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Bank clerk: Good Morning, sir. What can I do for you?

Terry: Yes, I’d like to change Australian dollars for RMB.

Bank clerk: How much do you want to change?

Terry: I am not sure. What’s the rate today?

Bank clerk: It’s 1 Australian dollar to 6.1 Yuan RMB.

Terry: What was the rate yesterday?

Bank clerk: The rate was 1 Australia dollar to 6.5 Yuan yesterday.

Terry: Oh, the rate goes down.

Bank clerk: It does, sir. Do you still want to have it changed now?

Terry: Let me think… Will the rate still go down tomorrow?

Bank clerk: I don’t know, sir. But it won’t change much.

Terry: Well, I want to change 1000 Australian dollars for RMB.

Bank clerk: Okay. Please sign here in this form.

Terry: OK.

Bank clerk: Here is the 6,100 RMB.

Terry: Thank you very much.

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银行职员：早上好，先生。请问有什么可以帮助您?

泰瑞：是的，我想把澳元换成人民币。

银行职员：您想换多少?

泰瑞：我不敢肯定。今天的汇率是多少?

银行职员：1澳元兑6.1元人民币。

泰瑞：那昨天的汇率呢?

银行职员：是1澳元兑6.5元人民币。

泰瑞：哦，汇率跌了。

银行职员：是的，先生。您还想换吗?

泰瑞：我想想……汇率明天还会跌吗?

银行职员：我不知道，先生。但不会有太大变化。

泰瑞：嗯，我想换1000澳元。

银行职员：好的。请在这张表格上签个名。

泰瑞：好的。

银行职员：这是你的6100元人民币。

泰瑞：谢谢。

经典背诵 Recitation

Terry: I travel in China a lot. When I’m in need for some cash, I’d just go to a bank to convert Australian dollars to RMB. The converting rate is 1 Australian dollar to 6.1 RMB. Sometimes it goes up, sometimes it goes down. But it rarely changes much.

生词小结

Australia dollar 澳元

change vt. 兑换

sign vt. 签名

form n. 表格

单词扩展 Vocabulary Builder

各国货币名称的词汇

基础词汇

US dollar (USD) 美元

Canadian dollar (CAD) 加元

Australian dollar (AUD) 澳元

pound (GBP) 英镑

euro (EUR) 欧元

Hong Kong dollar (HKD) 港币

提高词汇

krone 克朗

rouble 卢布

peso 比索

won (KRW) 韩元

Swiss franc (CHF) 瑞士法郎

New Zealand dollar (NZD) 新西兰元