Lesson 11 How to grow old

I should wish to die while still at work,

我希望工作到死為止，

Lesson 11 How to grow old

knowing that others will carry on what I can no longer do,

明白了有人會繼續我的未竟事業，

Lesson 11 How to grow old

and content in the thought that what was possible has been done.

想到能做的事都做了，也就坦然了。

Lesson 12 Banks and their customers

When anyone opens a current account at a bank,

任何人在銀行開一個活期賬戶，

Lesson 12 Banks and their customers

he is lending the bank money, repayment of which he may demand at any time,

就等于把錢借給了銀行。這筆錢他可以隨時提取，

Lesson 12 Banks and their customers

either in cash or by drawing a cheque in favour of another person.

提取的方式可以是取現金，也可以是開一張以他人為收款人的支票。

Lesson 12 Banks and their customers

Primarily, the banker-customer relationship is that of debtor and creditor----

銀行與儲戶的關系主要是債務人和債權人的關系。

Lesson 12 Banks and their customers

who is which depending on whether the customer's account is in credit or is overdrawn.

究竟誰是債務人誰是債權人，要看儲戶的賬戶是有結余還是透支。

Lesson 12 Banks and their customers

But, in addition to that basically simple concept,

除了這一基本的簡單的概念外，

Lesson 12 Banks and their customers

the bank and its customer owe a large number of obligations to one another.

銀行和儲戶彼此還需承擔大量義務。

Lesson 12 Banks and their customers

Many of these obligations can give rise to problems and complications but a bank customer,

其中許多義務往往引起問題和糾紛。

Lesson 12 Banks and their customers

unlike, say, a buyer of goods, cannot complain that the law is loaded against him.

但是儲戶不能像貨物的買主那樣來抱怨法律對自己不利。

Lesson 12 Banks and their customers

The bank must obey its customer's instructions, and not those of anyone else.

銀行必須遵照儲戶的囑托辦事，不能聽從其他人的指令。

Lesson 12 Banks and their customers

When, for example, a customer first opens an account,

比如，儲戶首次在銀行開戶時，

Lesson 12 Banks and their customers

he instructs the bank to debit his account only in respect of cheques drawn by himself.

囑咐銀行他的存款只能憑他本人簽字的支票來提取。

Lesson 12 Banks and their customers

He gives the bank specimens of his signature,

他把自己簽名的樣本交給銀行，

Lesson 12 Banks and their customers

and there is a very firm rule that the bank has no right or authority to pay out a customer's money on a cheque on which its customer's signature has been forged.

銀行沒有任何權利或理由把儲戶的錢讓偽造儲戶簽名的支票取走。

Lesson 12 Banks and their customers

It makes no difference that the forgery may have been a very skilful one:

即使偽造得很巧妙，也不能付款，

Lesson 12 Banks and their customers

the bank must recognize its customer's signature.

因為銀行有責任辯認出其儲戶的簽名。

Lesson 12 Banks and their customers

For this reason there is no risk to the customer in the practice,

因此，這種做法對儲戶毫無風險。

Lesson 12 Banks and their customers

adopted by banks, of printing the customer's name on his cheques.

某些銀行已采用把儲戶姓名印在支票上的作法。

Lesson 12 Banks and their customers

If this facilitates forgery, it is the bank which will lose, not the customer.

如果因這種作法出現了偽造的話，受損失的將不是儲戶，而是銀行。

Lesson 13 The search for oil

The deepest holes of all are made for oil, and they go down to as much as 25,000 feet.

在所有洞穴中，為尋找石油所鉆的洞是最深的，這些洞可深達25，000英尺。

Lesson 13 The search for oil

But we do not need to send men down to get the oil out, as we must with other mineral deposits.

但是，我們不必像開采其他礦藏那樣，把人送到地下去把石油取出。

Lesson 13 The search for oil

The holes are only borings, less than a foot in diameter.

這些洞只不過是一些鉆孔，直徑不到1英尺。

Lesson 13 The search for oil

My particular experience is largely in oil,

我是專門搞石油的，

Lesson 13 The search for oil

and the search for oil has done more to improve deep drilling than any other mining activity.

尋找石油比其他任何采礦業對改進深孔鉆探作的貢獻都要大。

Lesson 13 The search for oil

When it has been decided where we are going to drill, we put up at the surface an oil derrick.

當確定鉆孔地點后，我們就在那里豎起一個井架。

Lesson 13 The search for oil

It has to be tall because it is like a giant block and tackle,

井架必須很高，因為它像一個巨型滑輪組。

Lesson 13 The search for oil

and we have to lower into the ground and haul out of the ground great lengths of drill pipe which are rotated by an engine at the top and are fitted with a cutting bit at the bottom.

我們必須把很長的鉆桿一節節地鉆入地下，然后再從地下拉出來。鉆桿頂部安裝的發動機帶動鉆桿旋轉，它的底部裝有鉆頭。