赖世雄读英语笑话学英语之各民族趣谈(3)：财政学的一课(双语)
Unit 3 A Lesson in Finance财政学的一课
Smith was the manager of a construction company and was taking bids on a new project. The first bidder was a Polish company,and their representative offered to do the job for $400,000.
史密斯是一家建设公司的经理，他正负责一个新工程的招标案。第一位投标的是一家波兰公司，他们的代表出价四十万元接那个案子。
"That seems reasonable," said Smith." Can you give me a breakdown on that?"
“似乎很合理，”史密斯说。“你可不可以给我一张明细表呢？”"Sure," said the Pole," $200,000 for labor and $200,000 for materials."
“当然没问题，”波兰公司代表说道，“廿万元工资，廿万元材料费。”
Next to make a bid was the Standard American Construction Company, which bid $800,000.
下一个出标的是美国标准建设公司，他们以八十万元竞标。"Hmm, that seems a bit high," said Smith." What's the breakdown?
“嗯，这个价钱似乎有些偏高，”史密斯说道。“你们有明细表吗？”"$400,000 on materials, $400,000 on labor."
“四十万元材料，四十万元工资。”"I'll get back to you."
“我以后再同你联系。”
Finally the representative of Cohen, Goldstein and Leibowitz entered Smith’s office.
最后可翰·高斯坦·雷伯威兹公司的代表走进史密斯办公室。“一百廿万元是我们竞标的价码，”代表说道。"$1,200,000 is our bid," said the agent." $1,200.000! That'sway out of line," exclaimed Smith." Can you give me a breakdown on that?"
“一百廿万元这个标高得太过分了，”史密斯叫道：“你可以给我一张明细表吗？”"No problem," replied the rep." $400,000 for me, $400,000 for you and $400,000 for the Polacks.
“没有问题，”代表回答道。“四十万元给我，四十万给你，最后四十万元则给那家波兰佬开的公司。”
英语单词短语讲解
1.construction n. 建造
construct vt. 建筑，建设
under construction 施工中
例：The building is under construction now.
(这栋大楼正在盖。）
2.bid vi. 出价；投标（三态为：bid、bid、bid）& vt. 命令；吩咐（三态为：bid、bade、bidden)
例：The Japanese businessman bid on everything at the auction.
(这位日本商人在拍卖会场上对任何对象都投标。）
Dad bade me (to) take out the garbage.
(老爸要我把垃圾拿出去倒。）
3.project n. 计划
例：The project to put a man on the moon succeeded in 1969.
(送人类登陆月球的计划在1969年实现了。）
4.representative n. 代表；业务代表（常缩写成 rep) & a.代表的
be representative of... 代表……
例：The ring is representative of my love for you.
(这枚戒指代表我对你的爱。）
5.reasonable a. 合理的；理智的
例：I told my wife to be reasonable and she hit me with a frying pan.
(我告诉我太太理智一点，她却用炒菜锅打我。）
6.breakdown n. 明细表；故障
例：I asked the computer for a breakdown of our expenses and it had a breakdown.
(我要计算机列出我们开销的明细，但它却死机了。）
7.labor n. & vi. 劳动；操劳
例：My father labors every day just to provide for our family.
(我的爸爸每天操劳养家。)
8.Cohen,Goldstein and Leibowitz 高翰·高斯坦·雷伯威公司
这是犹太人名字，许多外国公司喜欢以合伙人名字给公司取名。
如 Johnson & Johnson(强生公司）。Polack则为波兰佬的昵称。
9.be way out of line 太过分了
例：That guy's behavior is way out of line.
(那个家伙的行为太过分了。）
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