英语口语 1.1 pay phone

英语口语
第一章公共场所public occasions
第一节公用电话pay phone
1.相关词汇telephone / phone电话coin硬币cash现金phone card电话卡call 打电话dial拨号number号码
pay phone / public phone公用电话public phone booth/box 公用电话亭（telephone）receiver（电话）听筒signal 信号busy 占线的engaged tone（占线）忙音hub 枢纽transportation hub 交通枢纽junction 交叉路口block 街区slot 投币口paper money / paper currency 纸币banknote 钞票change 零钱mobile（UK）/cell phone（US）手机SIM card 手机SIM卡，用户身份识别卡operator接线员emergency services 紧急求助机构（警方或消防队等）wrong number （打电话时）拨错的号码
2.经典对话及翻译
1）A: Where can we make a telephone call? I don’t have a mobile with me.
我们在哪里可以打电话？我没带手机。

B: I think we can find a pay phone nearby. Transportation hubs such as airports or train stations usually have pay phones.
我想在附近能找到公用电话。

像飞机场、火车站这样的交通枢纽，经常会有公用电话。

2）A: There’s a phone booth. Let’s call Alice to tell her we’ve arrived.
那儿有个电话亭。

我们去打电话通知爱丽丝说我们到了吧。

B: Do you have a phone card or coins?
你有电话卡或者硬币吗？
A: Yeah. It will cost at least 50 cents. Just follow the instructions: pick up the receiver, and when you hear the signal, insert the coins into this slot, and then
dial the number. Easy!
有，要至少50美分。

照着这些说明做：摘下话筒，听到信号音的时候，从这个投币孔里塞入硬币，然后拨号。

就这么简单！
3）A: Wait a second. What if I can’t get the call through--what about my money then?!
等一等，电话打不通怎么办？我的钱呢？
B: Don’t worry. If you don’t get through, just hang up and the coins will be returned automatically; or, instead, you can dial another number.
放心，如果电话没有打通，挂上听筒，硬币会自动退出，或者你继续拨另外的号码。

4）A: Can I use a phone card?
可以用电话卡吗？
B: Not in this phone booth. Neither can you use paper money. But you can input the number of the phone card you bought at Capital Airport and it will be cheaper. Phone cards sold in Chinatown are much cheaper, though.
这个电话亭不行，也不能用纸币。

你可以输入在首都机场买的电话卡号码，会便宜一些。

不过唐人街的电话卡更便宜。

A: Laura suggested I buy a cellphone.
劳拉建议我买个手机。

B: Yeah, it’s more convenient to have a mobile. Then you can make calls anywhere, anytime. Besides, it’s cheapest to use a mobile. Like with my
package deal, I get 800 minutes free call-time every month. I chat over the
phone with my girlfriend who’s in Shanghai, every night.
对，用手机更方便，你可以随时随地打电话。

手机也最合算，像我的套
餐，每个月有800分钟免费通话时间。

每天晚上我都和上海的女朋友用
电话聊天。

A: Cool.
真不错。

5）A: There’s been an accident! We need to call for an ambulance!
出事故了！我们得打电话叫救护车！
B: We can use that pay phone.
我们可以用那个公用电话打。

A: But I don’t have any change. Do you?
可是我没有零钱，你有吗？
B: It’s OK; we don’t need to pay to call emergency services. Just pick up the receiver and dial 911.
没关系，打应急电话不用付费。

拿起话筒拨打911就行。