情景会话口袋书人际篇156:留言(4)

 　　13. I really need to talk to her personally.

　　我真的需要亲口跟她说。

　　还能这样说：

　　I indeed want to talk to her in person.

　　I must have a personal talk to her.

　　谚语：

　　Talk of an angel and you'll hear his wings.

　　说曹操，曹操到。

　　14. Please tell him to call me at 4652858.

　　请让他给4652858回电话。

　　还能这样说：

　　Please ask him to call me at 4652858.

　　Please tell him to phone [phone].

　　应用解析：

　　call in question 对……提出异议；

　　call sb.'s bluff¹ 向某人挑战；

　　call down 祈求到；招致；责骂；

　　call in sick 打电话请病假

　　15. What's your phone number, please?

　　请问你的电话号码是多少？

　　还能这样说：

　　May I have your number, please?

　　Could you tell me your number, please?

　　16. How do you spell your name?

　　您的名字怎么拼写？

　　还能这样说：

　　Can you spell out your name, please?

　　Can you tell me how to spell your name?

　　应用解析：

　　spell able 有能力，干练；

　　spell backward 倒拼；曲解，误解；

　　spell over 思考，考虑；

　　spell short 随随便便讲，漫不经心地讲

　　17. Hi, this is Sarah. I can't come to the phone at this time. Please leave a message.

　　嗨，我是莎拉，我现在不能接电话，请留言。

　　还能这样说：

　　Hi! This is Sarah. I'm not at home right now. Please leave a message.

　　Hi, this is Sarah. I'm away from home. Please leave your message.

　　应用解析：

　　be left at the post 一开始就被远抛在后

1 bluff   

v.虚张声势，用假象骗人；n.虚张声势，欺骗

参考例句：

• His threats are merely bluff.他的威胁仅仅是虚张声势。
• John is a deep card.No one can bluff him easily.约翰是个机灵鬼。谁也不容易欺骗他。