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The financial crisis

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la crisis financiera

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I just hope things start getting better soon. I don’t know what we’ll do otherwise.

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Sólo espero que las cosas empiecen a mejorar pronto. De lo contrario no sé lo que vamos a hacer.

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Yes and if they do give you one, the interest rates are really high!

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Ya, y si finalmente te conceden uno, ¡los tipos de interés son muy altos!

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Yes, he’s not very well really. He’s been thinking of setting up his own business, but getting a loan from the bank these days is impossible.

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Sí, no lo lleva muy bien. Estuvo pensando en crear su propia empresa, pero obtener un préstamo del banco estos días es imposible.

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How’s he been coping? It must be very stressful to lose your job.

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¿Cómo lo está llevando? Debe ser muy estresante perder el trabajo.

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I don’t know how you cope, John! Although since my husband, Mark, lost his job we’ve also been struggling to pay the mortgage.

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¡No sé cómo aguantas, John! Desde que mi marido, Mark, perdió su trabajo también estamos teniendo dificultades para pagar la hipoteca.

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The financial crisis has been making the headlines again recently. What do you think is going to happen?

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La crisis financiera ha vuelto a acaparar las portadas de los periódicos últimamente. ¿Qué crees que ocurrirá?

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Well, a few people were made redundant last month, so my workload’s nearly doubled.

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Pues algunas personas fueron despedidas el mes pasado y eso ha duplicado mi carga de trabajo.

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I’m really not sure, to be honest. Supposedly, the rate of inflation is steady but unemployment has gone up again. How are things where you work?

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Para serte sincera, no estoy segura. Supuestamente, la tasa de inflación está estable pero ha vuelto a aumentar el desempleo. ¿Cómo van las cosas en tu trabajo?

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The financial crisis has affected many European countries.

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La crisis financiera ha afectado a muchos países europeos.

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The business made five people redundant last month.

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La empresa despidió a cinco personas el mes pasado.

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make redundant

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despedir

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Interest rates on car loans have risen recently.

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Los tipos de interés de los préstamos para coches han subido recientemente.

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interest rate

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tipo de interés

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Governments have had to bail out many investment banks.

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Los gobiernos han tenido que rescatar muchos bancos de inversión.

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economic slowdown

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la ralentización de la economía

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investment bank

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el banco de inversión

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Many people have debts which can seriously affect their financial situation.

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Mucha gente tiene deudas que pueden afectar gravemente a su situación financiera.

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debt

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la deuda

20
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They’re going to give us the mortgage.

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Nos van a conceder la hipoteca.

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mortgage

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la hipoteca

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I would like to take out a loan to buy a car please.

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Quisiera pedir un préstamo para comprar un coche, por favor.

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The economic slowdown is having a huge effect on house prices.

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La ralentización de la economía está teniendo un efecto enorme sobre los precios de la vivienda.

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loan

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el préstamo

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Inflation is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy.

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La inflación es un aumento del nivel general de los precios de los productos y de los servicios en una economía.

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inflation

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la inflación