Funding For Froggies
时间:2015-05-21 04:58:17
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A frog goes into a bank and approaches the
teller1. He can see from her nameplate that her name is Patricia
Whack2.
"Miss Whack, I'd like to get a $30,000 loan to take a holiday."
Patty looks at the frog in disbelief and asks his name. The frog says his name is Kermit Jagger, his dad is Mick Jagger, and that it's okay, he knows the bank manager.
Patty explains that he will need to secure the loan with some
collateral3.
The frog says, "Sure. I have this," and produces a tiny
porcelain4 elephant, about an inch tall, bright pink and
perfectly5 formed.
Very confused, Patty explains that she'll have to consult with the bank manager and disappears into a back office.
She finds the manager and says, "There's a frog called Kermit Jagger out there who claims to know you and wants to borrow $30,000, and he wants to use this as collateral."
She holds up the tiny pink elephant. "I mean, what in the world is this?"
The bank manager looks back at her and says ..
"It's a knickknack, Patty Whack. Give the frog a loan. His old man's a Rolling Stone."
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teller
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n.银行出纳员;(选举)计票员 |
参考例句: |
- The bank started her as a teller.银行起用她当出纳员。
- The teller tried to remain aloof and calm.出纳员力图保持冷漠和镇静。
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whack
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v.敲击,重打,瓜分;n.重击,重打,尝试,一份 |
参考例句: |
- After years of dieting,Carol's metabolism was completely out of whack.经过数年的节食,卡罗尔的新陈代谢完全紊乱了。
- He gave me a whack on the back to wake me up.他为把我弄醒,在我背上猛拍一下。
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collateral
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adj.平行的;旁系的;n.担保品 |
参考例句: |
- Many people use personal assets as collateral for small business loans.很多人把个人财产用作小额商业贷款的抵押品。
- Most people here cannot borrow from banks because they lack collateral.由于拿不出东西作为抵押,这里大部分人无法从银行贷款。
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porcelain
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n.瓷;adj.瓷的,瓷制的 |
参考例句: |
- These porcelain plates have rather original designs on them.这些瓷盘的花纹很别致。
- The porcelain vase is enveloped in cotton.瓷花瓶用棉花裹着。
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perfectly
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adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 |
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- The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
- Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
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