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 Man:       Hi, I made a reservation for a mid-size vehicle.
           The name is Jimmy Fox.

 Agent:     I’m sorry, we have no mid-size available at the
            moment.

 Man:       I don’t understand, I made a reservation, do
           you have my reservation?

 Agent:    Yes, we do, unfortunately we ran out of cars.

 Man:       But the reservation keeps the car here. That’s
           why you have the reservation.

 Agent:     I know why we have reservations.
 Man:       I don’t think you do. If you did, I’d have a car.
            See, you know how to take the reservation,
           you just don’t know how to hold the reserva-
           tion and that’s really the most important part of
           the reservation, the holding. Anybody can just
           take them.

 Agent:     But we do have a compact or an SUV if you’d
            like.

 Man:       Fine. I’ll take the compact.

 Agent:    Alright. We have a blue Ford¹ Focus for you Mr.
            Fox. Would you like insurance?

 Man:      Yeah, you better give me the insurance, be-
           cause I am gonna beat the hell out of this car.

 

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n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。