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Has Jimmy been coming in lately?
吉米最近来过吗?
No, I haven't seen him around. Why? Has he been causing any trouble?
没有，我最近没见过他。怎么了?他惹麻烦了吗?
Not that I know of. But I need to see him, because my friends and I lent him some money last month.
据我所知没有。但是我需要见他，因为我和朋友上个月借给了他一些钱。
We haven't heard from him since.
从那以后我们就没有他的消息了。
I heard he comes here a lot, so I thought I'd come in and check with you.
我听说他经常来这里，所以我想过来问问你。
Well, that's funny. Some other fellow came in asking for Jimmy just yesterday, a real nervous, pushy type of fellow, saying he needed Jimmy for some study project they were working on.
嗯，有意思。就在昨天，有个人来找吉米，非常紧张又好强的人，说他们正在做一个研究项目，他需要吉米帮忙。
But I can't quite remember what it was all about. Is this a lot of money we're talking about here?
但我不太记得是怎么回事了。你们借给他的是一大笔钱吗?
No, just 60 pounds between the three of us, but still a bit too much to just let go.
不是，我们三个人一共才借了60磅，但就这样不要了也不行。
He told us he'd got into an accident.
他告诉我们他出了车祸。
Nothing serious, mind you, but he damaged someone's car and wanted to get some money together to make up for the damage he'd caused.
不过，没啥大碍，但他弄坏了别人的车，想要筹一些钱来弥补他造成的损失。
Hmm, isn't that sort of thing usually,covered by insurance?
嗯，这类事情通常不都包括在保险范围内吗?
And then, if you still wanted to give money as some sort of apology or something, he probably shouldn't have to go around borrowing it from people.
而且，即便他还想给钱作为某种道歉的话，他可能也不应该到处问别人借钱。
You think Jimmy's just making it all up?
你认为这一切都是吉米瞎编的?
See, I did think it was a bit weird for him to be asking for money for that sort of thing.
我觉得他因为这种事借钱确实有点奇怪。
And his story was a bit vague to begin with. But I thought maybe he doesn't want his parents to know about what happened.
这个故事一开始就有点含糊。但我想也许他不想让他父母知道发生了什么。
So he'd rather come to us and keep things quiet.
所以他宁愿来找我们，让事情保密。
Anyway, Jimmy is a good guy. So we didn't make a fuss about it.
总之，吉米是个好人。所以我们并没有小题大做。
Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
请根据你刚刚听到的对话回答问题8到问题11。
Question 8: What does the man want to do?
问题8：男士想要做什么?
Question 9: What do we learn about the man who came to see the woman yesterday?
问题9：关于昨天来见女人的那个男人，我们知道些什么?
Question 10: What did Jimmy say happen to him one day?
问题10：吉米说有一天他发生了什么事?
Question 11: Why did Jimmy borrow money according to the man?
问题11：根据男士所说，吉米为什么要借钱?
