一个人走进一家银行，对经理说："我可以借钱吗？
”经理回答："当然，只要有担保，借多少都是可以的。
只要您支付6%的利息，一年后我们就会把做担保的东西还给您。
”经理以为他会借很多，可是他却说："想借一美元。
”并且拿出了一沓价值50万美元的票据，说："这些做担保可以吗？
”经理奇怪地问："您有那么多钱，为什么还要借一美元呢？
”那个人回答："这听起来好像很奇怪，其实我只是想以担保的形式把票据寄存在这儿，这样又安全又便宜。
”
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 走 | zǒu | to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / to change (shape, form, meaning) |
| 进 | jìn | to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit |
| 家 | jiā | classifier for families or businesses |
| 银行 | yín háng | bank |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 经理 | jīng lǐ | manager / director |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 借 | jiè | to borrow / to lend / to make use of; to avail oneself of |
| 钱 | qián | coin / money / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 回答 | huí dá | to reply; to answer / reply; answer |
| 当然 | dāng rán | certainly / of course / without doubt |
| 只要 | zhǐ yào | so long as; provided; if |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 担保 | dān bǎo | to guarantee / to vouch for |
| 多少 | duō shǎo | number; amount |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 是 | shì | indeed (used for emphasis) |
| 的 | de | emphatic particle (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) |
| 您 | nín | you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3]) |
| 支付 | zhī fù | to pay (money) |
| 利息 | lì xī | interest (on a loan) |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 就 | jiù | as soon as; immediately after |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 做 | zuò | (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for |
| 东西 | dōng xi | thing / stuff / person |
| 还 | huán | to pay back / to return |
| 给 | gěi | to / for / for the benefit of / to do sth (for sb) |
| 以为 | yǐ wéi | to think; to believe |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 可是 | kě shì | but; however |
| 却 | què | but / yet / however / while / nevertheless / even though |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 美元 | měi yuán | American dollar; US dollar |
| 并且 | bìng qiě | and; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition |
| 拿 | ná | to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take |
| 出 | chū | (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 沓 | dá | classifier for sheets of papers etc: pile, pad |
| 价值 | jià zhí | value; worth / (ethical, cultural etc) values |
| 万 | wàn | ten thousand / a great number |
| 票据 | piào jù | negotiable instrument (draft, note etc) / voucher; receipt |
| 这些 | zhè xiē | these |
| 奇怪 | qí guài | to marvel / to be baffled |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 那么 | nà me | like that; in that way; to that extent |
| 为什么 | wèi shén me | why? / for what reason? |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 听 | tīng | to listen to; to hear |
| 起来 | qǐ lái | indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement / indicating completion / expressing preliminary judgment |
| 好像 | hǎo xiàng | to seem like |
| 其实 | qí shí | actually; in fact; really |
| 只是 | zhǐ shì | merely; only; just; nothing but / simply |
| 以 | yǐ | by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at |
| 形式 | xíng shì | outer appearance / form / shape / formality |
| 寄存 | jì cún | to deposit / to store / to leave sth with sb |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 这儿 | zhè r | here |
| 这样 | zhè yàng | this way; like this; so |
| 又 | yòu | both... and... |
| 安全 | ān quán | safe; secure |
| 便宜 | pián yi | cheap; inexpensive |