经典双语笑话 第3期:财政学的一课

 Unit3 A lessons in finance 第三节 财政学的一课

Smith was the manager of a construction company and was taking bids on a new project.  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。

The first bidder¹ was a Polish company,  第一位投标的是一家波兰公司，

and their representative offered to do the job for $ 400,000. 他们的代表出价四十万元接那个案子。

"That seems reasonable," said Smith. "似乎很合理，"史密斯说。

"Can you give me a breakdown² on that?" "你可不可以给我一张明细表呢?"

"Sure," said the Pole, " $200, 000 for labor³ and $ 200,000 for materials. " "当然没问题，"波兰公司代表说道，"二十万元工资，二十万元材科费。"

Next to make a bid was the Standard American Construction Company,  下一个出标的是美国标准建设公司，

which bid $ 800,000. 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 0n materials, $ 400,000 0n 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。

"$1,200,000 is our bid," said the agent." "一百二十万元是我们竞标的价码，"代表说道。

$11 200, 0001 That' s way out of line," exclaimed Smith.  "一百二十万元这个标高得太过分了，"史密斯叫道

"Can you give me a breakdown on that?" "你可以给我一张明细表吗?"

"No problem," replied the rep. "没有问题，"代表回答道。

" $400, 000 for me,$ 400 , 000 for you and $ 400，000 for the Polacks. "四十万元给我，四十万元给你，最后四十万元则给那家波兰佬开的公司。"

1.construction company 建筑公司

例句：The engineering and construction company recently cut its guidance for 2010.

这个工程建筑公司最近停止了它2010年的导向。

2. take bids on 招标

例句：I will also take bids on cpa traffic.

我也将采取对注册会计师交通出价。

3.make a bid 竞标

例句：Information about items for sale is posted on an auction⁴ site and anyone can make a bid within the stipulated⁵ time.

交易物品的信息会登在举办拍卖的网站，每个人都可以在规定期限内竞标。

4.get back to 回到

例句：They just want to get back to work.

他们只是想重新回到工作中去。

 

1 bidder   

n.(拍卖时的)出价人，报价人，投标人

参考例句：

• TV franchises will be auctioned to the highest bidder.电视特许经营权将拍卖给出价最高的投标人。
• The bidder withdrew his bid after submission of his bid.投标者在投标之后撤销了投标书。

2 breakdown   

n.垮，衰竭；损坏，故障，倒塌

参考例句：

• She suffered a nervous breakdown.她患神经衰弱。
• The plane had a breakdown in the air,but it was fortunately removed by the ace pilot.飞机在空中发生了故障，但幸运的是被王牌驾驶员排除了。

3 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

4 auction   

n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖

参考例句：

• They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
• They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。

5 stipulated   

vt.& vi.规定；约定adj.[法]合同规定的

参考例句：

• A delivery date is stipulated in the contract. 合同中规定了交货日期。
• Yes, I think that's what we stipulated. 对呀，我想那是我们所订定的。 来自辞典例句