英语PK台 第125期:你知道哪些手机使用的礼仪?

 Dialogue

Cellphone Etiquette¹

JJ:Hello?

XG:Hey, Jing Jing. It’s me, Xiao Gao!

JJ:Xiao Gao! Why are you calling me? I just sent you a text message! You just breached² an inexcusable cell phone etiquette rule!

XG:Are you kidding me? ———————————Go on, tell me some of them!

JJ:Well, you already know one of them, never call someone after they sent you a text message. —————————

XG:Geez, I’m sorry about that. What are some other rules?

JJ:If you do actually send me a text message, you shouldn’t take forever to do it! —————— Does that ring a bell?

XG:Oh, yeah I guess I’m guilty of that one. You know what I don’t like? Is when someone responds with just “ok” in their text message. It makes me feel like I’m not important enough for them to write a longer message. And you know what really irksme the most? ———————————

JJ:Yeah, tell me about it! But do you know what gets under my skin even more? ———————————

XG:Yesterday at lunch, ————————————I thought I was going to go crazy staring at the food.

JJ:Oh, one other thing that drives me nuts is when people speak too loudly into their phones. Hint³ hint!

XG:Oh, sorry, I’ll speak more quietly…

New words for dialogue:

Breach [a rule] =

Inexcusable =

Take forever [to do something] =

[something] rings a bell =

irk [someone] =

tell me about it =

Get under one’s skin =

Drive [someone] nuts =

Hint hint =

1 etiquette   

n.礼仪，礼节；规矩

参考例句：

• The rules of etiquette are not so strict nowadays.如今的礼仪规则已不那么严格了。
• According to etiquette,you should stand up to meet a guest.按照礼节你应该站起来接待客人。

2 breached   

攻破( breach的现在分词 )； 破坏，违反

参考例句：

• These commitments have already been breached. 这些承诺已遭背弃。
• Our tanks have breached the enemy defences. 我方坦克车突破了敌人的防线。

3 hint   

n.暗示，示意；[pl]建议；线索，迹象；v.暗示

参考例句：

• He gave me a hint that I was being cheated.他暗示我在受人欺骗。
• He quickly took the hint.一点他就明白了。