外贸英语口语大全应付通货膨胀.docx

外贸英语口语大全：应付通货膨胀
Situation 3
情景 3
Robert Albert ,president of Albert Electronics ,is talking about inflation and general financial conditions with his banker ,Wilson Hall.
艾伯特电子公司总裁罗伯特·艾伯特正和他的银行职员威尔逊·霍尔在谈论通货膨胀和金融状况。
Albert:I”m really concerned about the general financial situation ,Mr.Hall.
艾伯特：霍尔先生，我对于目前金融价总的状况甚为关切。
We”ve been living with constantly rising prices for too long .
我们长期在物价不断上涨的状况下生活着，
You would think that the tight money policies that the government has been following would start having some effect .
你也许认为政府所实施的银根紧缩政策已经开头产生一些效果。
Hall:I think they”re starting to work ,Mr.Albert .Interest rates have gone up substantially recently ,
霍 尔：我认为这些政策已经开头生效，艾伯特先生。近来利率已大幅度提高，
and the availability of credit has been sharply curtailed .
信贷的使用已大大削减。
Unfortunately ,however demand-pull inflation is not our only problem .
不幸的是，由需求而促成的通货膨胀并不是我们的问题。
A;Yes ,the new problem seems to be cost-push inflation ,or what the economists sometimes call sellers”inflation .
艾伯特：是的，新的问题好像是本钱促成的通货膨胀，就是经济学家们有时称之为卖方通货膨胀。
H:Exactly .For example ,the rising costs of commodities and energy supplies over which we have no real control .
霍 尔：确实如此，譬如说，商品和能源的本钱始终不断增加，对此我们没有得到真正的掌握。
Fiscal and monetary policies can”t do much to help us deal with this kind of inflation .
财政和货币政策对于我们解决这类性质的通货膨胀也是爱莫能助。
A:It must be very difficult for you as a banker to try to satisfy your customers during periods like this .
艾伯特：处于这样的时期，你作为一个银行家，要想尽力去满意你的顾客们的要求确定是很困难的。
H:Indeed it is.Tight money policies make it necessary for us to turn down loan requests from many clients or to increase the downpayment requirements on mortgage and installment loans .
霍 尔：的确如此。银根紧缩政策使得我们必需拒绝很多客户的贷款要求，或者增加抵押货款和分期贷款的定金。
A:Well,let”s hope we see an improvement soon.People on fixed incomes,particularly retired people,
艾伯特：我们希望着不久将看到状况有所好转。眼下，那些靠固定收入的人们，特殊是那些退休的人，
must be having a terrible time making ends meet.
为维持生计肯定会遇到不少困难。