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| Banking English. 銀行英語-2 |  | | | | | | Savings Accounts
Clerk: We have two kinds of savings accounts.
Monica: From the brochure, they look very similar. What's the difference?
Clerk: For the basic plan, you mustn't / don't need to keep a 1)minimum 2)balance.
Monica: So I could keep a balance of, say, five dollars? And that would be OK?
Clerk: That would be fine. However, our other savings account pays higher interest.
Monica: Sounds good. What's the catch?
Clerk: For that one, you must 3)maintain a minimum balance of five thousand dollars.
Monica: Oh! I'll 4)definitely go with the basic plan then.
| | | | 辦理存款帳戶
銀行辦事員：我們有兩種存款帳戶。
莫妮卡：從小冊子上看來，這兩種非常相似，有什麼不同之處嗎？
銀行辦事員：以基礎方案來說，你不必保持最低存款餘額。
莫妮卡：所以我可以只有……五元的餘額，也沒關係囉？
銀行辦事員：可以。但是，我們另一個存款帳戶的利息比較高喔！
莫妮卡：聽起來不錯，代價是什麼？
銀行辦事員：那個帳戶，你必須維持五千元的最低存款餘額在帳戶裡面。
莫妮卡：喔！那我當然選基礎方案的帳戶！
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| 好用句 | What's the catch?
代價是甚麼？有什麼圈套 | | | | | | | catch在口語中解作「圈套」，也就是引人上當的意思。在你懷疑優渥的條件下是不是暗藏著什麼「玄機」時，你就可以說What's the catch? 先把狀況全盤搞清楚，才不會得不償失！
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| Vocabulary | | | | | | | | 1) minimum (n.)最小量；最低限度(adj.)最小的；最少的 2) balance (n.)�餘額；結餘 3) maintain (v.)�維持 4) definitely (adv.)�一定地；當然地
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