荧屏情景

第22周 在银行

荧屏情景：

星期五 还贷 片段选自《好好先生》 Yes Man 58:33--59:30

Manager: Every two months, the typical loan officer approves 35 to 40 loans. You have given out...561.
主管：每两个月，一般借贷员会批准35到40项贷款，你却批准……561项贷款。
Carl: A little more than average, then.
卡尔：比平均值高一点而已。
Manager: What's even more unusual are the amounts. A $250 loan for a mountain bike, $600 for windsurfing lessons...
主管：更不寻常的是贷款金额，250元买一台越野单车，600元上帆板的教学课……
Carl: Have you ever tried that? It's fun.
卡尔：你玩过吗？很好玩喔。
Manager: Carl, this bank traditionally has never given out small loans.
主管：卡尔，本银行一向不处理小额贷款。
Norman: If I can explain...
诺曼：请让我解释……
Manager: Sit down, Norman. At first I thought you might be raiding our coffers.
主管：坐下。我一开始以为你在揩油……
Carl: I would never do that.
卡尔：我不会做这种事。
Manager: I would if I could, so why wouldn't you? But then I looked closer. These people are so grateful to have their needs met...more than 98 percent of them are following through with payments. And because you've given out so many of them...we're actually making a lot of money.
主管：可以的话我会，你凭什么不会？不过后来我仔细研究发现，这些人很感激你批准他们的贷款，百分之九十八以上都会按时还贷，而且你批准这么多项贷款，反而让公司赚了不少钱。

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. at first
最初；起初；开始时；
eg. At first, he seemed surprised by my questions.
起初，他似乎对我的问题感到惊讶。
eg. At first he refused to accept any responsibility but he ended up apologizing.
最初他拒不承认有任何责任，到头来还是道了歉。
2. meet one's needs
满足某人的需要；
eg. Maybe these will meet your needs.
这些或许会满足您的要求。
eg. Emotion is a kind of experience of attitude in terms of whether objective things meet one's needs.
情感是人对客观事物是否符合自己需要的态度的体验。
3. follow through
完成；进行到底；
eg. He decided to follow through the business first.
他决定先把这笔生意做完。
eg. David is determined to follow his plan through.
大卫决心把自己的计划贯彻到底。