大學(xué)外貿(mào)英語(yǔ)chpter 11 The Balance of Payments

1、chapter 11the balance of payments國(guó)際收支國(guó)際收支what is meant by the balance of payments?what are the main purposes of the balance of payments? new words 1. systematic a. 系統(tǒng)的 2. theoretically adv. 理論上地 3. quarterly a. 季度的 4. principal a. 主要的 5. household n. 家庭，戶 6. resident n. 居民 7. conversely adv. 相反地 8.

2、merchandise n. 總稱商品，貨物 9. book-keeping n. 記賬 10. to utilize vt. 利用 11. to match vt. 與相稱/相配economic terms 1. the balance of payments 國(guó)際收支，簡(jiǎn)稱為bop（注意不能直譯為“付款平衡”，payment要用復(fù)數(shù)） 2. accounting principle 會(huì)計(jì)原則 3. economic policy 經(jīng)濟(jì)政策（注意不能將economic 誤寫成economical節(jié)儉的，節(jié)約的） 4. monetary policy (policy dealing with

3、money supply)貨幣政策 5. fiscal policy (use of government spending to influence macroeconomic conditions）財(cái)政政策（注意：不要將fiscal policy 理解成financial policy） 6. employment policy 就業(yè)政策 7. expenditure(s)n. 開(kāi)支，支出（它比用spending 正規(guī)）useful phrases and idiomatic expressions 1. to provide information about sth.提供關(guān)于信息 2.

4、 to be composed of.由組成 3. to consist of.包括 4. a payment from sb. 來(lái)自的付款 5. to lead to.導(dǎo)致 6. to pay for.為付錢 7. on the right-hand side在右側(cè)，在右邊 1. asset n. 資產(chǎn)(包括有形和無(wú)形) 2. sub-account n. 分賬 3. current account 經(jīng)常項(xiàng)目賬戶，經(jīng)常賬戶，往來(lái)賬目 4. capital account 資本項(xiàng)目賬戶，資本賬戶，資本賬目 5. property income 資產(chǎn)收入(包括利息、股息、利潤(rùn)等) 6. curr

5、ent transfers 饋贈(zèng)，贈(zèng)與(詳見(jiàn)課文) 7. in comparison with 與相比 8. visible trade 有形貿(mào)易(反義詞為invisible trade無(wú)形貿(mào)易)notes 9. entry n. 記入賬戶中的項(xiàng)目(a record in a book of account) 10. official reserve account官方儲(chǔ)備賬戶 11. net errors and omissions凈錯(cuò)誤與遺漏 12. credit transaction貸方交易 13. debit transaction借方交易 14. doubleentry bookk

6、eeping復(fù)式簿記 15. credit side and debit side貸方和借方notesdefinition of the balance of payment a countrys bop is a systematic record of theoretically all its international transactions. an international transaction refers to the exchange of goods, services, and assets1 between one country and the rest of t

7、he world or all other nations. a countrys bop can either become positive or negative. to provide information about a countrys international economic position to its government to give help to its government in the formulations of economic policies such as monetary policy fiscal policy trade policy investment policy employment policy, etc.purposes the current account the capital accountmain component parts debits and credits double-entry bookkeepingbop accounting principles can you briefly describe the two most important sub-accounts or component p