旅游英語翻譯常識:換錢

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英文寫作翻譯頻道為大家整理的旅游英語翻譯常識:換錢,供大家參考:)
    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 declaredit 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:你不會相信剛剛發(fā)生的事。
    凱莉:什么事?
    戴瑞克:我去樓下?lián)Q錢,對不對?
    凱莉:對啊,我們需要一些,你換了多少?
    戴瑞克:我想要換五千元左右,而且你很清楚匯率。
    凱莉:是啊,大概是三十五披索等于一塊臺幣,對不對?
    戴瑞克:今天不是。
    凱莉:什么意思?
    戴瑞克:我?guī)Я隋X去銀行,然后看著匯率表。一開始,我真不敢相信,我想我讀錯了或什么的。
    凱莉:為什么?
    戴瑞克:因為匯率表上說六十披索等于一塊臺幣。
    凱莉:六十?太多了吧,怎么會這樣呢?
    戴瑞克:我也以為錯了,這樣不太合理。
    凱莉:就在兩天前是三十五,怎么變成六十了呢?
    戴瑞克:于是我走向出納員要求兌換錢,原來是真的。他們真的讓我用一塊臺幣換六十披索。
    凱莉:太神奇了!真的嗎?兩天內(nèi)怎么會改變這么多呢?
    戴瑞克:我試著問銀行出納員為何匯率改了,但是她的英文說得不太好。所以我決定去雜志店,街角那家,買了一份美國報紙。
    凱莉:發(fā)生什么事了?
    戴瑞克:好象昨天墨西哥政府宣告不償還向世界銀行借的貸款,他們宣稱不履行債務(wù)。
    凱莉:那很嚴重喔!
    戴瑞克:我知道,這兒的經(jīng)濟有很嚴重的問題,但是因為政府宣稱不履行債務(wù),幣值頓時跌落。
    凱莉:所在現(xiàn)在墨西哥披索只值原來的一半。
    戴瑞克:是啊,真驚人的下跌。
    凱莉:哇,我真是替墨西哥人感到遺憾,但是這種情況對我們是有利的。
    戴瑞克:是啊,蠻好的,我們突然有二倍的錢來花。旅館費現(xiàn)在只有剛到時的一半貴,那不是很怪嗎?
    凱莉:嗯,你知道嗎?
    戴瑞克:什么?
    凱莉:我不太喜歡這間旅館,所以今晚,既然我們有錢了,為什么不去住鎮(zhèn)上最貴的旅館?
    戴瑞克:有何不可呢?我們應(yīng)該的,因為現(xiàn)在我們可以付得起了。