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Petra: Damn! That didn’t work either.

佩特拉：該死!一點(diǎn)用都不管。

Ken: What are you doing?

肯：你在干什么?

Petra: I’m trying to pay for a new service I ordered, but the website won’t accept my credit card as payment. I even tried my debit card, but it’s been rejected, too.

佩特拉：我定了一項(xiàng)服務(wù)，該付費(fèi)了，但是網(wǎng)絡(luò)不接受我的信用卡支付。 我都試了用借記卡 支付，但是也不行。

Ken: Why don’t you just write a check and mail it in?

肯：為什么不寫張支票，然后寄過去?

Petra: I don’t have any checks. In this day and age, I should be able to use one of the many electronic funds transfer options.

佩特拉：我沒有支票。現(xiàn)在這個(gè)時(shí)代，我應(yīng)該用電子資金轉(zhuǎn)賬支付。

Ken: What are going to do now?

肯：你現(xiàn)在怎么辦?

Petra: I might try sending a wire, but my bank charges a large fee for wires.

佩特拉：我可能要發(fā)份電報(bào)，可是發(fā)電報(bào)好貴啊。

Ken: How about signing up for direct deposit?

肯：要不就直接現(xiàn)金支付?

Petra: If this were an ongoing service I would, but this is a one- time thing. Do you think I could try your credit card?

佩特拉：要是這是一項(xiàng)持續(xù)性服務(wù)，我會(huì)用現(xiàn)金，但是這是一次性的服務(wù)。我能用用的信用卡嗎?

Ken: I don’t know about that…

肯：我不知道能不能。

Petra: All right, if you feel funny about doing that, then could you buy me a gift card for this website and then I can turn around and use the balance?

佩特拉：好，如果你覺得有點(diǎn)古怪的話，你可以在這個(gè)網(wǎng)站上給我買個(gè)禮物卡， 然后我轉(zhuǎn)身還你。

Ken: That seems kind of involved. Would you pay me back in cash?

肯：有點(diǎn)難懂， 然后你現(xiàn)金還我是嗎?

Petra: Of course. I will write you an IOU right now and then go to the bank tomorrow.

佩特拉：當(dāng)然。我會(huì)寫一張欠條，然后明天去銀行。

Ken: How about if you go to the bank now? I’ll even give you a ride.

肯：要不現(xiàn)在去銀行?我載你去。

Petra: Is that really necessary? We don’t even know if it’s going to work.

佩特拉：有必要嗎?我們都不知道什么時(shí)候能用上。

Ken: When it comes to money, I always say, better safe than sorry.

肯：只要和錢相關(guān)的事，我會(huì)說，防患于未然。