礼节美语172讲

三角洲通讯公司老板John Smith到银行申请贷款，接待他的是银行负责人Ted Johnson。 Johnson抱怨最近两年经济危机，贷款很难做，经常会迫不得已走法律程序，追缴贷款。

T: I do sympathize with people's difficulties. But if I don't foreclose on mortgages or call in bad loans. I'll go bankrupt, too!

J: Yep...that's just how it goes.

T: So John, you mentioned in your email that you're thinking about taking out a loan.

J: Yes. You see, my company has been expanding quite rapidly and I'd like to construct a new warehouse.

Ted 说，他很同情大家的困难，但是如果他不去没收贷款抵押的财产权，不清理呆帐，自己就会破产。上面说的foreclose is spelled f-o-r-e-c-l-o-s-e, foreclose，是银行没收抵押产权的意思，to call in，意思是收回，bad loan，指无力偿还的呆账。俩人的对话接下来切入主题。John因为公司扩大规模，打算加盖一个仓库，所以需要贷款。