純正地道美語 第226期(外教講解):外匯交易
A: Hey, John! I haven’t seen you in ages! What’s new? What have you been up to?
B: Pete! Nice to see you Well, on top the norm, you know, wife and kids and work, I’ve actually gotten into doing some trading.
A: Trading? You, big guy? What are you trading?
B: Currencies.
A: Currencies? As in Euros, Dollars, Pounds and Rupees?
B: It’s called Forex. Foreign Exchange. The great thing about it is that I don’t have to invest a huge amount. I put in a margin deposit and then I can buy and sell up to 100 times that much!
A: I don’t understand. You’re buying and selling money?
B: You got it! Just last night I made USD 150!
A: Last night?
B: Yeah! It’s a 24 hour market! I had bought some RMB earlier at a low asking price but last night it appreciated drastically so I made a split second decision and sold all my RMB at an amazing bid! I’ve also done some trading with CHF and AUD and HKD. I’ve made some good profits but I’ve also suffered some losses. It depends on a lot of factors just like any other market. In total， I’ve made about USD 500 in the past few months.
A: You’re kidding! I’m on! Where do I sign up?
norm n.尋常事
currency n.貨幣
margin deposit 保證金
drastically adv.大幅度地
split second 瞬間, 一剎那
bid n. 出價
A: 你好，約翰，很長時間沒肯定你了。有什麼新狀況？你忙什麼呢？
B: Pete!很高興見到你。無非就是些尋常事，你知道的，妻子，孩子和工作。我已經開始真正做些交易了。
A: 交易？你這個大塊頭？你在交易什麼？
B: 貨幣。
A: 貨幣？用歐元，美元，英鎊和盧比交易？
B: 那叫做外匯。外匯交易。這樣做的最大好處在於我不必投太多的錢，放一些保證金，我就能買賣最多十倍保證金的外匯。
A: 我不明白，你在買賣錢？
B: 說對了。昨晚我賺了150美元。
A: 昨晚？
B: 是的，外匯市場是24小時的。我曾經以低價買進一些人民幣，但是昨晚人民幣升值很多，於是我馬上做了一個決定，將所有 人民幣以一個驚人的價錢賣了出去。我已交易了些CHF，AUD 和 HKD。我已經賺了一些，但是也損失了一些。它和其他市場一樣受很多因素影響。
在過去5個月，我總共賺了500美元。
A: 你在開玩笑吧。我也要做外匯交易。我在哪兒簽名？
