Currency Exchange
W: May I help you, sir?
M: I’d like to change some US dollars into Japanese yen, please.
W: Yes, certainly sir. How much would you like to change?
M: I’d like to change 500 dollars.
W: May I see your passport please?
M: I don’t have it with me, but I do have my driver’s license. Would that be OK?
W: No, I'm sorry, sir. I need to see your passport, it’s the law.
M: Look, I’m not asking for a loan. I just want to convert my dollars into yen. Why do I need my passport?
W: I understand your frustration sir, but that’s the law. I can not do something that is illegal.
Exercise:
1. If something is illegal, it is against the law.
2. If someone is frustrated they are a bit irritated.
M: OK, do you have any suggestions?
W: Sure, the easiest thing for you to do it is to use a machine in one of the hotels near here. You can borrow someone’s passport and then do the conversion.
M: So the machine doesn’t check my fingerprints or anything like that?
W: No, sir. But there is a limit as to how much you can change at one time. You also have to pay a higher fee.
M: Thanks for your help.
W: You’re welcome, sir.
Exercise:
1. Sentence arrange:
(1) I’d like to change 500 dollars.
(2) May I help you, sir?
(3) I’d like to change some US dollars into Japanese yen, please.
(4)Yes, certainly sir. How much would you like to change?
Correct Order: (2) (3) (4) (1)
2. Sentence arrange:
(3) Look, I’m not asking for a loan. I just want to convert my dollars into yen.
(1) Why do I need my passport?
(2) I understand your frustration sir, but that’s the law.
(4) I can not do something that is illegal.
Correct Order: (3) (1) (2) (4)
Repeat & Read Sentences:
1. May I see your passport please?
2. Look, I’m not asking for a loan.
3. OK, do you have any suggestions?
4. I don’t have it with me, but I do have my driver’s license.
5. I’d like to change some US dollars into Japanese yen, please.
