当代商务英语综合教程 2 （第2版）The Boy and the Bank Officer

当代商务英语综合教程2

（第2版）

TheBoyandthe

BankOfficerContents2TextATheBoyandtheBankOfficerLanguageinUseTextBWhyChinaWillNotBuytheWorldWarm-upQuestions:3Warm-upQuestions:1.Youmayhavehadtheexperienceofgoingtobanks.What'syourimpressionofthebankclerks?2.Listsometermsrelatedwithbankservices.Pre-classTask14Pre-classTask1Readthetextonceforthemainidea(s).Donotrefertothenotes,theglossaryordictionaries.TextA

TheBoyandtheBankOfficer5PassageIhaveafriendwhohatesbankswithaspecialpassion.“Abankisjustastorelikeacandystoreoragrocerystore,”hesays.“Theonlydifferenceisthatabank'sgoodshappentobemoney,whichisyoursinthefirstplace.Ifbankswererequiredtosellwalletsandmoneybelts,theymightactlesslikechurches.”1TextA

TheBoyandtheBankOfficer6PassageIbeganthinkingaboutmyfriendtheotherdayasIwalkedintoasmall,over-lightedbranchofficeontheWestSide.Ihadcometoopenacheckingaccount.Itwaslunchtimeandtheonlyofficerondutywasafortyishblackmanwithshort,pressedhair,apencilmustache,andaneatlypressedbrownsuit.Everythingabouthimsuggestedacarefullydressedauthority.237PassageThisofficerwasstandingacrossasmallcounterfromayoungwhiteboywhowaswearingaV-neckedsweater,khakis,andloafers.Hehadsandyhair,andIthinkIwasespeciallyawareofhimbecausehelookedmorelikeakidfromaprepschoolthanacustomerinaWestSidebank.Theboycontinuedtoholdmyattentionbecauseofwhathappenednext.4TextA

TheBoyandtheBankOfficer58PassageHewasholdinganopensavings-accountbookandwearinganexpressionofopendismay.“ButIdon'tunderstand,”hewassayingtotheofficer.“Iopenedtheaccountmyself,sowhycan'tIwithdrawanymoney?”“I'vealreadyexplainedtoyou,”theofficertoldhim,“thatafourteen-year-oldisnotallowedtowithdrawmoneywithoutaletterfromhisparents.”6TextA

TheBoyandtheBankOfficer79Passage“Butthatdoesn'tseemfair,”theboysaid,hisvoicebreaking.“It'smymoney.Iputitin.It'smyaccount.”“Iknowitis,”theofficersaid,“butthosearetherules.Nowifyou'llexcuseme.”Heturnedtomewithasmile.“MayIhelpyou,sir?”Ididn'tthinktwice.“Iwasgoingtoopenanewaccount,”Isaid,“butafterseeingwhat'sgoingonhere,IthinkI'vechangedmymind.”8TextA

TheBoyandtheBankOfficer9101110Passage“Excuseme?”hesaid.“Look,”Isaid.“IfIunderstandwhat'sgoingonherecorrectly,whatyou'resayingisthatthisboyisoldenoughtodeposithismoneyinyourbankbuthe'snotoldenoughtowithdrawit.Andsincetheredoesn'tseemtobeanyquestionastowhetherit'shismoneyorhisaccount,thebank'sso-calledpolicyisclearlyridiculous.”TextA

TheBoyandtheBankOfficer121311Passage“Itmayseemridiculoustoyou,”herepliedinavoicerisingslightlyinirritation,“butthatisthebank'spolicyandIhavenootherchoicebuttofollowtherules.”Theboyhadstoodhopefullynexttomeduringthisexchange,butnowIwasjustashelpless.SuddenlyInoticedthattheopensavingsbookhecontinuedtograspshowedabalanceofabout＄100.Italsoshowedthattherehadbeenaseriesofsmalldepositsandwithdrawals.TextA

