情景会话口袋书人际篇203:接待(3)

 　　9. I do not know how to fill out the exchange form.

　　我不知道怎样填写兑换单。

　　还能这样说：

　　Can you give me some help to finish the exchange form?

　　Could you tell me what I should do to fill in the exchange form?

　　谚语：

　　A leopard¹ can't change its spots.

　　积习难改。

　　10. Opening a checking account may be economical for you.

　　对您来说，开立一个支票账户是实惠的。

　　还能这样说：

　　It will be better for you to open a checking account.

　　That checking account will be affordable² for you.

　　应用解析：

　　be economical of one's time 节省时间；

　　an economical housewife 一个节俭的家庭主妇

　　11. Good morning. Are you being attended to?

　　您好，有人接待您了吗？

　　还能这样说：

　　Good morning. Have you been waited on?

　　Good morning. Are you being helped?

　　应用解析：

　　not attend 无人值班；

　　attended substation 值班员变电所

　　12. You should fill in a form here first.

　　您首先需要在这儿填个表格。

　　还能这样说：

　　Please fill out a form here first.

　　First, you need to fill out a form.

　　谚语：

　　The cask savors³ of the first fill.

　　先入为主。

1 leopard   

n.豹

参考例句：

• I saw a man in a leopard skin yesterday.我昨天看见一个穿着豹皮的男人。
• The leopard's skin is marked with black spots.豹皮上有黑色斑点。

2 affordable   

adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的

参考例句：

• The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
• There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。

3 savors   

v.意味，带有…的性质( savor的第三人称单数 )；给…加调味品；使有风味；品尝

参考例句：

• His talk savors, of self-conceit. 他的谈话给人以自负的感觉。 来自辞典例句
• This sauce savors, of lemon. 这个调味酱有柠檬味。 来自辞典例句