【现代大学英语精读】(第一册)第四课 男孩和银行职员(4/6)
来源:沪江听写酷
2013-01-16 00:02
本文为一篇记叙文,按照事件发生的先后顺序写成。讲述银行发生的一件事情,主人公为一个小孩报打不平,更加强自己对银行的偏见,后来才发现原来是官方的保护才这么做的。
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The boy had stood hopefully next to me during this exchange, but now I was just as helpless. Suddenly I noticed that the open savings book he continued to grasp showed a balance of about $100. It also showed that there had been a series of small deposits and withdrawals.
I had my opening.
"Have you withdrawn money before by yourself? " I asked the boy.
"Yes, " he said.
I moved in for the kill.
"How do you explain that? " I zeroed in on the officer. "Why did you let him withdraw money before,but not now? "
He looked annoyed. " Because the tellers were not aware of his age before and now they are. It's really very simple".
I turned to the boy with a shrug. "You're really getting cheated, " I said. "You ought to get your parents to come in here and protest."
在我们的口舌交锋中,那个男孩满怀希望地站在我的旁边,但现在我也和他一样没招了。突然我发现,他始终抓在手上的那张翻开的存折上显示出大约有100美元的余额,同时还显示出一些小额账目的存取记录。
我有机会了。
“以前你自己取过钱吗?”我问那个男孩。
“有过。”他说。
我抛出了杀手锏。
“你对此怎么解释?”我把矛头直接对准了那个职员。“为什么你以前让他取钱,而现在不行了呢?”
他看来被惹恼了。“因为以前出纳员没有意识到他的年龄,现在他们意识到了,就这么简单。”
我耸了耸肩走向了那个男孩。“你真的上当了,”我说,“你一定要让你的父母到这儿来抗议。”
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