外貿(mào)英語(yǔ)一點(diǎn)通第49:外商投資(2)

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Raise the capital 籌措資金
    A: Where on earth are we going to borrow at 3%?
    B: We can borrow from a bank. The gross interest rate will be something like 7%. With corporate tax at, say, 30%, we are only paying on 50% of this. There is still inflation to consider.
    A: You can knock off another 2% for that.
    B: We can borrow as much as we can?
    A: Not quite. If we get too heavily in debt, the shares will tend to drop.
    B: How much loan capital can we safely raise then?
    A: I would like to have notice of that question. I will give you an answer in a week.
    重點(diǎn)講解:
    1. capital 資本
    相關(guān)詞組:
    make capital out of 利用
    Trying to make political capital out of the weakness of his rival.
    設(shè)法利用他對(duì)手弱點(diǎn)以謀求政治利益。
    with a capital — 真正地,名副其實(shí)地(用來(lái)強(qiáng)調(diào)問(wèn)題中的某個(gè)詞或概念)
    She was ugly with a capital U.
    她真是名副其實(shí)地丑。
    2. corporate tax 企業(yè)稅
    3. loan capital 借貸資本
    4. knock off
    例句:Knock off every objection. 排除一切反對(duì)意見(jiàn)。
    5. have notice of that question 有待考慮這個(gè)問(wèn)題
    have notice of 有待考慮一下
    例句:I would like to have notice of participating in wedding. 我有待考慮參加婚禮。
    漢語(yǔ)譯文:
    A: 我們將從哪里籌借到3%?
    B: 我們可以從銀行借到。毛利率是7%。公司稅是30%。我們只支付其中的50%,其中包含了通貨膨脹率。
    A: 你可以從中扣除掉2%。
    B: 盡我們所能借嗎?
    A: 不完全是。如果我們負(fù)債太多,分紅就會(huì)下降。
    B: 我們需要多少借貸資本以能保證分紅?
    A: 我有待考慮整個(gè)問(wèn)題。我將在一周內(nèi)給你答案。