Changing Dollars to Yen
美元兌換日元
Situation 22
情景 22
Cyrus Morton is visiting Tokyo on his vacation.He stops into the Higashi Bank to change some dollars into yen .
休假期間,賽勒斯·莫頓在東京參觀(guān)游覽,他步入東銀行,把一些美元兌換成日元。
Clerk:Good afternoon ,sir.May I help you ?
職員:午安,先生,我能為您做些什么?
Morton:Yes,please .I want to get some yen notes for my stay in Japan .Can I buy them with American dollars?
莫頓:是的,謝謝。在我逗留日本期間,希望換些日幣,我可以用美元購(gòu)買(mǎi)日幣嗎?
C;Yes,sir .We are an authorized foreign exchange bank and can change them for you .
職員:可以的,先生。我們是經(jīng)批準(zhǔn)的外匯銀行,能夠?yàn)槟鷥稉Q貨幣。
M;Well,I have got $467.89 that I want to change .What's the exchange rate today ?
莫頓:那我,我想把476美元89美分兌換成日元,今天的兌換率是多少呢?
C:Today's rate for cash purchases is listed on this chart here.I can exchange the bills for you ,but we cannot take the coins.
職員:今天的現(xiàn)款購(gòu)買(mǎi)兌換率列在這里的這張圖表上,我可給您兌換紙幣,但是我們不收硬幣。
M:Oh,really ?Why not ?
莫頓:哦,真的嗎?為什么呢?
C:We don't deal in coins ,sir .Usually ,we have very little request for coin exchange and it makes it difficult for us to maintain a supply of coins adequate to what may be needed .
職員:我們不買(mǎi)硬幣,先生。平時(shí)我們這里很少需要兌換硬幣,這樣,就使我們很難確保存一批足夠的硬幣應(yīng)付可能的需要量。
M;Oh,yes,I remember that was true in America ,too.I couldn't get any yen coins before I left .
莫頓:哦,是的,我記得在美國(guó)也是如此??磥?lái),在我離開(kāi)之前,可能是一點(diǎn)日本硬幣也弄不到了。
C:Our head office may keep a supply of coins ,but branches rarely do .So we just exchange the bills and make up any difference in Japanese coins.
職員:我們總行可能提供硬幣,但是分行很少有這樣做的。因此,我們只能兌換紙幣并用日本硬幣補(bǔ)齊差額。
Do you have your passport with you ?
您帶著護(hù)照嗎?
M:Yes,here it is .
莫頓:帶著,在這里。
C:Well,please sign your name and local address on this exchange request .
職員:請(qǐng)把您的姓名、本地住址寫(xiě)在這張兌換申請(qǐng)單上,
Also put down your passport number .I'll get your yen for you while you're filling this out .
還要寫(xiě)上您的護(hù)照號(hào)碼。在您填寫(xiě)時(shí),我給您準(zhǔn)備日元。