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Bank clerk: May I help you?
Terry: Yes, can I cash my traveler’s check here?
Bank clerk: Of course, we’d be happy to cash it for you.
Terry: What’s the cashing rate?
Bank clerk: Well, it’s listed on the electronic board on the left. We cash it at present traveler’s check buying rate.
Terry: Oh, I see. How much it the service charge?
Bank clerk: The service charge is 1% of the total amount of the check.
Terry: Well, I’d like to cash these four checks for $100 each.
Bank clerk: Would you please countersign them here?
Terry: OK, there you are.
Bank clerk: And your passport please.
Terry: Oh, I forgot to bring it. It is in my hotel room.
Bank clerk: Sorry, sir. We can’t cash the checks for you without your passport.
Terry: Well, thanks. I will come again this afternoon, then.
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银行职员:请问有什么可以帮助您的?
泰瑞:是的,我能在这儿兑换我的旅行支票吗?
银行职员:当然啦,我们很高兴能为您兑换。
泰瑞:兑换的比率是多少?
银行职员:比率都列在左边的电子榜上。我们是以现在旅行支票的买入比率兑换。
泰瑞:哦,我知道了。那服务费是多少?
银行职员:服务费是支票总额的1%。
泰瑞:好的,我想换四张100美元的旅行支票。
银行职员:您能在这儿复签一下吗?
泰瑞:好的,签好了。
银行职员:您的护照?
泰瑞:哦,我忘带了。它在我的旅馆房间里。
银行职员:对不起,先生。没有护照我们不能为您兑换。
泰瑞:谢谢,那我下午再来。
经典背诵 Recitation
Terry: I always need to cash some of my traveler’s checks. I can cash them in the hotel. But the bank gives a better rate. The service charge is 1% of the total amount of the check. The only problem is that I often forget to bring my passport with me, and without it, they can’t get it done.
生词小结
cash vt. 兑现
electronic adj. 电子的
board n. 榜
check n. 支票
countersign vt. 复签
功能性语句扩展 Functional structure
表达数量的句型
请朗读以下句型,家长和孩子交替进行。
1.用于可数名词
How many… ……有多少
Which one… 哪一个……
There are a few… ……只有一点。
There are few… ……几乎没有
There are a lot of… ……有很多。
There are lots of… ……有很多。
2.用于不可数名词
How much… ……有多少
There is a little… ……只有一点。
There is little… ……几乎没有。
3.序数词和频率
The first, the second, the third… 第一,第二,第三……
Once, twice… 一次,两次
Three times, four times, five times… 三次,四次,五次……