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M: You won't believe what just happened.
W: What?
M: I went down to change some money, right?
W: Yes. We need some. How much did you change?
M: I wanted to change around 5000 dollars. And you know the exchange rate.
W: Yes, it's about 35 pesos for every Taiwan dollar, right?
M: Not today.
W: What do you mean?
M: I went into the bank with my money, and I looked at the exchange board. At first I couldn't believe it. I thought I was reading the board wrong or something.
W: Why?
M: Because the board said 60 pesos for every Taiwan dollar.
W: Sixty? That's too much. How can that be?
M: I thought it was wrong too. It didn't make sense.
W: Just two days ago it was 35. How can it be 60?
M: So, I went up to the teller and started to exchange the money. And it's true. They really gave me sixty pesos for the dollar.
KELLY: That's amazing! Really? How could it change so much in two days?
M: I tried to ask the bank teller why it changed, but she didn't speak English well enough. So I decided to go to the magazine shop. The one around the corner. And I bought an American newspaper.
W: What happened?
M: It seems that yesterday the Mexican government declared it wouldn't pay back the loans it got from the World Bank. The government declared a default on the loans.
W: That's serious.
M: I know. The economy here is having serious problems. But because the government declared a default, the currency value went way down.
W: So now Mexican pesos are worth about half as much.
M: Yes, it's an amazing drop.
W: Wow. I feel sorry for the Mexicans. But it's good for us.
M: Yes, it's very good. We suddenly have twice as much money to spend here. Our hotel is now half as expensive as when we got here! Isn't that strange?
W: Yes, and you know what?
M: What?
W: I don't really like this hotel that much. So tonight, now that we are so rich, tonight why don't we stay in the most expensive hotel in town?
M: Why not? We should do it. Because now we can afford it.