Making a Phone Call 打电话
请给我接ABC公司的琼斯先生。
158.The number and extension are in the card file on your desk.
电话号码在你办公桌上的卡片上。
159.Call station-to-station direct.
拨打长途叫号电话。
160.Will you speak with anyone else if Mr. Jones is not in?
如果琼斯先生不在,你要同其他人通话吗?
161.The line is busy.
电话占线。
162.I will keep trying to reach him.
我将继续与他联系。
163.Please place a long-distance person-to-person call to Mr. Simpson of the XYZ Company.
请拨一个长途叫人电话给XYZ公司的辛普森先生。
164. I have Mr. Simpson on the line.
辛普森先生的电话接通了。
165. I'd like to make a collect call to Los Angeles 712-2134.
我想给洛杉矶打一个对方付费电话,号码是712-2134.
166.Who do you wish to speak to?
你想找哪一位通话?
167. I have a collect call for you from Mary Smith.
有个叫玛丽·史密斯的人给你打对方付费电话。
168.Will you accept the charges?
你愿意付费吗?
169. I've connected your call.
电话接通了。
170.Go ahead, please.
请讲吧。
Dialogue A
(A: Mr. Walley, the manager of a company; B: Miss Mary, Mr. Walley's secretary)
A: Miss Mary, please get Mr. Jones for me at the ABC company. The number and extension are in the card file on your desk. Call station-to-station direct.
B: Right away, Mr. Walley. Will you speak with anyone else if Mr. Jones is not in?
A: No. Just leave a meessage with his secretary to have Mr. Jones call me back.
B: The line is busy. I will keep trying to reach him.
Dialogue B
A: Miss Mary, please place a long-distance person-to-person call to Mr. Simpson of the XYZ company.
B: Log-distance operator, please. Washington, D. C, area code 302. 645-6968, person-to-person to Mr. Simpson. Mr. Waley of the ABC company is calling.
C: Mr. Simpson is not available. Will you speak with anyone else?
B: No, thank you. Please keep trying.
* * * *
C: This is the long-distance operator. On your person-to-person call to Mr. Simpson in Washington , D. C. , I can connect you now.
B: Thank you . Hold the line , please . Mr. Walley, I have Mr. Simpson on the line. Go ahead , please.
Dialogue C
(A: Mr. Hunter; B: Miss Mary; C: the operator)
A: Miss Mary, would the Los Angeles office be open now?
B: Yes, Mr. Hunter, it's 4∶00 p. m. in Los Angeles now. Shall I get them for you?
A: Yes, let me speak person-to-person to Mike Davis, on line one.
B: Certainly. (Dial 117)
C: International telephone service. May I help you?
B: Yes, I'm Mary Smith. Would you mind booking a call for me?
C: Where to?
B: To Los Angeles, call Mr. Mike Davis of Palm Street. Telephone number is(712) 643-2123.
C: To Los Angeles, Mr. Mike Davis, telephone number(712)643-2123, correct? What's your telephone number?
B: Shanghai(021)65424735.
C: I'll let you know when the call comes.
Dialogue D
(A: the operator; B: Miss Smith)
A: International telephone service. May I help you?
B: Yes, I'd like to make a collect call to Los Angeles 712-2134.
A: Your name, please.
B: Mary Smith.
A: Miss Smith, and who do you wish to speak to?
B: Jim Ted.
A: Just a moment, please. (dialing)
C: Hello.
A: I have a collect call for you from Mary Smith. Will you accept the charges?
C: Of course.
A: (To Smith) I've connected your call. Go ahead, please.
B: Mr. Ted, is that you?
C: Yes, is that Mary Smith?
Notes 注释
1.card file 电话号码本
2.station-to-station direct 直拨长途叫号电话
3.leave a message with 留口信给……
4.have Mr. Jones call me back
本句中的have是使役动词,所以其后的不定式就不带to.
如:Have him play another song.
请他再演奏一个曲子。
Next time have her telephone you.
下一次叫她给你打电话。
5.long-distance长途(电话)
6.person-to-person 叫人电舌
7.Would the Los Angeles office be open now?
洛杉矾办事处现在在办公吗?
8.On line one 请接到一号线上。
9.International telephone service 国际长途服务台
10.Would you mind…?你介意……吗?
11. Palm Street帕姆大街(街名)
12.a collect call 对方付费电话
Words and Expressions
extension/iks'tenM+n/ n. 分机
available/+'veil+bl/ a. 可得到的
collect/'k+lekt/ a. 由收到者付款的
dial/dai+l/ v. 拨打