日常情景对话：在银行In the bank.
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Tracy has too many coins and wants to have a twenty-dollar bill instead.
So she goes to the bank.
cashier: May I help you, Miss?
Tracy: Yes.
I have some coins that I need to change.
cashier: That’s great!
I can use some change.
I’m almost out.
Tracy: You must be very busy today, I guess.
cashier: We’re always busy, but today it’s crazy.
Now, how do you want it?
The vending machine is out of order.
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Judy puts some quarters in the soda vending machine, but the machine is out of order.
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Judy: Oh, that’s great!
I just lost another 50 cents in this stupid vending machine.
Sophie: I’m not surprised.
It’s always out of order.
Judy: Yeah.
It eats my money relentlessly.
Sophie: OK.
Let me try.
You know what?
Whenever things like this don’t work, hit it.
And it’ll work.
Judy: You mean, SOMETIMES!
Sophie: (Hitting the vending machine hard.
) Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Hmmm.
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it usually works.
Judy: Let’s put a sign on it so that the same thing doesn’t happen to others.
Borrow money from friend.
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Jim is broke.
He wants to borrow some money from his friend Rose, only to find out that Rose is broke, too.
Jim: Can you loan me some money?
Rose: I’m sorry.
I’ve already gone through my paycheck for the week.
Jim: You’ve gone through all you money so quickly?
I thought you were well-off.
Rose: Not me!
You know money always burns a hole in my pocket.
I need to get some change for the parking meter.
Mary doesn’t have any change for the parking meter, so she goes to a store nearby.
However, the cashier refuses to give her change.
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Mary: Excuse me?
Shop assistant: Yes, can I help you?
Mary: Yes.
I need to get some change for the parking meter.
May I have change for a five dollar bill?
I just need five dollars in quarters.
Shop assistant: I’m sorry, but we’re not allowed to give change.
Mary: Oh.
That’s too bad!
Is there a change machine somewhere around here?
Shop assistant: There is one in the shopping mall across the street.
Mary: Well, that’s too far.
I may have a ticket when I come back.
What the heck.
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I’ll buy a candy bar.
Vocabulary change: 低遥 vending machine: 自动贩卖机 quarter: 25美分的遥 out of order: 故障，出故障的 cent: 一分遥 relentlessly: 无情的 sign: 标记 loan: 遥，借出 go through: 用完，用掉 paycheck: 薪水 well-off: 手头宽裕的 parking meter: 停车计时器 cashier: 收银员 candy: 糖果 Please fill in each blank with the correct form of a word or phrase given below: Loan cent go through relentlessly out of order sign 1.
My clock is ____ and waked me up at 3 this morning.
2.
We've ____ all those envelopes I bought last week.
3.
The sun beat ____ down on his head.
4.
Pay attention to the road ____.
5.
The public library ____ books to people.
Answers: 1.
out of order 2.
gone through 3.
relentlessly 4.
signs 5.
loans