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Unit 16 At the Post Office and the Bank
第16单元 在邮局、银行
Dialogue 1
对话 1
May I help you, madam?
我可以帮你吗，女士？
Yes, please. I'd like to send a letter to the United States.
是的。请帮我寄一封信去美国。
By airmail?
寄航空邮件吗？
Yes. How long will it take?
是的。要花多少时间才能到？
About two weeks.
大约需要两个星期。
Then how much will it be?
多少钱？
It's 2.9 yuan（two yuan and ninety cents）.
两块九毛。
OK. Here you are.
好的，给你钱。
Dialogue 2
对话 2
What can I do for you?
我能为你做什么？
Can I change some US dollars into RMB, please?
能把美元兑换成人民币吗？
Yes, we can do that. How much would you want to change?
可以。您想要兑换多少？
800 (eight hundred) US dollars and here you are.
八百美元，给你钱。
Sorry, can I have a credit card of your bank?
对不起，能在你们银行办一张信用卡吗？
Certainly.
当然可以。
By the way, can I have a traveller's cheque here?
顺便问一下，能在这里办理旅行支票吗？
Sorry, it's over there, please.
对不起，请您到那边去办。
Thank you very much.
非常感谢！
You are welcome.
不客气。
Passage
课文
More and more post offices and banks have been set up in China because of the quick development of the country.
随着中国经济的迅速发展，越来越多的邮局和银行建立起来。
We all know the post office and the bank are very different.
我们都知道邮局和银行是大不相同的。
But now they are doing some similar things.
但是它们现在却做着一些类似的业务。
For example, both of them "mail money".
如：两者都开展了“汇款业务”。
We can put our money in one post office and take it out from anther one far away;
我们可以将钱存入一家邮局，在另一家很远的邮局将钱取出来；
we can put our money in one bank and take it out from anther one far away too.
我们也可以将钱存入一家银行，在另一家很远的银行将钱取出来。
The services of our post offices and banks are not as good as those of some other countries.
我国邮局和银行的服务没有其他一些国家周到。
But we know they are better than they were, and we believe they will be better than they are now.
但是，我们知道比以前有所改进，并且我们相信将来会比现在更好。
