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cash currency bill teller
interest rate checking account[1] balance a checkbook[2] savings account
deposit slip withdrawal slip minimum balance safe deposit box
money order[3] endorse competent procedures
windshield errands confused yell
loading zone shrugged reward
A: Hello, I want to start a checking and savings account.
B: Very good. Just fill out this application and you’ll be ready to start your account. How much do you want to deposit in your checking account?
A: Let’s see...How about $300?
B: That’s fine. And your savings account?
A: Oh, $1000.
B: Good. Now will this be a cash deposit?
A: Yes, it will.
B: OK, here is your checkbook and this is your savings passbook[4]. More checks will come in the mail with the style you want and your name and address on them. You can choose from these. And also, there’s no charge on the first 200 checks.
A: I’d like these with the scenic pictures on them.
B: I’ll make sure that you get them. I hope that you enjoy all the services of our bank. There’s no minimum balance on your checking account.
A: Thanks you. Next time I’ll probably use the drive-up window. I don’t like to take my baby into the bank.
B: Well, thank you and if there’s anything I can do for you, let me know.
A: Hey, Grandpa, do you want to go to the bank with me? I have a few checks to deposit.
B: No thanks. I’m busy with a crossword puzzle. And anyway, I don’t like banks. I don’t trust them.
A: Why?
B: Aw, those bankers with all their fancy interest rates just get rich off the hard-working peoples money.
A: You don’t really believe that, do you, Grandpa?
B: I surely do.
A: Well then, what do you do with your money?
B: I keep it in a secret place. And I’m not going to tell you.
Oh, no, the bank’s closed. I thought it was open until six o’clock.
On Friday it is, but today’s Thursday. If you have an automatic teller card, you can use it to withdraw up to $200 or make a deposit.
I just got one of those cards in the mall but I haven’t used it yet.
It’s pretty easy. Just put your card in, enter your special number and follow the instructions
It sounds easy enough.
They’re very convenience machines when they’re working.
No matter how convenient it is, I still miss the smiles of the real tellers.
Yeah, that’s the one drawback[5] of a computer.
He drove with his new license for the first time since coming to the United States six months ago. He stopped in front of the bank and hurried in because he had a lot of errands to do. He needed to make a few deposits in his checking account and lso to get about sixty dollars in cash for the weekend.
The line was long. The man in front of him explained that many people got their social security checks and that’s why it was so crowded. He read some brochures to pass the time.
When he got to the window, the teller was friendly and competence, so he took care of his business quickly and left the bank. As he3 was leaving, however, he noticed a young woman in front of the automatic teller looking confused. She shrugged her shoulders and scratched her head, and said to herself out loud, “I don’t understand this dumb machine.”
He stopped and offered to help her. She said OK and then he explained the procedures.
“Great, I get it,” she said. “Thanks.”
He started to leave but before he reached his car, he heard her yell. He went back and she told him how she pushed the button for forty dollars but only twenty came out. He recommended that she report it right away to one of the employees inside the bank. She smiles and thanked him again.
When he got to his car, he saw a paper on his windshield. He thought it was an advertisement, but instead it was a ticket. He had parked in a loading zone. He felt upset as he drove off. What a reward for helping someone out, he thought to himself.
Write these sentences in the correct sequence of the story.
a. The young woman yelled.
b. He round the ticket on his windshield.
c. He got his driver’s license.
d. A man explained why the line was long.
e. He looked through some of the bank’s brochures.
f. The bank teller was nice to him.
Put the vocabulary words.
a. When the teacher asked him the question, he just ______________ his shoulders and looked ______________.
b. “Do you ______________ it?” he asked after he told the joke.
c. They ______________ the house in a hurry.
d. I ______________ that you try another bank with better service.
e. There was $1000 for the capture of the criminal.
f. The truck parked in the ______________ _______ and unloaded several boxes.
g. Maria always gets in her car and ______________ without cleaning her ______________.
h. Her son ______________ any ______________ that have to be done.
i. ______________ of reading the ______________ of the court, he’ll ______________ watching TV.
j. Don’t ______________ at that secretary. She’s quite ______________.
Write in a correct preposition.
The captain invited us _______ the ship.
They heard the noise _______ the street.
He leaned _______ the wall.
The customer was one _______ thousands there.
Smoke came out _______ the window.
Why is he so angry _______ everyone.
The custodian[6] found some gum _______ the desks.
The test scores were far _______ average.
The park is _______ that turn in the road.
Is anyone else coming _______ you?
The logs floated _______ the river.
Some birds fly only _______ night.