【現(xiàn)代大學(xué)英語精讀】(第一冊(cè))第四課 男孩和銀行職員(4/6)
來源:滬江聽寫酷
2013-01-16 00:02
本文為一篇記敘文,按照事件發(fā)生的先后順序?qū)懗伞Vv述銀行發(fā)生的一件事情,主人公為一個(gè)小孩報(bào)打不平,更加強(qiáng)自己對(duì)銀行的偏見,后來才發(fā)現(xiàn)原來是官方的保護(hù)才這么做的。
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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"Have you withdrawn money before by yourself?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."
在我們的口舌交鋒中,那個(gè)男孩滿懷希望地站在我的旁邊,但現(xiàn)在我也和他一樣沒招了。突然我發(fā)現(xiàn),他始終抓在手上的那張翻開的存折上顯示出大約有100美元的余額,同時(shí)還顯示出一些小額賬目的存取記錄。
我有機(jī)會(huì)了。
“以前你自己取過錢嗎?”我問那個(gè)男孩。
“有過?!彼f。
我拋出了殺手锏。
“你對(duì)此怎么解釋?”我把矛頭直接對(duì)準(zhǔn)了那個(gè)職員。“為什么你以前讓他取錢,而現(xiàn)在不行了呢?”
他看來被惹惱了。“因?yàn)橐郧俺黾{員沒有意識(shí)到他的年齡,現(xiàn)在他們意識(shí)到了,就這么簡(jiǎn)單。”
我聳了聳肩走向了那個(gè)男孩?!澳阏娴纳袭?dāng)了,”我說,“你一定要讓你的父母到這兒來抗議?!?/div>