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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.

聽看學

銀行職員：請問有什么可以幫助您的?

泰瑞：是的，我能在這兒兌換我的旅行支票嗎?

銀行職員：當然啦，我們很高興能為您兌換。

泰瑞：兌換的比率是多少?

銀行職員：比率都列在左邊的電子榜上。我們是以現在旅行支票的買入比率兌換。

泰瑞：哦，我知道了。那服務費是多少?

銀行職員：服務費是支票總額的1%。

泰瑞：好的，我想換四張100美元的旅行支票。

銀行職員：您能在這兒復簽一下嗎?

泰瑞：好的，簽好了。

銀行職員：您的護照?

泰瑞：哦，我忘帶了。它在我的旅館房間里。

銀行職員：對不起，先生。沒有護照我們不能為您兌換。

泰瑞：謝謝，那我下午再來。

經典背誦 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.

生詞小結

cash vt. 兌現

electronic adj. 電子的

board n. 榜

check n. 支票

countersign vt. 復簽

功能性語句擴展 Functional structure

表達數量的句型

請朗讀以下句型，家長和孩子交替進行。

1.用于可數名詞

How many… ……有多少

Which one… 哪一個……

There are a few… ……只有一點。

There are few… ……幾乎沒有

There are a lot of… ……有很多。

There are lots of… ……有很多。

2.用于不可數名詞

How much… ……有多少

There is a little… ……只有一點。

There is little… ……幾乎沒有。

3.序數詞和頻率

The first, the second, the third… 第一，第二，第三……

Once, twice… 一次，兩次

Three times, four times, five times… 三次，四次，五次……