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听力文本
The central bank of Zimbabwe scrapped the country's national currency on Friday and started using the U.S. dollar. The Zimbabwean dollar has for the past decade become more and more worthless because of spiralling inflation. Hyperinflation peaked at an incredible 500 billion per cent in 2008. Since then, Zimbabweans began seeking financial security in the U.S. dollar. Economists estimate that today, 90 per cent of the economy is based on the U.S. dollar. People have until September to exchange their remaining local currency for the U.S. dollar. The official exchange rate is one U.S. dollar to 35 quadrillion Zimbabwean dollars. That's 35 followed by 15 zeroes.
All is not lost for the old Zimbabwean dollar. The large number of zeroes that make up each denomination of the bills is making them a collector's item online. On the auction site eBay, a 100 trillion Zimbabwean dollar note is getting up to US$35 from bidders. This is nearly one hundred times more than the 40 U.S. cents the bill is officially worth in a bank. One hundred trillion is one followed by 14 zeroes. The 100 trillion dollar bill used to be able to buy a weekly bus ticket. One enterprising Zimbabwean has decided to cash in on the old currency by selling it to tourists. Shadreck Gutuza, a former currency trader, said it was a waste of time to cash it in at the banks when tourists will buy the notes for US$20.
中文翻译
津巴布韦央行周五废除了津巴布韦元,而改为使用美元
这对于津元来说并不都是坏事
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重点讲解
1.national currency 本国货币
例句:The Central Bank of Armenia has the exclusive right of issuing the national currency according to Armenian Law.
根据亚美尼亚的法律亚美尼亚的中央银行具有专有发行国家货币的权力
。2.make up 补偿
例句:They'll do all they can to make up the economic losses.
他们要尽一切力量弥补这些经济损失
。3.cash in 兑现
例句:You may cash in this cheque at all times and all places.
你可以随时随地把这张支票兑成现金
。4.based on 以…为基础
例句:The plan of our country is based on a rising economy.
我国的计划建立在不断发展的经济的基础上
。听力题目
1.Which of Zimbabwe's banks scrapped the national currency?
a) ZNB
b) the national bank of Zimbabwe
c) the central bank
d) HSBC
2.For how long had the Zimbabwean dollar been losing value?
a) a decade
b) a quarter of a century
c) 30 years
d) a few years
3.When was inflation at 500 billion per cent?
a) 2005
b) 2006
c) 2007
d) 2008
4.How much of the Zimbabwean economy uses the U.S. dollar?
a) all of it
b) 90%
c) half
d) three-quarters
5.How many zeroes are there in a quadrillion?
a) 16
b) 13
c) 15
d) 14
6.Where is the old Zimbabwean dollar becoming a collector's item?
a) China
b) online
c) the USA
d) South Africa
7.How much is a 100 trillion Zimbabwean dollar note fetching on eBay?
a) US$14
b) US$40
c) US$100
d) US$35
8.How much is a 100 trillion Zimbabwean dollar note worth in a bank?
a) 50 US cents
b) 40 US cents
c) 20 US cents
d) 30 US cents
9.What did a 100 trillion Zimbabwean dollar note used to be able to buy?
a) a bus ticket
b) a chicken curry
c) a house
d) a newspaper
10.Who is buying the old notes for US$20?
a) bidders
b) currency traders
c) bankers
d) tourists
听力答案
1.c
2.a
3.d
4.b
5.c
6.d
7.b
8.d
9.a
10.d