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I need 10,000 pounds

M: Dà jiā hǎo! Huānyíng shōutīng Xiànzài Xué Hànyǔ. Wǒ shì ML.

S: Wǒ shì Stuart. Let's see how you did with your homework, all that money.

M: Ok, the first sentence was, I need 10,000 pounds.

S: 我需要一万英镑 wǒ xūyào yí wàn yīngbàng.

M: Next. I need 22,000 Canadian. 我需要两万两千加元, wǒ xūyào liǎng wàn liǎng

qiān jiāyuán.

S: I need 33,000 Euros.

M: 我需要三万三千欧元 wǒ xūyào sān wàn sān qiān ōuyuán.

S: He has 45,000 Canadian dollars. 他有四万五千加元。

M: I need 445,000 pounds. 我需要四十四万五千英镑。

S: I must give you 500,100 Canadian dollars. 我得给你五十万零一百加元, wǒ děi

gěi nǐ wǔ shí wàn líng yìbǎi jiāyuán.

M: I have 555,100 euros. 我有五十五万五千一百欧元 wǒ yǒu wǔ shí wǔ wàn wǔ

qiān yī bǎi ōuyuán.

S: I have 2,400,000 dollars. 我有两百四十万美元 or, wǒ yǒu liǎng bǎi sì shí wàn
měijīn.

M: And the last one, really difficult. But, I lost eleven million six hundred
fifty-four thousand three hundred and twenty-one pounds. 但是，我丢了一千一百
六十五万四千三百二十一英镑. wǒ diū le yì qiān yì bǎi liù shí wǔ wàn sì qiān sān bǎi
èr shí yī yīngbàng.

S: Phew! Now we need to rest for a while. 现在我们要休息一会儿。Xiàn zài wǒmen

yào xiùxi yìhuǐer.

S: Back again. Now we'll pop over to the Bank of China, to change some
traveller's cheques. 现 在 我 们 去 中 国 银 行 兑 现 旅 行 支 票 xiànzài wǒmen qù

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Zhōngguó Yínháng duìxiàn lǘxíng zhīpiào.

M: But we'll have to wait, because there's enough new stuff in this lesson
already. Stuart said.

S: 现在我们去中国银行兑现旅行支票

M: What is Zhōngguó Yínháng? Duìle. China Bank, meaning, Bank of China.

Duìxiàn lǚxíng zhīpiào.

S: 兑现 DUI XIAN duìxiàn, both in fourth tone, mean ‘to cash', as in ‘cash a
cheque'.

M: And we've learnt 旅游 lǚyóu, which means ‘to tour' or ‘travel' lǚyóu. 旅行 LV
XING lǚxíng, third tone second tone, means the same thing, lǚxíng.

S: So what is a 旅行支票? Méi cuò. A traveller's cheque. 支票 ZHI PIAO, zhīpiào,

1st tone 4th tone, means ‘cheque', zhìpiào. So ML will now finish by saying, Now
we'll pop over to the Bank of China, to cash some traveller's cheques.

M: 现在我们去中国银行兑现旅行支票. Say it with me. Xiànzài wǒmen qù Zhōngguó

Yínháng duìxiàn lǚxíng zhīpiào.

S: See you next lesson!

M: Zàijiàn.

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