高频英语口语对话 第383期:了解公用电话(1)

unit 414

了解公用电话（1）

dialogue

英语情景对话

A:Excuse me. I get confused that the two phones on the booth¹ are different you tell me how to use them?

A:打扰了。我弄不明白这个电话亭里怎么会有两种不同的电话。你能告诉我怎么使用这两种电话吗？

B:Let me have a look. Oh, yes. This one is the IC phone and the other is the coin phone. If you have an IC card, you can insert it into this slot², wait for the dialing signal appearing on the small screen, and then dial the number of the person you are going to call.

B:让我看看。哦，是不一样。这种是IC卡电话，那种是投币电话。如果你有IC卡，你可以把它插进槽孔里，等到小屏幕上显示的文字提醒你拨号时，你就可以拨对方的号码了。

A:Well, I see. How to use the other one?

A:哦，我明白了。怎么用另一个？

B:First, you pick up the receiver, wait for the dialing signal, dial the number, and then put the coin into the slot, press the "speak" button. Then everything is done.

B:你先拿起听筒，等有了拨号信号，就拨你要打的电话号码，然后把硬币放进小孔里，按一下“通话”键，一切就搞定了。

A:It seems quite easy. I will try both of them.

A:看起来还是挺容易的。我两种都试试。

1 booth   

n.小房间，公用电话亭，岗亭；货摊

参考例句：

• Where can I find a telephone booth?我在哪儿可以找到电话亭？
• Let's walk around to each booth.我们到每个摊子转一转吧！

2 slot   

n.（口）位置，职位，狭长孔，狭槽

参考例句：

• Put a coin in the slot.将硬币放入投币口。
• He's been given a regular ten-minute slot on the radio.电台定期给他十分钟的节目广播时间。