花招
A man handed a pair of slacks to the department-store clerk. "I'd like these altered, please," he said. The clerk asked for the sales receipt, but after searching his pockets, the man replied he had lost it. The clerk informed him that it was store policy to do free alterations without a receipt.
"Okay, then, " the man said, "I'd I like to return the slacks. clerk processed the return and gave him cash equaling the cost of the slacks.
The man pushed the money back across the counter. "Now I want to buy the slacks, " he said. The clerk rang up the sale, bagged the slacks and handed them to him with a receipt.
Triumphantly, he put the slacks and the receipt on the counter. "I'd like to have these altered, please."
Notes:
(1) slacks n.寬松的褲子
(2) receipt n.收據
(3) process v.處理以保存
(4) ring up用收銀機收錢
(5) bag v.打包；裝入袋中
(6) triumphantly adv.獲勝地；得意洋洋地
Exercises:
根據短文判斷下列句子正（T）、誤（F）：
① The man wanted to alter the shoes he bought .
?、?The clerk asked the man for the sales receipt .
?、?It was the store's policy that free alterations without a receipt allowed but a return without a receipt was alright.
?、?The clerk was angry with what the man required.
?、?The man got his slacks altered.
花招
一位男子把一條寬松褲遞給百貨商店職員?！拔蚁霌Q一條?！彼f。店員向他要售貨收據。這位男子翻遍了他的口袋，最后只得說收據丟了。店員告訴他說沒有收據不準隨意更換，這是商店的規章。
“那好吧，”這位男子說，“我要把這條褲子退掉?！钡陠T按程序辦理了退貨手續并把等于褲子價格的現金給了他。
這位男子把錢從柜臺上推回去?！艾F在我還要這條褲子，”他說。店員用收銀機收下了錢，把那條褲子裝進包里，并把它們連同收據遞給了他。
這男子終于以勝利者的姿態把褲子和收據放在柜臺上，說：“我要把這條褲子換了?！?/p>
練習參考答案：
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