Word Preparation
- sort of :有点儿
She talks all the time. It's sort of annoying.
她话太多,有点儿让人烦。
- We really should stop watching TV for so long. Is this what you mean? 我们真的不应该再看这么长时间的电视了。你想说的是这个意思吗?
- Sort of. 差不多吧。 - daily expenses:日常开支
I have to find a way to lower my daily expenses.
我必须找到能减少我日常开支的办法。
80 percent of my salary is spent on daily expenses.
我的工资百分之八十都花在日常开支上了。 - withdraw money:取钱
I don't think I can withdraw money from this ATM machine.
我觉得从这个自动提款机里去不出来钱。
I don't have any cash left, so I need to withdraw money from somehwhere.
我身上没有现金了,我得找个地儿取点儿钱。 - I'd like to open an account. 我想开个银行账户。
Good morning! I'd like to open an account. Could you please tell me who I should talk to?
早上好!我想开个银行账户。你能告诉我该找谁吗?
- How can I help you, sir? 先生,有什么可以帮您的吗?
- I'd like to open an account. 我想开个户。 - Will I be charged for withdrawls from other banks? 跨行取款要手续费吗?
I have a question. Will I be charged for withdrawls from other banks?
我有个问题,跨行取款要手续费吗?
The thing I care about is: will I be charged for withdrawls from other banks.
我关心的是跨行要收手续费吗。 - How would I go about setting one up?
I do need an account on this website, but how would I go about setting one up?
我确实需要有个这个网站的账号,但是我该怎么着手设置呢?
- Sir, all you need is to open an account. 先生,你只需要开个账户就行了。
- How would I go about setting on up then? 那我该怎么开呢?
Grammar
Inquiring about opening a bank account 询问关于在银行开户的事宜
除了How would I go about ...?,还可以说:
- What should I do to ...?
- Could you please show me ...?
- Will I be able to ...?
- What is the correct way to ...?
e.g.
- What should I do to open a bank account?
- Could you please show me how to use the self-checkout to pay with my credit card?
- I forgot to bring my ID card here. Will I still be able to open a bank account?
- What is the correct way to prevent my credit card from being cloned?