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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.

聽看學

銀行職員：早上好，先生。請問有什么可以幫助您?

泰瑞：是的，我想把澳元換成人民幣。

銀行職員：您想換多少?

泰瑞：我不敢肯定。今天的匯率是多少?

銀行職員：1澳元兌6.1元人民幣。

泰瑞：那昨天的匯率呢?

銀行職員：是1澳元兌6.5元人民幣。

泰瑞：哦，匯率跌了。

銀行職員：是的，先生。您還想換嗎?

泰瑞：我想想……匯率明天還會跌嗎?

銀行職員：我不知道，先生。但不會有太大變化。

泰瑞：嗯，我想換1000澳元。

銀行職員：好的。請在這張表格上簽個名。

泰瑞：好的。

銀行職員：這是你的6100元人民幣。

泰瑞：謝謝。

經典背誦 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.

生詞小結

Australia dollar 澳元

change vt. 兌換

sign vt. 簽名

form n. 表格

單詞擴展 Vocabulary Builder

各國貨幣名稱的詞匯

基礎詞匯

US dollar (USD) 美元

Canadian dollar (CAD) 加元

Australian dollar (AUD) 澳元

pound (GBP) 英鎊

euro (EUR) 歐元

Hong Kong dollar (HKD) 港幣

提高詞匯

krone 克朗

rouble 盧布

peso 比索

won (KRW) 韓元

Swiss franc (CHF) 瑞士法郎

New Zealand dollar (NZD) 新西蘭元