賴世雄讀英語(yǔ)笑話學(xué)英語(yǔ)之各民族趣談(3)：財(cái)政學(xué)的一課(雙語(yǔ))

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Unit 3 A Lesson in Finance財(cái)政學(xué)的一課

Smith was the manager of a construction company and was taking bids on a new project. The first bidder was a Polish company,and their representative offered to do the job for $400,000.
史密斯是一家建設(shè)公司的經(jīng)理，他正負(fù)責(zé)一個(gè)新工程的招標(biāo)案。第一位投標(biāo)的是一家波蘭公司，他們的代表出價(jià)四十萬(wàn)元接那個(gè)案子。

"That seems reasonable," said Smith." Can you give me a breakdown on that?"
“似乎很合理，”史密斯說(shuō)。“你可不可以給我一張明細(xì)表呢？”"Sure," said the Pole," $200,000 for labor and $200,000 for materials."
“當(dāng)然沒(méi)問(wèn)題，”波蘭公司代表說(shuō)道，“廿萬(wàn)元工資，廿萬(wàn)元材料費(fèi)。”

Next to make a bid was the Standard American Construction Company, which bid $800,000.
下一個(gè)出標(biāo)的是美國(guó)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)建設(shè)公司，他們以八十萬(wàn)元競(jìng)標(biāo)。"Hmm, that seems a bit high," said Smith." What's the breakdown?
“嗯，這個(gè)價(jià)錢似乎有些偏高，”史密斯說(shuō)道。“你們有明細(xì)表嗎？”"$400,000 on materials, $400,000 on labor."
“四十萬(wàn)元材料，四十萬(wàn)元工資。”"I'll get back to you."
“我以后再同你聯(lián)系。”

Finally the representative of Cohen, Goldstein and Leibowitz entered Smith’s office.
最后可翰·高斯坦·雷伯威茲公司的代表走進(jìn)史密斯辦公室。“一百廿萬(wàn)元是我們競(jìng)標(biāo)的價(jià)碼，”代表說(shuō)道。"$1,200,000 is our bid," said the agent." $1,200.000! That'sway out of line," exclaimed Smith." Can you give me a breakdown on that?"
“一百廿萬(wàn)元這個(gè)標(biāo)高得太過(guò)分了，”史密斯叫道：“你可以給我一張明細(xì)表嗎？”"No problem," replied the rep." $400,000 for me, $400,000 for you and $400,000 for the Polacks.
“沒(méi)有問(wèn)題，”代表回答道。“四十萬(wàn)元給我，四十萬(wàn)給你，最后四十萬(wàn)元?jiǎng)t給那家波蘭佬開(kāi)的公司。”

　　　英語(yǔ)單詞短語(yǔ)講解

1.construction n. 建造
construct vt. 建筑，建設(shè)
under construction 施工中
例：The building is under construction now.
(這棟大樓正在蓋。）

2.bid vi. 出價(jià)；投標(biāo)（三態(tài)為：bid、bid、bid）& vt. 命令；吩咐（三態(tài)為：bid、bade、bidden)
例：The Japanese businessman bid on everything at the auction.
(這位日本商人在拍賣會(huì)場(chǎng)上對(duì)任何對(duì)象都投標(biāo)。）
Dad bade me (to) take out the garbage.
(老爸要我把垃圾拿出去倒。）

3.project n. 計(jì)劃
例：The project to put a man on the moon succeeded in 1969.
(送人類登陸月球的計(jì)劃在1969年實(shí)現(xiàn)了。）

4.representative n. 代表；業(yè)務(wù)代表（常縮寫成 rep) & a.代表的
be representative of... 代表……
例：The ring is representative of my love for you.
(這枚戒指代表我對(duì)你的愛(ài)。）

5.reasonable a. 合理的；理智的
例：I told my wife to be reasonable and she hit me with a frying pan.
(我告訴我太太理智一點(diǎn)，她卻用炒菜鍋打我。）

6.breakdown n. 明細(xì)表；故障
例：I asked the computer for a breakdown of our expenses and it had a breakdown.
(我要計(jì)算機(jī)列出我們開(kāi)銷的明細(xì)，但它卻死機(jī)了。）

7.labor n. & vi. 勞動(dòng)；操勞
例：My father labors every day just to provide for our family.
(我的爸爸每天操勞養(yǎng)家。)

8.Cohen,Goldstein and Leibowitz 高翰·高斯坦·雷伯威公司
這是猶太人名字，許多外國(guó)公司喜歡以合伙人名字給公司取名。
如 Johnson & Johnson(強(qiáng)生公司）。Polack則為波蘭佬的昵稱。

9.be way out of line 太過(guò)分了
例：That guy's behavior is way out of line.
(那個(gè)家伙的行為太過(guò)分了。）

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