口语情景对话：走遍美国精选 私人宅邸ACT 3 - 1ACT 3-1 我能为你们做些什么？
【故事梗概】Marilyn 和 Richard正在银行里。
银行的遥负责人Ralph Riley先生在询问他们遥的住房情况、职业及收入情况。
Mr.
Riley: How do you do?
Richard: Hello.
Mr.
Riley: I'm Ralph Riley.
Richard: I'm Richard Stewart, and this is my wife, Marilyn.
Mr.
Riley: Pleased to meet you.
Marilyn: Likewise, Mr.
Riley.
Mr.
Riley: Please, sit down.
What can I do for you?
Richard: We'd like to discuss a mortgage.
Marilyn: For a house.
Mr.
Riley: Fine.
Are you buying a house or are you refinancing your present home?
Richard: We're planning to buy a house.
Marilyn: And we'd like to find out about a mortgage.
Richard: We are customers of the bank.
As a matter of fact, my whole family banks here.
Mr.
Riley: I have some questions to ask.
Do you own your house or do you rent?
Richard: Neither.
We live with my parents, Dr.
and Mrs.
Philip Stewart.
Mr.
Riley: And how old are you?
Marilyn: I'm twenty-nine.
Richard: I'm thirty.
Mr.
Riley: And, Mr.
Stewart, what is your occupation?
Richard: I'm a freelance photographer.
Mr.
Riley: And, Mrs.
Stewart, are you working?
Marilyn: Yes.
I'm a designer, and I work in a boutique.
Mr.
Riley: Did you bring any savings or salary information?
Last year's tax forms?
Richard: Yes.
Here they are.
【语言点精讲】1.
Likewise, Mr.
Riley.
我也很高兴见到你，Riley先生。
这是对于Pleased to meet you.
的一种回答方式。
likewise也可以说 the same here，两者都是非正式的说法。
2.
What can I do for you?
我能为你们做些什么？
这是营业人员或服务员接待顾客时常用的套语。
3.
Are you buying a house or are you refinancing your present home?
你们是想新购住房，还是要再次申请新的遥？
Are you buying… or are you refinancing…: 这里遥遥进行时，是表示当时当地的行为，你们此次光临是为了……还是为了……？
refinancing: 重新按揭，重新安排按揭，把旧遥还清后重新申请（买房）遥。
4.
As a matter of fact, my whole family banks here.
事实上，我们全家都是同这家银行来往的。
as a matter of fact: 事实上，实际上。
bank: 这里用作动词，指存款于银行。
5.
I'm a freelance photographer.
我是遥摄影师。
freelance: （从事）遥职业（的人。
Richard 不为某家公司工作，他把他的摄影作品卖给不同公司。
6.
Did you bring any savings or salary information?
Last year's tax forms?
你们有没有带来储蓄或工资方面的材料？
比如说去年的纳税申报表？
tax form: 纳税申报表。
在美国，个人所得税的多少依每人的年收入而定。
每年在4月15日前，人们必须填好 tax form交到遥遥局。
（编辑：薛琳）