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A: Welcome. What can I do for you, Madam?
歡迎光臨。我能為您做些什么嗎，女士？
B: I hope you can give me some advice. I'm sick and tired of coming here or to the post office to pay my utility bills. It's such a long way from my home, but I checked and you are my nearest branch. Is there anyway I can do it from home?
我希望你能給我一些建議。我非常厭煩到這里或是去郵局交我的水電費。從我的家過來，實在是太遠了，但是我查了一下，你們是離我最 近的營業網點。有沒有其他方法讓我在家里就能辦了？
A: That's terrible. Unfortunately, we don't have that many branches outside the centre of town. What I'd advise you to do is set up a Direct Debit Service.
是太糟糕了。可惜，我們在市中心之外沒有多少營業網點。我建議您辦理一個直接借記服務。
B: A Direct Debit Service? What's that exactly?
直接借記服務？這到底是什么服務呢？
A: A Direct Debit means that every month we can arrange for all of your utility bills to come directly out of your account,no fuss,no hassle.
直接借記服務就是，我們可以安排好，把您每個月所有的水電費直接從您的賬戶中劃走，既不忙亂，又不麻煩。
B: But how will you know how much I should pay? I mean, I receive my bills, not you.
但是你們是怎么知道我要付多少錢的呢？我是說，是我收到的賬單， 不是你們。
A: We set up an agreement with the, say, phone company. They tell us how much to pay them every month and we pay directly from your account. Of course, we are able to do this with all of the utilities companies.
我們和，比如說電話公司，簽訂了協議。他們告訴我們每個月需要付多少錢，然后我們就直接從您的賬戶里轉賬了。當然，我們能夠與所 有的公共事業公司達成這樣的協議。
B: I see. So, that would mean that every month it would just come from my account? That does sound like a good idea, totally trouble free.
我明白了。那么，就是說，錢每個月都會從我的賬戶中劃出來啦？這聽起來是一個好主意，完全沒有麻煩吶。
