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High-Yield Savings Account

高利率存款帳戶

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High-Yield Savings Account
年收益率多高?
Jane is chatting with her dad. She is wondering if she should switch to a savings account with a higher interest rate.
珍在跟爸爸聊天,她想知道她應不應該轉換成利率較高的存款帳戶。
switch(v.)轉換
Jane: I heard some banks offer high-yield savings accounts with over 2% annual percentage yield. Should I switch?
珍:我聽說有些銀行提供年收益率2%以上的存款帳戶,我該轉換帳戶嗎?
annual(adj.)每年的percentage(n.)百分比
Dad: Well, how high is your current APY?
爸爸:妳目前的年收益率多高?
Jane: It’s only 1.5%.
珍:只有1.5%。
Dad: That’s not bad. Do you have a lot of money saved up in your account?
爸爸:那還不錯,妳的帳戶裡存了很多錢嗎?
Jane: Around NT$200,000.
珍:大約台幣20萬元。
Dad: Before you go through the hassle of opening a new savings account, do the calculations.
爸爸:在妳花時間開設新的存款帳戶前,算算妳會賺多少利息。
go through the hassle of sth.=處理麻煩事calculation(n.)計算calculate(v.)計算
Jane: I’m slow at math.
珍:我算得很慢啊。
Dad: Here. The difference in interest you would earn over a year is only NT$1,000.
爸爸:吶,妳一年只會多賺台幣1,000元的利息。
difference(n.)差額;差距
Jane: That’s it?
珍:就這麼多?
Dad: Yes. And that’s before taxes.
爸爸:對,而且是稅前的利息收入。
tax(n.)税
Jane: I see.
珍:了解。
Dad: It is mainly people who have an account with a higher balance that should concern themselves with APY.
爸爸:主要是帳戶餘額很高的人才會需要擔心年收益率的問題。
balance(n.)餘額concern one(self) with sth.=使某人(自己)擔心某事

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yield(n.)
利息
interest(n.)
利息
switch(v.)
轉換
annual(adj.)
每年的
percentage(n.)
百分比
go through the hassle of sth.=
處理麻煩事
calculation(n.)
計算
calculate(v.)
計算
difference(n.)
差額;差距
tax(n.)
balance(n.)
餘額
concern one(self) with sth.=
使某人(自己)擔心某事
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