75.This Way to Request
I had fallen and dislocated my elbow, which made writing checks for my small business nearly impossible. I called my bank to explain that the signature on my checks would look odd due to my accident, and would they please horror them anyway.
"Okay," said the woman on the phone, "but you' 11 have to write a letter to the bank telling them that you are requesting this. "
Notes:
(1) dislocate v.脫離原位；使脫臼
(2) signature n.簽名
(3) due to由于
(4) honor v.承認并如期支付
Exercises:
根據短文填空：
① I had fallen and_____ my elbow.
② It made writing checks for my small business_____ impossible.
③ I called my bank to_____ that the signature _____my checks would look odd due to my accident.
④ "Okay," said the woman_____ the phone.
⑤ But you'll have to write a letter to the bank _____them that you are requesting this.
75.如是請求
我摔倒了，肘骨脫臼了。這使得我幾乎不能給我的小生意簽賬單了。我打電話給銀行解釋說由于事故，賬單上我的簽名看起來會有些古怪，并請求他們無論如何給予承兌。
“好的，”電話中的女子說，“但你必須給銀行寫封信，告訴他們你在作此項請求。”
練習參考答案：
① dislocated ② nearly ③ explain; on ④ on ⑤ telling
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