【英音模仿秀】欧洲经济，何去何从

模仿文本：as banking¹ union looms², what will Europe's financial institutions look like in five years' time? And how will they be shaped by the financial centre of the Union - London, especially after the UK Prime Minister David Cameron raised the prospect³ of a referendum on the UK's membership? I spoke⁴ to Simon Lewis, chief executive of the Association of Financial Markets in Europe - the voice of Europe's wholesale⁵ financial markets. 

 

译文： 银行联盟逐渐成形，那么欧洲的金融机构在接下来的五年里会是什么样子呢？欧盟的金融中心伦敦对这些金融机构又会如何作为呢，尤其是英国首相大卫·卡梅隆声称可能通过全民公投决定伦敦在欧盟的去留后。我与欧洲的金融市场协会的首席执行官西蒙·路易斯进行了一番交谈，该协会代表了欧洲的大客户零售金融市场。

 

1 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

2 looms   

n.织布机( loom的名词复数 )v.隐约出现，阴森地逼近( loom的第三人称单数 )；隐约出现，阴森地逼近

参考例句：

• All were busily engaged,men at their ploughs,women at their looms. 大家都很忙，男的耕田，女的织布。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The factory has twenty-five looms. 那家工厂有25台织布机。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 wholesale   

n.批发；adv.以批发方式；vt.批发，成批出售

参考例句：

• The retail dealer buys at wholesale and sells at retail.零售商批发购进货物，以零售价卖出。
• Such shoes usually wholesale for much less.这种鞋批发出售通常要便宜得多。