标题 | 换钱Money Exchange |
内容 | 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 teller 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 decided 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 declared it wouldn't pay back the loans it got from the World Bank. The government declared a default on the loans. KELLY: That's serious. DEREK: I know. The economy here is having serious problems. But because the government declared a default, the currency 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。 |
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