[旅游英语情景口语对话换钱Money,Exchange]英语情景口语对话

旅游英语情景口语对话换钱Money,Exchange英语情景口语对话 DEREK： You wont believe what just happened. KELLY： What？ DEREK： I went down to change some money， right？ KELLY： Yes. We need some. How much did you change？ DEREK： I wanted to change around 5000 dollars. And you know the exchange rate. KELLY： Yes， its about 35 pesos for every Taiwan dollar， right？ DEREK： Not today. KELLY： What do you mean？ DEREK： I went into the bank with my money， and I looked at the exchange board. At first I couldnt believe it. I thought I was reading the board wrong or something. KELLY： Why？ DEREK： Because the board said 60 pesos for every Taiwan dollar. KELLY： Sixty？ Thats too much. How can that be？ DEREK： I thought it was wrong too. It didnt make sense. KELLY： Just two days ago it was 35. How can it be 60？ DEREK： So， I went up to the teller and started to exchange the money. And its true. They really gave me sixty pesos for the dollar. KELLY： Thats amazing！ Really？ How could it change so much in two days？ DEREK： I tried to ask the bank teller why it changed， but she didnt speak English well enough. So I decided to go to the magazine shop. The one around the corner. And I bought an American newspaper. KELLY： What happened？ DEREK： It seems that yesterday the Mexican government declared it wouldnt pay back the loans it got from the World Bank. The government declared a default on the loans. KELLY： Thats serious. DEREK： I know. The economy here is having serious problems. But because the government declared a default， the currency value went way down. KELLY： So now Mexican pesos are worth about half as much. DEREK： Yes， its an amazing drop. KELLY： Wow. I feel sorry for the Mexicans. But its good for u