1.An amendment to the Fund's Articles of Agreement establishing a new facility based on Special Drawing Right(SDR) entered into force on 28 July 1969, and on 1 January 1970 SDR 3414 million were allocated¹¹ to 104 participants in the Fund's Special Drawing Account.一项对国际货币基金组织协定若干条款的修正案提出设立“特别提款权”的新方案。该修正案于1969年7月28日生效，并于1970年1月 1日分配了34.14亿单位“特别提款权”给货币基金组织特别提款权账户的104个成员国。

(1)An amendment…entered into force…句中，an amendment是主语，entered into force是谓语。

amendment n.①formal revision of, addition to, or change, as in a bill or a constitution修正案，修正条款：对法案、宪法的正式修改、增补或改变

②a statement of such a change修正案：对这种变化的声明

  例：The 19th Amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote.

    宪法的第十九条修正案赋予了妇女的选举权

（2）establishing a new facility是动名词短语，作后置定语，修饰前面的amendment，意为“设立新方案”。

(3)based on Special Drawing Right(SDR)是过去分词短语，作后置定语，修饰前面的facility。

2.As of 31 December 1970, assets of the Fund included, in round figures, $ 4934.9 million in gold, $ 24485.9 million in various national currencies and $217.8 million in subscriptions¹² receivable.到1970年12月31日为止，国际货币基金组织的资产，以整数计算，包括49.349亿美元的黄金，244.859亿美元的各国货币和各成员国缴纳的2.178亿美元的股金。

1.as of (= as from)自从；自…起

  例：as of today

    从今天起

2.in gold用黄金

 in prep.by means of以某种方式

  例：paid in cash

    以现金支付

3.in round figures已整数计算

(1)round adj.mthematics Expressed or designated as a whole number or integer; not fractional.

【数学】 整数的：用整数而不是分数表示的

(2)figure n.数字

  figure n.write the number in words and in figures用文字和阿拉伯数字写出这个数

3.Each member must pay in gold 25 per cent of its subscription or 10 per cent of its net official gold and dollar holdings, whichever is less.每一成员国必须用黄金支付25%的股金，或用官方储备净值和美元财产支付10%的股金，以较少的金额为支付标准。

(1)net official gold官方储备净值

  net adj.remaining after all deductions¹³ have been made, as for expenses纯的：扣除所有开支后剩下的，如开销

  例：net profit

    净利润

(2)dollar holdings美元财产

holding n.拥有的财产、土地、股票

(3)whichever pron.whatever one or ones无论哪个，无论哪些

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