Notes:

　　1.When a bank makes a payment on a check, it cancels the check. 当银行兑付支票时要予以注销。

　　(1)make a payment付款

　　make a payment on a check兑付支票

　　(2)cancel a check注销支票

　　2.If you have a checking account, the bank sends you your canceled checks along with your monthly statement.如果你有支票账户，银行每月把你的付讫支票连同月度清单送给你。

　　(1)a checking account支票账户

　　(2)canceled check付讫支票

　　银行在已兑付的支票正面盖上有"付讫"字样的戳记，表示该支票已被兑付，现已作废

　　(3)monthly statement月度清单，对账单

　　3.You must be careful to sign your name exactly as you intend to write it on your checks. 你必须认真地签字，它要同你今后在支票上的签字完全相符。

　　(1)sign one's name签字

　　(2)exactly as…与…完全一样

　　as conj.（用于比较）与…一样

　　例：This is the same as it was before.

　　这个与以前一样。

　　(3)write it on your checks在支票上签字

　　it意思是name

　　4.A check must be endorsed⁵ before it can be cashed. 支票在兑现之前必须先背书。

　　(1)endorse a check: sign one's name on the back of a check背书（在支票的背面签上自己的名字）

　　5.The amount that is left in your account after the cheeks have been deducted⁶ and the deposits have been credited is the balance. 在扣除了支票款及贷记的存款额之后，账户上剩下的金额就是余额。

　　(1)此句为"主+系+表"句型结构，即The amount…is the balance.

　　(2)(The amount)that is left in your account为定语从句，意思是"账户上剩下的（金额）"

　　(3)after the cheeks have been deducted and the deposits have been credited此句在定语从句中充当"状语从句"，句中的the cheeks have been deducted 和the deposits have been credited为并列关系

　　(4)the checks表示"支票的款项"

　　(5)the deposits表示"存款的金额"

　　Notes

　　You would find it safer and more convenient to put your money in a bank and write out checks to pay for your larger purchases.你会觉得把钱存在银行更安全，用支票购买大件商品更方便。

　　(1)句中的it是形式宾语，真正的宾语是to put your money…and (to) write out checks…

　　(2)(to) write out checks是与to put your money…并列的关系，也是做真正的宾语。意思是"开出支票"

　　(3)to pay for your larger purchases是目的状语，意思是"支付大件商品款"

　　pay (for)付（款）；支付

　　例：He paid ￡5 for the book.

　　他买这本书花了五英镑。

　　The canceled checks that are returned to you  provide a record of where your money was spent, and they can serve as proof that payment was received寄回的付讫支票记载了你花钱的地点，当作收到款项的证据