A: How may I help you? B: I would like you to be my lawyer. A: What can I do for you? B: Im going on trial. A: What is your trial about? B: Its a felony charge. A: Id be glad to help. B: How much do you charge? A: My rate is $150 an hour. B: Thats hi

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 英语情景对话-犯罪

A: What can I help you with? B: I need to hire you. A: What do you need me for? B: I need you for my court date. A: What kind of case do you have? B: Im being charged with a felony. A: I can help you with that. B: What is your price? A: I charge $150

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Today, the Governor of the Reserve Bank, Dr Alan Bollard, dropped the official cash rate by ? of 1 percent to 7.5%. This rate affects how much the banks have to pay to borrow money overnight from the Reserve Bank. If the banks pay less, they can drop

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(35) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Once more the governor of the Reserve Bank, Alan Bollard, has cut the official cash rate, but this time by a large amount: 1.5%. This brings the official cash rate now to 5%, the lowest in a long time. This is the rate that banks pay to borrow overni

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Today the Governor of the Reserve Bank, Dr Alan Bollard, lowered the official cash rate (OCR) to 2.5%. This is down 50 points from the 12th March. It is also a huge change from July last year when the OCR was at a high point of 8.25%. In July 2007, t

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(34) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

The European Union says manipulating a benchmark interest rate in London should be a criminal offense. The EU called Wednesday for its 27 member states to set criminal penalties for rigging interest rates to affect the LIBOR [London Interbank Offered

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