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Parking Expenses停车费Parking Expenses停车费A businessmanwalked intoa NewYork Citybank andasked for the loanofficer.He saidhewas goingto Europeon businessfor twoweeks andneeded to borrow$5,
000.一个商人走进纽约一家银行询问信贷员他说他准备出差去欧洲两个星期需要借款5000美金The loanofficer saidthe bankwould needsome securityfor sucha loan.The businessmanthen handedover thekeys toa RollsRoyce thatwas parkedon thestreet infront ofthebank.信贷员说银行借款需要提供担保品商人马上掏出停在银行门前的劳斯莱斯汽车的钥匙Everything checkedout and the loanofficer acceptedthe caras collateralfortheloan.An employeethen drovethe Rollsinto thebanks undergroundgarage andparked itthere.一切手续办妥后银行信贷员接受了汽车做为贷款的抵押店员把汽车开到银行地下车库并停放在那里Two weekslater thebusinessman returned,repaid the$5,000andtheinterest whichcameto$
15.
41.The loanofficer said,〃We doappreciate yourbusiness andthis transactionhasworked outvery nicely,but weare abit puzzled.While youwere awaywe checkedandfound thatyou area multimillionaire.What puzzlesus iswhy youwould bothertoborrow$5,000〃两个星期后商人从欧洲回来,偿还了5000元借款以及
15.41元的利息信贷员问“非常感谢您的光顾,这笔交易做得也很完美,但是我们有一个疑问,你离开后我们查了一下发现您是一个富翁为什么您会不怕麻烦来这借5000元呢?”The businessman replied:z,Where elsein NewYork Citycan Ipark mycar for2weeks for15bucks”商人回答“除了您这我还能在纽约市的其他地方只需付款15元就能停车两个星期吗?”英语单词短语学习collateral[ka,1set oral]adj.并行的,附随的,旁系的n.支亲,security[si*kju:riti]n.安全,防护措施,保证,抵押,债券,证券employee[.emploi i:]n.雇员puzzledadj.困惑的;搞糊涂的;茫然的transaction[tr史n zsek^n]n.交易,处理,办理,事务(复)transloan[loun]n.贷款,借出,债权人v.借,供应货款,appreciate[S pri:Jieit]vt.欣赏,感激,赏识vt.领会,充分意bother[bode]v.使恼怒,使不安,烦扰,费心。