VOA慢速英语:How Islamic Finance Works

bring attention to引起某人的注意

例句：There is one point I must bring to everybody's attention.
      有一问题我要提请大家注意。

2.The bank will estimate its costs based on its fixed costs, variable costs, the cost of their employees, the rent and so on and so forth.

so on and so forth如此等等

例句：Active terminology recognition, concordance searching, ergonomic user interface, and so on and so forth
      积极的术语识别，一致性查找，人类环境改造学用户接口，等等

3.The fewer the borrowers, the more each has to pay.

the+比较级, the+比较级：表示后者随着前者的变化而变化，意为“越……就越……”，前者相当于一个条件句，因此，要用一般现在时代替一般将来时。如：

The harder you work, the better result you’ll get.你学习越努力，成绩就越好。

比较级+and+比较级：表示“越来越……”，单音节形容词或副词用“-er+and +-er”，如warmer and warmer越来越暧和；多音节形容词或副词用“more and more…”如more and more beautiful越来越美。