英语小达人每天10分钟 388 The Bank

[00:00.04]The Bank 银行 [00:04.14]Banks will loan you money if you can prove you don't need it. 银行会贷款给你，如果你能证明你并不需要这笔钱。 [00:19.44]Bank accounts give a person a good feeling 有银行账户会让人感觉良好， [00:22.10]until they realize that banks are insured by an agency of a federal government that's over $2 trillion in debt. 可等他们知道银行因为欠债1万亿而被联邦政府部门上了保险之后呢。 [00:31.24]Banks have a very interesting philosophy. 银行有一套有趣的哲学。 [00:35.12]You give them your money to keep-- 你把你的钱放在他们那里保管， [00:37.15]and if you try to borrow it back, they want to know if you're good for it! 当你想借回时，他们却要你证明自己的资信！ [00:42.55]I just went partners with my bank. They own half my car. 我刚和我的银行合股，他们拥有我的车的一半产权。 [00:47.28]Even my bank doesn't have confidence in me. 我的银行都不信任我。 [00:51.33]I have three things printed on my checks: my name, address and insufficient funds. 我的支票上印了三样东西：我的姓名、我的地址和短缺资金。 [00:58.15]Banks are very much concerned with the best interest of your own. And they get it! 银行非常在乎本城最好的利率，他们确实拿到了！ [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. 银行是个庄严的机构，它的设立是为了让人们能有地方在交税日前保存政府的钱。 [01:15.47]The first drive-in bank was established so that people could show their cars who really owned them. 第一家汽车（驶入）银行建立了，这样人们就能把他们的车展示给真正拥有它们的人了。 [01:22.33]Why are there bank robbers? 为什么会有人抢劫银行？ [01:25.36]Bank ads make it seem like it's easier to just walk in and get a loan. 银行的广告使他们觉得这样走进去就得到一笔贷款更容易些。 [01:30.45]I must have a dishonest face. 我一定长着一张不诚实的脸， [01:34.10]The bank asks me for ID when I deposit money. 不然为什么我去银行存钱时，他们还管我要身份证。 [01:37.49]If bankers can count, how come they always have ten windows and two tellers? 如果开银行的会数数，他们怎么能有10个窗口却总是只坐着两个出纳。 [01:45.42]A guy walked into a bank and said, "I want to open a joint account with somebody who has money." 一个人走进银行说：“我想和一个有钱的人开一个联合账户。” [01:53.53]Last week I got a $5000 home improvement loan from my bank. 上星期我得到了5000美元的房贷， [01:59.34]I'm sending the kids to college. 我要用这钱送孩子们上大学。 [02:01.39]One bank opened a branch near a cemetery. 一家银行在公墓边开了个分行。 [02:05.26]In the window the president put a sign that read, 他们的总裁在银行窗户上挂了一块广告牌，上面写着： [02:08.52]"You can't take it with you when you go, but here's a chance to be near it." “你不能带着它走，但放在我们这里会让你离它近些。” [02:14.23]I tried to open an account in the bank yesterday, but they turned me down. 昨天我想在银行开个账户，可他们拒绝了我。 [02:23.14]Why? 为什么？ [02:28.30]I wanted to open a charge account! 我想开个赊欠户。

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