旅游英语口语-换钱

DEREK: You won't believe what just happened.
KELLY: What?
DEREK: I went down to change some money, right?
KELLY: Yes. We need some. How much did you change?
DEREK: I wanted to change around 5000 dollars. And you know the exchange rate.
KELLY: Yes, it's about 35 pesos for every Taiwan dollar, right?
DEREK: Not today.
KELLY: What do you mean?
DEREK: I went into the bank with my money, and I looked at the exchange board.At first I couldn't believe it. I thought I was reading the board wrong or something.
KELLY: Why?
DEREK: Because the board said 60 pesos for every Taiwan dollar.
KELLY: Sixty? That's too much. How can that be?
DEREK: I thought it was wrong too. It didn't make sense.
KELLY: Just two days ago it was 35. How can it be 60?
DEREK: So, I went up to the teller¹ and started to exchange the money. And it's true.They really gave me sixty pesos for the dollar.
KELLY: That's amazing! Really? How could it change so much in two days?
DEREK: I tried to ask the bank teller why it changed,but she didn't speak English well enough.So I decided² to go to the magazine shop. The one around the corner.And I bought an American newspaper.
KELLY: What happened?
DEREK: It seems that yesterday the Mexican government declaredit wouldn't pay back the loans³ it got from the World Bank.The government declared a default⁴ on the loans.
KELLY: That's serious.
DEREK: I know. The economy⁵ here is having serious problems.But because the government declared a default, the currency⁶ value went way down.
KELLY: So now Mexican pesos are worth about half as much.
DEREK: Yes, it's an amazing drop.
KELLY: Wow. I feel sorry for the Mexicans. But it's good for us.
DEREK: Yes, it's very good. We suddenly have twice as much money to spend here.Our hotel is now half as expensive as when we got here! Isn't that strange?
KELLY: Yes, and you know what?
DEREK: What?
KELLY: I don't really like this hotel that much.So tonight, now that we are so rich,tonight why don't we stay in the most expensive hotel in town?
DEREK: Why not? We should do it. Because now we can afford it.
戴瑞克：你不会相信刚刚发生的事。
凯莉：什么事？
戴瑞克：我去楼下换钱，对不对？
凯莉：对啊，我们需要一些，你换了多少？
戴瑞克：我想要换五千元左右，而且你很清楚汇率。
凯莉：是啊，大概是三十五披索等于一块台币，对不对？
戴瑞克：今天不是。
凯莉：什么意思？
戴瑞克：我带了钱去银行，然后看着汇率表。一开始，我真不敢相信，我想我读错了或什么的。
凯莉：为什么？
戴瑞克：因为汇率表上说六十披索等于一块台币。
凯莉：六十？太多了吧，怎么会这样呢？
戴瑞克：我也以为错了，这样不太合理。
凯莉：就在两天前是三十五，怎么变成六十了呢？
戴瑞克：于是我走向出纳员要求兑换钱，原来是真的。他们真的让我用一块台币换六十披索。
凯莉：太神奇了！真的吗？两天内怎么会改变这么多呢？
戴瑞克：我试着问银行出纳员为何汇率改了，但是她的英文说得不太好。所以我决定去杂志店，街角那家，买了一份美国报纸。
凯莉：发生什么事了？
戴瑞克：好象昨天墨西哥政府宣告不偿还向世界银行借的贷款，他们宣称不履行债务。
凯莉：那很严重喔！
戴瑞克：我知道，这儿的经济有很严重的问题，但是因为政府宣称不履行债务，币值顿时跌落。
凯莉：所在现在墨西哥披索只值原来的一半。
戴瑞克：是啊，真惊人的下跌。
凯莉：哇，我真是替墨西哥人感到遗憾，但是这种情况对我们是有利的。
戴瑞克：是啊，蛮好的，我们突然有二倍的钱来花。旅馆费现在只有刚到时的一半贵，那不是很怪吗？
凯莉：嗯，你知道吗？
戴瑞克：什么？
凯莉：我不太喜欢这间旅馆，所以今晚，既然我们有钱了，为什么不去住镇上最贵的旅馆？
戴瑞克：有何不可呢？我们应该的，因为现在我们可以付得起了。

1 teller   

n.银行出纳员；(选举)计票员

参考例句：

• The bank started her as a teller.银行起用她当出纳员。
• The teller tried to remain aloof and calm.出纳员力图保持冷漠和镇静。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 loans   

n.借出物，借款( loan的名词复数 )v.借出，贷与（尤指钱）( loan的第三人称单数 )；出借（贵重物品给博物馆等）

参考例句：

• They are offering loans at extortionate rates of interest. 他们在放高利贷。
• Government loans have been the salvation of several shaky business companies. 政府的贷款救活了几家濒临倒闭的公司。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 default   

n./v.拖欠，违约，欠缺，默认，缺省

参考例句：

• He lost the world title by default.他由于弃权而失去了世界冠军的称号。
• In default of experts' help,we shall have to rely on our own efforts.没有专家的帮助，我们将只得依靠自己的力量。

5 economy   

n.经济；节俭；秩序；机体

参考例句：

• We must do our best to develop the national economy.我们必须努力发展国民经济。
• The country's economy is not very healthy.国家的经济不很景气。

6 currency   

n.通货，流通，通用；

参考例句：

• How much foreign currency do you take when you go abroad?你出国时带多少外币？
• The dollar has been revalued against all world currency.美元对所有国际货币比，做了重新调整。