金融英語口語教程第2課

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Banking in the West (2)
    西方的銀行(二)
    Situation 2
    情景 2
    Mr.Ito and Mr.Jenson continue their discussion about the history of banking in the west .
    伊滕先生和詹森先生繼續(xù)他們有關(guān)西方銀行史的討論。
    Jensen:That's a good way of putting it ,Jiro.Banking firms that developed during the 15th and 16th centuries are the direct ancestors of modern commercial banks .
    詹 森:那是一個(gè)合適的提法,次郎。那些在15,16世紀(jì)發(fā)展起來的從事銀行業(yè)務(wù)的商行就是現(xiàn)代商業(yè)銀行的直系祖先。
    Ito:I can easily see the need for the development of the banks during that period .
    伊 滕:顯而易見,銀行的發(fā)展正是出于那個(gè)時(shí)期的需要。
    Commercial and finacial transactions had once again started to become more complex as Europe emerged from the feudal system of the Middle Ages.
    當(dāng)歐洲從中世紀(jì)封建制度的禁錮中掙脫出來時(shí),商業(yè)和金融交易再一次開始變得復(fù)雜起來了。
    Weren't many of these early banks goldsmiths in the beginning ?
    很多早期的銀行在其一開始不就是由一些金匠們興辦起來的嗎?
    J:Yes,many of them started that way ,especially in France and England ,
    詹 森:是的,很多銀行就是這個(gè)興起的,特別是在法國(guó)和英國(guó)。
    but they gradually expanded their activities to handing deposits and loans ,
    可是他們逐漸地?cái)U(kuò)展他們的經(jīng)營(yíng)活動(dòng),
    issuing and trading bills of exchange and even issuing their own notes .And ,of course ,
    發(fā)展到從事儲(chǔ)蓄、貸款、發(fā)行和買賣匯票,甚至發(fā)行他們自己的貨幣。
    they started the fractional reserve system which is the central feature of modern banks.
    理所當(dāng)然地他們又開始建立起部分儲(chǔ)備制度,而這一點(diǎn)正是現(xiàn)代銀行的主要特征。
    I;When did the idea of central banks get started?
    伊 滕:建立中央銀行的想法是什么時(shí)候開始的?
    J;Well,the first bank that was partially owned and controlled by a state government was established in Venice in 1587.
    詹 森:哦,第一個(gè)由國(guó)家政府部分擁有和控制的銀行是1587年在威尼斯建立起來的,
    Other semi-public banks appeared during the next one hundred years,including the Bank of England in 1694,
    后秋的一百年之中又發(fā)現(xiàn)了一些其他的半公立銀行,包括1694年成立的英格蘭銀行。
    but these were really not central banks in the modern sense of the term .
    但是,這些銀行還并不是現(xiàn)代意義上的中央銀行,
    It wasn't until the middle of the 19th century that central banks with specific regulatory functions were created .
    直到19世紀(jì)中葉具有明確常規(guī)作用的中央銀行才建立起來。