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。