Pets5If you are buying a property in France，whether for a permanent or a holiday home，it is important to open a French bank accountAlthough it is possible to exist on travellers cheques，Eurocheques and credit cards(31) by British banks，the(32) for these(33) can be expensive The simplest way to pay regular(34) ，such as electricity，gas or telephone，(35) when you are not in residence，is by direct debit(a sum withdrawn from an account)from your French accountTo (36) a current account，you will need to(37) your passport and birth(38) and to provide your address in the United KingdomYou will be issued with a cheque book within weeks of opening the accountIn France it is illegal to be overdrawnAll accounts must be operated(39) creditHowever，there are no (40) chargesNote that cheques(41) longer to clear in France than in Britain，and call only be stopped(42) stolen or lost The easiest way to(43) money from a British bank account to a French(44) is by bank transferYou simply provide your British bank with the name，address and(45) 0f your French bank accountThe procedure takes about a week and(46) between5 and413 for each transaction，(47) on your British bank。 (48) you can transfer money(49) a French bank in LondonYou can also send a sterling cheque(allow at least l2(1ays for the cheque to be cleared)，Eurocheques or travellers(50) Finallyit is a good idea to make a friend of your French bank managerHis help call prove invaluable2004年5月英语二级笔译综合能力试题Some consumer researchers distinguish _ (1) “rational” motives and “emotional” (or “non-rational”) motives. They use the term “rationality” _ (2) the traditional economic sense that assumes _ (3) consumers behave rationally when they carefully consider all alternatives _ (4) choose those that give them the greatest utility (i.e., satisfaction). _ (5) a marketing context, the term “rationality” implies that the consumer selects goods based _ (6) totally objective criteria, such _ (7) size, weight, price, and so on. “Emotional” motives imply the selection of goods _ (8) to personal or subjective criteria the desire _ (9) individuality, pride, fear, affection or status.The assumption underlying this distinction is _ (10) subjective or emotional criteria do not maximize utility or satisfaction, _ (11), it is reasonable to assume that consumers always attempt to select alternatives that, _ (12) their view, serve to maximize satisfaction. Obviously, the assessment of satisfaction is a very personal process, based _ (13) the individuals own needs as _ (14) as on past behavioral, social, and learning experiences. What may appear _ (15) irrational to an outside observer may be perfectly rational _ (16) the context of the consumers own psychological field. For example, a product purchased to enhance ones self-image (such as a fragrance) is a perfectly rational form of consumer behavior. _ (17) behavior did not appear rational to the person who undertakes it _ (18) the time that it is undertaken, obviously he or she would not do it. _ (19) the distinction between rational and emotional motives does not appear to be warranted.Some researchers go so far _ (20) to suggest that emphasis _ (21) “needs” obscures the rational, or conscious, nature of most consumer motivation. They claim that consumers act consciously _ (22) maximize their gains and minimize their losses; that they act not _ (23) subconscious drives but from rational preferences, _ (24) what they perceive to be _ (25) their own best interests.人事部翻译资格证书(CATTI)2004年11月英语二级笔译综合能力试题In the popular mind, the Internet is the realization of the global village, where the flow of information and ideas is unimpeded by distance or national barriers. Much has been written _ (1) the technology and the benefits that this system of unregulated information exchange will bring. But _ (2) has been very little discussion about the languages human, not computer languages _ (3) are being used on the Internet.Central _ (4) the ideology of the emerging Internet community is the freedom of the individual users to express _ (5) as they like. Nevertheless, _ (6) recently, it has been very difficult to communicate through the Internet in any language _ (7) could not be expressed in the standard English alphabet as defined _ (8) the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASSC).English is already the premier _ (9) of science and technology worldwide. The peculiar restriction of _ (10) able to communicate with only the limited ASC character set has worked to further encourage the _ (11) English, especially by those _ (12) native language is not normally expressed in some version of _ (13) Roman alphabet.In fact, it seems to be typical that _ (14) accessing a network in a non-Englis