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"It may seem ridiculous to you," he replied in a voice rising slightly in irritation, "but that is the bank's policy and I have no other alternative but to follow the rules."
“這在你看來也許荒謬,"他回答說，憤怒中他的嗓門稍微抬高了些，“但這是銀行的規定，我別無選擇,只能照章辦事。”
The boy had stood hopefully next to me during this exchange, but now I was just as helpless. Suddenly I noticed that the open savings book he continued to grasp showed a balance of about $100. It also showed that there had been a series of small deposits and withdrawals.
在我們的口舌交鋒中，那個男孩滿懷希望地站在我的旁邊,但現在我也和他一樣沒招兒了。突然我發現，他始終抓在手中的那張翻開的存折上顯示出大約有100美元的余額，同時還顯示出一些小額賬目的存取記錄。
I had my opening.
我有機會了。
"Have you withdrawn money before by yourself?" I asked the boy.
“以前你自己取過錢嗎？ ”我問那個男孩。
"Yes," he said.
“取過。”他說。
I moved in for the kill.
我拋出了殺手锏。
"How do you explain that?" I zeroed in on the officer. "Why did you let him withdraw money before, but not now?"
“你對此怎么解釋？”我把矛頭直接對準了那個職員，“為什么以前你讓他取錢,而現在不行了呢？”
He looked annoyed. "Because the tellers were not aware of his age before and now they are. It's really very simple."
他看起來被惹惱了。"因為以前出納員沒有意識到他的年齡，現在他們意識到了，就這么簡單。”
I turned to the boy with a shrug. "You're really getting cheated," I said. "You ought to get your parents to come in here and protest."
我聳了聳肩轉向那個男孩。“你真的上當了，”我說，“你一定要讓你父母到這兒來抗議。”
The boy looked destroyed. Silently, he put his savings book in a rear-pocket and walked out of the bank.
那個男孩看來是被擊垮了。一言不發地將存折放入后褲兜里，走出了銀行。
The officer turned to me. "You know," he said, "you really shouldn't have interfered."
那位職員轉過來對我說:“你看，你真的不該干涉。”
