]A bank is a dignified institution that was established for people to have a place to keep the government's money until tax time. 銀行是個莊嚴的機構(gòu)，它的設立是為了讓人們能有地方在交稅日前保存政府的錢。 [01:15.47]The first drive-in bank was established so that people could show their cars who really owned them. 第一家汽車（駛?cè)耄┿y行建立了，這樣人們就能把他們的車展示給真正擁有它們的人了。 [01:22.33]Why are there bank robbers? 為什么會有人搶劫銀行？ [01:25.36]Bank ads make it seem like it's easier to just walk in and get a loan. 銀行的廣告使他們覺得這樣走進去就得到一筆貸款更容易些。 [01:30.45]I must have a dishonest face. 我一定長著一張不誠實的臉， [01:34.10]The bank asks me for ID when I deposit money. 不然為什么我去銀行存錢時，他們還管我要身份證。 [01:37.49]If bankers can count, how come they always have ten windows and two tellers? 如果開銀行的會數(shù)數(shù)，他們怎么能有10個窗口卻總是只坐著兩個出納。 [01:45.42]A guy walked into a bank and said, "I want to open a joint account with somebody who has money." 一個人走進銀行說：“我想和一個有錢的人開一個聯(lián)合賬戶。” [01:53.53]Last week I got a $5000 home improvement loan from my bank. 上星期我得到了5000美元的房貸， [01:59.34]I'm sending the kids to college. 我要用這錢送孩子們上大學。 [02:01.39]One bank opened a branch near a cemetery. 一家銀行在公墓邊開了個分行。 [02:05.26]In the window the president put a sign that read, 他們的總裁在銀行窗戶上掛了一塊廣告牌，上面寫著： [02:08.52]"You can't take it with you when you go, but here's a chance to be near it." “你不能帶著它走，但放在我們這里會讓你離它近些?！? [02:14.23]I tried to open an account in the bank yesterday, but they turned me down. 昨天我想在銀行開個賬戶，可他們拒絕了我。 [02:23.14]Why? 為什么？ [02:28.30]I wanted to open a charge account! 我想開個賒欠戶。

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