托福口语TPO-02 听力部分(4)_托福口语.docx

智课网 TOEFL 备考资料托福口语 TPO-02 听力部分(4)_ 托福口语 Using points and examples from the talk, explain the two definitions of money presented by the professor. 请用讲话中所涉及到的例子和观点,来解释教授提及到两种关于货币的定义。 Now listen to part of the talk in the economical class. 现在,请听某经济课上的部分讲话内容。 So, let's talk about money. What is money? 所以,下面让我们来说一说货币。什么是货币? Well, typically, people think of coins and paper bills as money. 呃,通常情况下,人们会想到硬币,以及纸币。 But that is using a somewhat narrow definition of the term. 但是,这里用的是货币的狭义定义。 A broad definition is this: money is anything that people can use to make purchases with. 广义上的定义是:货币是任何人们可以用来购买其他物品的物品。 Since many things can be used to make purchases, money can have many different forms. 由于很多东西都可以用来购买东西,所以货币可以有很多不同的形式。 Certainly, coins and bills are one form of money. 可以确信的一点是,硬币和纸币都是货币的一种形式。 People exchange goods and services for coins or paper bills 人们通过交换物品或者服务来获取硬币或者纸币, and they use this money these bills to obtain other goods and services. 然后他们又用这些货币,这些纸币去换取别的物品以及服务。 For example you might give a taxi driver five dollars to purchase a ride in his taxi. 举个例子,你付给的士司机 5美元,用以购买坐他车行驶的一段路程。 And he in turn gives the five dollar toa farmer to buy some vegetables. 然后,他把这五美元付给了某位农民,用以购买一些蔬菜。 But asI said, coins and bills are not the only form of money under this broad definition. 但是就像我之前提到过的那样,硬币和纸币只是在广义定义下,货币的一种形式。 Some societies make use ofa barter system. 在一些社会体系中,人们使用的是物物交换制。 Basically