金融英语阅读:金融世界第一讲c
下面再请您完整收听一遍澳大利亚财经记者卡鲁关于货币历史的介绍。(略)
接下来澳大利亚墨尔本大学商学院的哈珀教授解释了货币的三个基本功能:
We look at the functions of money. Firstly it's a medium of exchange, so it's some commodity which facilitates the exchange of goods and services.
It is also a unit of account, which means that we use money to reckon prices and reckon values for comparisons between goods and services or over time.
And thirdly, money is a store of value. It is an asset. It's something that we can use to store value away to be retrieved at a later point in time. So we can not consume today, we can hold money instead - and transfer that consumption power to some point in the future.
哈珀教授授说,货币的三个功能是:
1 Medium of exchange 交换媒介
2 Unit of account 计算单位
3 Store of value 价值储存手段
下面是哈珀教授讲话的中文翻译:
首先货币是一种交换媒介,是帮助其他货物与服务进行交换的手段。其次它是一种计算单位,就是说我们用钱来测量货物、服务或时间之间的价格和价值的比较。第三它是价值存储手段,是一种资产。我们可以用它把价值储存起来,在以后的某个时刻再取回。这样我们不必现在就把它用掉,而是可以存着钱,把这种消费能力转移到将来的某个时刻。
下面请再听一遍墨尔本大学商学院哈珀教授介绍的货币的三个功能。(略)
最后我们复习一遍这一讲中出现的一些英文 词汇 :
1 Precious metal 贵重金属
2 Sweating the money 从钱币里提取贵重金属成分
3 Token 辅币,具有象征性的货币,代表的价值高于本身的价值
4 Plastic note 塑料钞票
5 Plastic card 信用卡,也叫 credit card
6 Medium of exchange 交换媒介
7 Unit of account 计算单位
8 Store of value 价值储存手段
在这一讲中我们为您简单介绍了货币的历史和功能。