Changing Dollars to Yen
7 F/ M6 S3 T4 ]/ b0 K$ Q0 \ 美元兑换日元) u* e9 a; f* ]6 Y& q9 Y& [
Situation 221 q0 ?6 [6 N: A4 k H: t8 \3 R/ b
情景 228 H2 G8 }: [2 k; V8 N4 B1 \5 q
Cyrus Morton is visiting Tokyo on his vacation.He stops into theHigashi Bank to change some dollars into yen .0 [8 D( O$ h2 a6 s& c. ]) G0 ]0 |& M
休假期间,赛勒斯·莫顿在东京参观游览,他步入东银行,把一些美元兑换成日元。
0 G; ^% t0 D- [8 T0 b3 { Clerk:Good afternoon ,sir.May I help you ?+ f+ J8 G T# c/ p% [
职员:午安,先生,我能为您做些什么?3 k f2 p" j, j3 U4 l
Morton:Yes,please .I want to get some yen notes for my stay in Japan .Can I buy them withAmerican dollars?
4 {; Y- l& j$ }: \2 u 莫顿:是的,谢谢。在我逗留日本期间,希望换些日币,我可以用美元购买日币吗?
D' ^+ g# v0 ^ C;Yes,sir .We are an authorized foreign exchange bank and can change them for you .
4 m% C4 u1 F- k; r0 V 职员:可以的,先生。我们是经批准的外汇银行,能够为您兑换货币。5 g4 t; i3 n$ Q& D6 i/ i
M;Well,I have got $467.89 that I want to change .What’s the exchange rate today ?; |& K! {& n/ G5 r" n
莫顿:那我,我想把476美元89美分兑换成日元,今天的兑换率是多少呢?! [2 O8 ]& R1 ~( x1 C5 o8 e4 t
C:Today’s rate for cash purchases is listed on this chart here.I can exchange the bills for you ,butwe cannot take the coins.
$ e- P' p) i0 z$ K" Y" [4 g 职员:今天的现款购买兑换率列在这里的这张图表上,我可给您兑换纸币,但是我们不收硬币。
# ~" ~; U$ e0 A4 C; J M:Oh,really ?Why not ?" p' o: ]. j8 u% Q4 j. V
莫顿:哦,真的吗?为什么呢?
, T* `& ~6 r/ R+ j/ i) P C:We don’t deal in coins ,sir .Usually ,we have very little request for coin exchange and it makes itdifficult for us to maintain a supply of coins adequate to what may be needed .
, {3 E, d8 @" q( E& w 职员:我们不买硬币,先生。平时我们这里很少需要兑换硬币,这样,就使我们很难确保存一批足够的硬币应付可能的需要量。
6 I. ]4 D8 I, w M;Oh,yes,I remember that was true in America ,too.I couldn’t get any yen coins before I left .
( B* _& O" k d 莫顿:哦,是的,我记得在美国也是如此。看来,在我离开之前,可能是一点日本硬币也弄不到了。
- q9 F2 ?( V3 t. i2 o/ u C:Our head office may keep a supply of coins ,but branches rarely do .So we just exchange thebills and make up any difference in Japanese coins.
- a. b3 }4 ^3 P7 f: H4 @9 v 职员:我们总行可能提供硬币,但是分行很少有这样做的。因此,我们只能兑换纸币并用日本硬币补齐差额。6 ?: U' u4 z1 _+ A2 c7 @4 ^
Do you have your passport with you ?
/ y0 R G. e& S) N& V2 R1 m 您带着护照吗?$ t, Y7 [% \. g# v& _& @
M:Yes,here it is .
0 [4 u1 S* w6 v [& D 莫顿:带着,在这里。. O4 s+ v( S; X
C:Well,please sign your name and local address on this exchange request .
L- N/ F/ p5 Z0 p4 c+ B* F. Y 职员:请把您的姓名、本地住址写在这张兑换申请单上,
, Q0 z$ k" G0 i' Y3 r Also put down your passport number .I’ll get your yen for you while you’re filling this out .3 E/ i! O# n8 j3 ^) Q! J, M
还要写上您的护照号码。在您填写时,我给您准备日元。 |