第二十七课 银行与邮局
1、相关文化背景知识介绍
⑴ 关于英国货币
英镑为英国的本位货币单位,由英格兰银行发行。过去辅币单位为先令和便士,1英镑=20先令,1先令=12便士。在1971年英格兰银行实行改革,辅币单位改为新便士,取消了先令,1英镑=100新便士。英镑的纸币面额为5,10,20和50。英镑虽然后来被美元取代,但现在仍在资本市场中发挥着重要作用。
⑵ 关于欧元
欧元是欧洲十二国共同使用的货币,由欧洲中央银行统一负责发行。他的流通为欧洲一体化做出了重要的贡献。欧元钞票上的图案是奥地利艺术家罗伯特•卡里纳设计的,画面是敞开的门和窗户以及连接道路的桥梁。这一设计体现了欧洲统一团结,欧元的钞票面额为5,10,20,50,100,200和500欧元。
2、核心词汇讲解
⑴ deposit n. 存款;定金
考点:bank deposit 银行存款
on deposit 储存;存于银行
demand deposit 活期存款
例句:He put a deposit on a house.
⑵ mark v. 做记号
考点:mark off (名单上)做上表示已经做完的记号
mark out 划线分出;选出(通常指为了晋升而选出)
例句:This table marks very easily; don’t put the hot cup on it.
⑶ guarantee v. 保证
考点:guarantee a product 保证产品的质量
guarantee to do sth. 保证做。
例句:All our food is guaranteed free of artificial preservatives.
⑷ certify v. 证明
考点:I hereby certify that… 兹证明。无误
certify to the facts 用事实证明
例句:The bank certified my accounts.
⑸ heap n. 堆;大量,许多
考点:a heap of 一大堆;很多,大量
heaps of time 充裕的时间
heaps of times 多次,屡次,无数次
例句:A heap of difficulties are oppressing him.
3、核心短语讲解
⑴ in line 站队,排队
在美式英语中其常用形式为 stand in/on line,其他词组 out of line 指‘不成一条直线’。例如:
Our monitor asks us to stand in line.
⑵ money order 汇票,邮政汇票
这是一个复合词,但词义有所改变,其同义词组为 bill of exchange. 例如:
Do you pay your bills by money order.
⑶ pick up 拾起;染(病)
其常用形式为 pick sb./ sth. Up ,指‘拾起某物/某人’。例如:
I see that boy pick up a watch from the ground.
⑷ make up 弥补;补偿
常用形式为 make up for sth. 指‘补偿某物’,与compensate for sth. 同义。例如:
Money can’t make up for anything.
⑸ savings account 储蓄存款帐户
相关词组还有 savings certificate 指‘储蓄存单’,savings bank 指‘储蓄银行’。例如:
There is little money in your savings account.
4、核心句型讲解
⑴ We don’t want to travel around the city with hundreds of dollars in cash to pay these bills,nor do we want to waste the time and carfare.
讲解:hundreds 表示不确定的数目,应用复数形式,in 这里表示‘用。方式’,nor 指‘也不’,否定连词放在句子的开头,句子应用倒装形式,把谓语提前。例如:
My sister doesn’t like swimming,nor do I.
⑵ Travelers’ checks from most of the world’s leading banks and issuing agencies are now
acceptable in China―stick to the major companies such as Thomas Cook,American Express,Bank of America.⑶ If you do get stuck with a heap of yuan,and if you are returning through Hong Kong,the banks in Shenzhen and in Hong Kong change yuan to Hong Kong dollars.
讲解:两个if 条件句构成并列关系,主句是 the banks,do 在这里起强调作用,get stuck with 或be stuck with 指‘与。纠缠在一起,呆在一起’。例如:
That man was stuck with his mad wife.
5、重点语法知识讲解
限制性定语从句和非限制性定语从句
⑴ 定语从句有限制性定语从句和非限制性定语从句两种。限制性定语从句是先行词不可缺少的部分,去掉它主句的意思往往不明确;非限制性定语从句是先行词的附加说明,去掉了它也不会影响主句的意思,它与主句之间通常用逗号分开。例如:
This is the house which we bought last month. 限制性定语从句
The house,which we bought last month,is very nice. 非限制性定语从句
⑵ 当先行词为专有名词、物主代词或指示代词所修饰时,其后的定语从句通常是非限制性的。例如:
This novel,which I have read three times,is very touching.
Charles Smith,who was my former teacher,retired last year.
⑶ 非限制性定语从句还能将整个主句作为先行词,对其进行修饰,这时从句的谓语动词要用第三人称单数。例如:
He seems not to have grasped what I meant,which greatly upsets me.
Liquid water changes to vapor,which is called evaporation.
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