英语口语MP3【金融英语口语听力大全(MP3+双语字幕)第17期:开立往来帐户】
Opening a Current Account
开立往来帐户
John Spence is asking a clerk at the First National Bank about current accounts.
约翰·斯彭斯正在向第一国民银行的一位职员询问有关往来帐户的事宜。
Spence:Would you please tell me something about current accounts?I"ve heard the term,but I"m not sure I understand what it means.
斯彭斯：您能给我讲讲有关往来帐户的事吗?我听说过这个术语，但是我不完全明白它的含义。
Clerk:The term current account means a demand account .Actually ,a checking account.
职员：往来帐户这个术语就是活期帐户的意思。实际上，就是支票帐户。
Normally ,we use the term current or demand account when we talk about a checking account maintained by a business firm.
通常当我们谈论到由企业持有的支票帐房时，我们就使用往来帐户或者活期帐户这样的术语。
S：Oh ,so you mean that I can"t open a current account as an individual?
斯彭斯：哦，您是说，作为个人，我不能开立往来帐户吗?
C:No,I don"t mean that.Anybody ,either a firm or an individual ,may open a current account,
职员：不，我不是那个意思。任何人，无论是企业还是个人都可以开立往来帐户。
but we normally call individual accounts personal checking accounts .That"s just a different name for them.
但是，我们一般称个人帐户为个人支票帐户，这仅仅是帐户名称不同而已。
S:Why do you call them demand accounts ,then ?
斯彭斯：那么您为什么称他们为活期帐户呢?
C:That means that the balances in the accounts are subject to withdrawal on demand.
职员：这就是说，帐户上的余额便于提取或者便于需要。
In other words,a written demand ,or a check ,is all that"s necessary to make a withdrawal from the account .
换句话说，要想从帐户中提取，只需填写一张用款需求单或一张支票就可以了。
S:Aren"t all accounts like that ?
斯彭斯：并不是所有的帐户都是这样做的吧?
C:No,sir .Time or savings accounts actually require a notice to the bank ,
职员：是的，先生。定期存款帐户或储蓄帐户实际上都需要给银行一个通知，
usually seven days before the depositor has a right to make a withdrawal .In normal practice ,
通常是七天前通知银行，存款人才有权力提取存款。
of course ,we usually waive notice and allow immediate withdrawals .In demand or current accounts ,
当然，一般情况下，我们通常不必提前通知，并且允许立即提款。
however,we cannot ask for such notice .
然而，对于活期帐户或者往来帐户我们根本无权要求取款提前通知。