TheBoyandtheBankOfficer141512PassageIhadmyopening.“Haveyouwithdrawnmoneybeforebyyourself?”Iaskedtheboy.“Yes,”hesaid.Imovedinforthekill.“Howdoyouexplainthat?”Izeroedinontheofficer.“Whydidyoulethimwithdrawmoneybefore,butnotnow?”TextA

TheBoyandtheBankOfficer161718192013PassageHelookedannoyed.“Becausethetellerswerenotawareofhisagebeforeandnowtheyare.It'sreallyverysimple.”Iturnedtotheboywithashrug.“You'rereallygettingcheated,”Isaid.“Yououghttogetyourparentstocomeinhereandprotest.”Theboylookeddestroyed.Silently,heputhissavingsbookinrear-pocketandwalkedoutofthebank.Theofficerturnedtome.“Youknow,”hesaid,“youreallyshouldn'thaveinterfered.”TextA

TheBoyandtheBankOfficer2123242214Passage“Shouldn'thaveinterfered?”Ishouted.“Well,itdamnwellseemedtomethatheneededsomeonetorepresenthisinterests.”“Someonewasrepresentinghisinterests,”hesaidsoftly.“Andwhomightthatbe?”“Thebank.”TextA

TheBoyandtheBankOfficer2526272815PassageIcouldn'tbelievewhatthisidiotwassaying.“Look,”Iconcluded,“We'rejustwastingeachother'stime.Butmaybeyou'dliketoexplainexactlyhowthebankwasrepresentingthatboy'sinterests?”TextA

TheBoyandtheBankOfficer2916Passage“Certainly,”hesaid.“Wewereinformedthismorningthatsomeneighborhoodbullyhasbeenshakingthisboydownformorethanamonth.Theotherguywasforcinghimtotakemoneyouteveryweekandhanditover.Thepoorkidwasapparentlytooscaredtotellanyone.That'stherealreasonhewassoupset.Hewasafraidofwhattheotherguywoulddotohim.Anyway,thepoliceareonthecaseandthey'llprobablymakeanarresttoday.”TextA

TheBoyandtheBankOfficer3017Passage“Youmeanthereisnoruleaboutbeingtooyoungtowithdrawmoneyfromsavingsaccount?”“NotthatIeverheardof.Now,sir,whatcanwedoforyou?”TextA

TheBoyandtheBankOfficer3132Pre-classTask218Pre-classTask2ChoosethestatementthatbestexplainsyourunderstandingofTextA.1.b）

