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He was holding an open savings-account book and wearing an expression of open dismay. "But I don't understand," he was saying to the officer. "I opened the account myself, so why can't I withdraw any money?"
他拿著一張翻開的儲蓄存折，神情沮喪失望。“但是我不明白，”他對那位職員說道， “我自己開的戶，可為什么我不能取錢呢？ ”
"I've already explained to you," the officer told him, "that a fourteen-year-old is not allowed to withdraw money without a letter from his parents."
“我已經向你解釋過了，”那位職員對他說，"沒有父母寫的信函，一個14歲的孩子是不允許取錢的。”
"But that doesn't seem fair," the boy said, his voice breaking. "It's my money. I put it in. It's my account."
“但那聽起來不公平，”那個男孩都語不成聲了，“那是我的錢，是我存的，是我的賬戶。”
"I know it is," the officer said, "but those are the rules. Now if you'll excuse me."
“我知道，"那個職員說，"但那是銀行的規定，請原諒。”
He turned to me with a smile. "May I help you, sir?"
他轉向我，面帶微笑地說：“先生,我能為您做點什么？ "
I didn't think twice. "I was going to open a new account," I said, "but after seeing what's going on here, I think I've changed my mind."
我沒多想。“我原來準備開個新賬戶，”我說，"但是看到了剛才發生的事,我想我已經改變主意了。”
"Excuse me?" he said.
“我不明白，請原諒。"他說。
"Look," I said. "If I understand what's going on here correctly, what you're saying is that this boy is old enough to deposit his money in your bank but he's not old enough to withdraw it. And since there doesn't seem to be any question as to whether it's his money or his account, the bank's so-called policy is clearly ridiculous."
“哦，”我說，“如果我對剛剛發生的事理解正確的話，那么你是在說，按照這個男孩的年齡,他可以在你們銀行存錢但不能取錢。既然是他的錢而且賬戶好像也沒有任何問題，那么你們銀行的所謂規定顯然是荒唐可笑的。”
