Changing Dollars to Yen
2 f# u& v" P& N, i9 \ 美元兑换日元
5 X* _* Z- n& }1 F+ b Situation 22
# L4 z. z& p" f/ r 情景 22 8 M1 k$ W% N. @
Cyrus Morton is visiting Tokyo on his vacation.He stops into theHigashi Bank to change some dollars into yen .
2 L8 ?: Y. s; A. H$ x ~& d 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。
! f/ r7 i1 }, O! O( V6 u/ ? Clerk:Good afternoon ,sir.May I help you ? ) j( [8 C& M2 `# ~3 ^) B
职员:午安,先生,我能为您做些什么?
* b& S: Y: j. F- _; ~; O- h9 o Morton:Yes,please .I want to get some yen notes for my stay in Japan .Can I buy them withAmerican dollars?
: |5 @2 ?0 l @% Y1 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? 0 P; J: I5 ~2 q' t/ D K8 X
C;Yes,sir .We are an authorized foreign exchange bank and can change them for you . m/ T: e& L' @3 L* y' r: @- X
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。
7 V' c9 Z5 P9 D1 P) I M;Well,I have got $467.89 that I want to change .What’s the exchange rate today ?
5 N6 ^0 s l, `6 ~" H. |; @, s 莫顿:那我,我想把476美元89美分兑换成日元,今天的兑换率是多少呢?
; w) f; s( p& C$ m6 p1 t4 H 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.
! _1 ~+ T0 }- q) A( U; L 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。 1 k" v' Q' Z9 x ]: ]3 U4 s9 J* K
M:Oh,really ?Why not ? - V$ j0 _6 V/ H
莫顿:哦,真的吗?为什么呢? / j) W5 |, \# D+ x% G
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 .
# W* d2 O+ V d0 E7 R0 Z 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。
( S2 z" w* u7 y& y8 b( @5 N- e M;Oh,yes,I remember that was true in America ,too.I couldn’t get any yen coins before I left .
4 c. s% o x5 s& t3 a3 K 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。
0 T% S0 v3 V3 U( m3 V* B; D5 {8 l 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. - ^, U2 N% R: q+ G; o
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。
( M$ V$ p$ V7 B5 Z; h+ h' _ Do you have your passport with you ? ! B% w. E. S8 N3 J! a& p
您带着护照吗?
$ _" n7 t( ~7 t" |+ x j) x. I M:Yes,here it is . ' U% q. _# l# q6 [7 L/ E [5 A
莫顿:带着,在这里。
; h8 }9 C6 H0 y9 r4 Y C:Well,please sign your name and local address on this exchange request . , m( p! q7 ^% g
职员:请把您的姓名、本地住址写在这张兑换申请单上, , z' J( f8 v8 `- v) {1 W( M
Also put down your passport number .I’ll get your yen for you while you’re filling this out .
+ m( C1 S* R% p 还要写上您的护照号码。在您填写时,我给您准备日元。 |