2.c）3.c）4.d）5.b）Pre-classTask319Pre-classTask3Readthetextasecondtimetoreviewthevocabularyincontext.Studythenewwordsandtheirdefinitions.Pre-classTask320Glossary21Pre-classTask322Pre-classTask3In-classTask123In-classTask1Readthetextathirdtimeforabetterunderstandingofthemainpoints.Explaininyourownwordsthefollowingsentencestakenfromthetext.1.Ifbankswererequiredtosellwalletsandmoneybelts,theymightactlesslikechurches.(Para.1)1.Ifpeopleundertookotheractivitiesinchurch,theymightappearlessformal.（Para.1）In-classTask1242.Everythingabouthimsuggestedacarefullydressedauthority.(Para.3)2.Judgingbyhisappearance,otherswouldconsiderhimtobeaveryauthoritativeperson.（Para.3）3.Imovedinforthekill.(Para.19)3.Iwantedtofightbackthebankofficerbyrevealingthefact.（Para.19）4.“Someonewasrepresentinghisinterests,”hesaidsoftly.(para.26)In-classTask1254.“Hisinterestshavealreadybeenprotectedbysomeone,”hesaidinasoftvoice.（Para.26）In-classTask226In-classTask2RhetoricalAnalysisoftheTextThisstoryisbasedonthepersonalexperienceoftheauthor.Oneafternoon,theauthorarguedwiththebankclerkbecauseherefusedtoallowaboytowithdrawmoneyfromthebank.Fortheauthor,banksareindispensableinpeople'slife;theyplayanimportantroleinalmostallaspectsofpeople'slife.In-classTask227Inmodernsociety,banksseemtohaveassumedthepowerandresponsibilityofGod.That'swhypeoplearesomewhatdisgustedwithbanks.Attheendofthestoryreaderswillrealizetheauthor'sintentioninwritingthisstory:hisprejudiceagainstbankshasdisappeared.In-classTask328In-classTask31.Readaloudparagraphs30-32.2.DiscussthequestionsinPre-classTask2.3.Workinpairstoaskeachotherquestionsaboutthetext.In-classTask3294.Answerthefollowingquestions.1)Whydosomepeoplehatebanks?1）Becausebanksarejustlikestores,butthedifferenceliesinthefactthatinbankstheonlycommodityisthemoneythatyoudepositinthembyyourselves.Itseemsthatwhatyoupossessyourselfiscompletelycontrolledbyothers.2)Isparagraph4irrelevanttothethemeofthestory?Ifnot,whatisthefunctionofthisparagraph?In-classTask3302）No.It'sreallyrelatedtothewholepassage.Itshowsusthestrikingcontrastbetweenthebankofficerandthesmallboy.3)Whydidtheboyinthestorycontinuetoholdtheauthor'sattention?In-classTask3313）Becausetheconversationbetweenthebankofficerandthesmallboyarousedtheauthor'ssympathywiththesmallboywhoseemedsohelpless.4)Whywastheboynotallowedtowithdrawhismoneyfromthebank?In-classTask3324）Becauseaccordingtotherulesdescribedbythebankofficer,a14-year-oldboywasnotallowedtowithdrawthemoneyfromthebankwithouttheletterofhisparents.5)Whydidtheofficerinthebanksaytotheauthor:“Youreallyshouldn'thaveinterfered?”In-classTask3335）Becausethebankofficerhadbeentoldthatsomeyoungguyshadforcedthesmallboytowithdrawmoneyfromthebankandhandedovertothem.Thesmallboywasindanger.Whatthebankwasdoingwastotrytoprotecttheboy.5.Discussthefollowingwithyourclassmatesandpresentyourideatotheclass.1)Whatdoyouthinkistheroleofbanksinyourlife?2)Analyzethethreemaincharactersinthisstory.In-classTask33435TextA

TextTranslation一个男孩和银行职员的故事我有一位朋友，他因特殊的情感因素而痛恨银行，他说：“银行就像糖果店和杂货店，唯一的区别就在于银行的商品是货币，而这货币又首先是你自己的，如果银行也要出售皮夹子和捆钱带的话，就显得不那么正式了。”136TextATextTranslation前几天，当我步入一家位于西街的规模不大却灯光过亮的银行分部的时候，又想起了我的朋友，我当时是前往该处开个账户的。正值午饭时间，当班的是一位四十岁左右的黑人职员，他个子不高，头发梳理的一丝不乱，留着黑色的胡子，一身熨烫平整的咖啡色套装，这一身打扮体现了一丝不苟的权威。2337TextATextTranslation这位职员所站的不大的柜台前是一个白人男孩，他穿了件V形领运动衫，卡其布裤子，脚穿拖鞋，一头浅黄色的头发，我觉得我特别关注这个男孩子，因为与其说他是一位西街银行的顾客，还不如说他是一位预备学校的孩子。这个男孩子一直吸引着我的注意力还是因为接下来发生的事。4538TextATextTranslation他手中拿着一本打开的存折，面带明显的不解对那位职员说:“可我还是不明白，我自己开的户，可为什么我就不能取钱呢?”那位职员对他说:“我不是已经跟你解释过了，银行不允许14岁的孩子在没有父母许可的情况下取钱。”6739TextATextTranslation男孩用粗浑的声音说:“可这似乎不公平，钱是我的，是我存进银行来的，账户也是我的。”银行职员说:“我知道情况是这样的。可刚才我说的那些是银行的规定，现在你是否可以理解我？”他转过身来面带微笑对我说:“先生，您需要帮忙吗?”我不假思索地说:“我准备开个新户头，可是看到这儿正发生的事，我改变主意了。”89101140TextATextTranslation他说:“对不起！”我说:“哦，如果我对这