美国学生历史 第139期:安德鲁·杰克逊的任期(5)

 　　309. Struggle over the Bank Charter. 309．关于银行特许状的斗争

　　The charter of the bank would not come to an end until 1836, while the term for which Jackson had been elected in 1828 would come to an end in 1833. 直到1836年，银行特许状才有可能结束，困为杰克森1828年当选总统的任期是到1833年才结束。

　　But in his first message to Congress Jackson gave notice that he would not give his consent to a new charter. 但是，杰克森在他给国会的第一份指示中说他不会同意一项新的特许状。

　　Clay and his friends at once took up the challenge. 克雷和他的朋友们立刻接受挑战，

　　They passed a bill rechartering the bank. 他们通过一项转租银行的法案。

　　Jackson vetoed the bill. 杰克森否决了这个法案，

　　The Clay men could not get enough votes to pass it over his vet¹. 克雷一帮人不能得到足够多的投票以推翻这个否决。

　　The bank question, therefore, became one of the issues of the election of 1832. 因此，银行问题成为1832年选举中的重要问题之一。

　　Jackson was reflected by a large majority over Clay. 杰克森超过克雷获得绝大多数选票。

　　The people were clearly on his side, and he at once set to work to destroy the bank. 美国人民显然支持他，他立刻着手毁掉这个银行。

　　310. Removal of the Deposits. 310．取消存款

　　In those days there was no United States Treasury² building at Washington, with great vaults³ for the storing of gold, silver, and paper money. 那时候还没有设华盛顿的美国国库，只有一些大的地下室储藏黄金、白银和纸币，

　　There were no sub-treasuries in the important commercial cities. 在各个重要商业城市也没有分支银行。

　　The United States Bank and its branches received the government's money on deposit and paid it out on checks signed by the proper government official. 美国银行及其分支银行接受政府的存款，并根据规定官员签字后的支票来支付这些钱。

　　In 1833 the United States Bank had in its vaults about nine million dollars belonging to the government. 1833年美国银行中有大约900万美元属于美国政府，

　　Jackson directed that this money should be drawn⁴ out as required, to pay the government's expenses, and that no more government money should be deposited in the bank. 按照杰克森的指示，这些应该在需要时取出来以支付国家的开支，不再将政府的钱存入这个银行；

　　In the future it should be deposited in certain state banks. 将来政府的钱要存入一些指定的州立银行，

　　The banks selected were controlled by Jackson's political friends and were called the "pet banks." 这些被选择的银行由杰克森的政治盟友掌控，因此被称为"宠儿银行"。

1 vet   

n.兽医，退役军人；vt.检查

参考例句：

• I took my dog to the vet.我把狗带到兽医诊所看病。
• Someone should vet this report before it goes out.这篇报道发表之前应该有人对它进行详查。

2 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

3 vaults   

n.拱顶( vault的名词复数 )；地下室；撑物跳高；墓穴

参考例句：

• It was deposited in the vaults of a bank. 它存在一家银行的保险库里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They think of viruses that infect an organization from the outside.They envision hackers breaking into their information vaults. 他们考虑来自外部的感染公司的病毒，他们设想黑客侵入到信息宝库中。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。