雅思常用口語之手機通話問題

　　1.慣用雅思口語句子：

　　The battery of my mobile phone is dead.

　　我的手機電池沒電了。

　　I've got a flat battery.

　　電池沒電了。

　　I need to change the battery.

　　我得換塊電池。

　　I didn't take the spare battery with me.

　　我沒帶備用電池。

　　battery n. 電池

　　mobile a. 可移動的

　　flat a. 沒電的(dead也可以表此意)

　　mobile phone = mobile“手機”

　　My phone is running out of battery.

　　我的電話快沒電了。

　　My mobile has very low battery.

　　我手機的電量很低了。

　　run out of“用光，耗盡”

　　I forgot to recharge the battery.

　　我忘了給電池充電了。

　　I have to recharge the battery.

　　我得給電池充電。

　　forget v.忘記(其過去式為forgot，過去分詞為forgotten)

　　recharge v.& n. 再充電，再充值

　　forget to do容易與forget doing混淆，前者表示“忘記去做某事(實際上沒做)”，后者表示“忘記做過了某事(實際上做了)”。

　　I forgot to take the mobile charger.

　　我忘記帶手機充電器了。

　　I forgot to put it in the charger.

　　我忘記插上充電器了。

　　charger n. 充電器

　　I had my cell phone power off.

　　我把手機給關(guān)了。

　　My cell was power off.

　　我的手機關(guān)機了。

　　cell phone = cellphone = cell“手機”

　　There is no signal.

　　沒有信號。

　　There is no signal in this area.

　　這一地區(qū)沒有信號。

　　The signal is not strong.

　　信號不好。

　　signal n. 信號

　　I don't know how to send messages.

　　我不會發(fā)短信。

　　Why didn't you text me?

　　你為什么沒有給我發(fā)短信?

　　message n. 信息，訊息

　　text v. 發(fā)送短信(文字訊息) n. 正文，課文

　　send sb.a short message=send sb.a message=text sb.“給某人發(fā)短信”

　　My balance is not enough.

　　我的電話余額不足了。

　　The balance on my account is not sufficient for a call.

　　我賬戶上的余額不夠打一個電話了。

　　balance n. 余額

　　account n. 賬戶

　　sufficient a. 足夠的，充分的

　　I forgot to buy the recharge card.

　　我忘記買充值卡了。

　　I forgot to recharge my account.

　　我忘記充值了。

　　Your cellphone could not be reached.

　　= Your number was not available.

　　你的手機無法接通。

　　reach v. 取得聯(lián)系

　　available a. 可接通的，可獲得的

　　Your number is out of service.

　　= Your number is not in service.

　　你的手機停機了。

　　service n. 服務(wù)

　　I forgot your number.

　　我忘記你的號碼了。

　　I lost your number.

　　我把你的電話號碼弄丟了。

　　May I have your number again?

　　能再給我一遍你的號碼嗎?

　　I couldn't get through.

　　= I'm not getting through.

　　我打不通。

　　get through“打通(電話)，接通(電話)”

　　雖然上述兩句的中文譯文一樣，但由于所用時態(tài)不同，所以兩句話的含義也有所差別：第一句是指“過去的某個時間沒有打通”，第二句是指“現(xiàn)在打不通”。

　　I don't know how to use a calling card.

　　我不會用電話卡。

　　calling card“電話卡”

　　The line is busy.

　　= The number is busy.

　　= The line is engaged.

　　電話占線。

　　engaged a. 忙碌的，使用中的

　　Her line is busy at the moment.

　　她正在通話。

　　She is on another line.

　　她在接另外一個電話。

　　Could you call back later?

　　= Would you try again later?

　　你過一會兒再打來好嗎?

　　Could I call you back later?

　　我能過會兒再打給你嗎?

　　I can't hear you clearly.

　　我聽不清你說話。

　　I can barely hear a word.

　　我一個字也聽不清楚。

　　I can't hear you.

　　我聽不見你說話。

　　barely ad. 幾乎不能

　　Could you please speak up a little?

　　= Could you speak louder?

　　你能大點兒聲嗎?

　　Please speak a little louder.

　　請大一點兒聲。

　　Your voice is too weak.

　　你的聲音太小了。

　　Don't talk so loud.

　　不要這么大聲講話。

　　speak up“大聲地說”

　　My phone is out of order.

　　我的電話壞了。

　　= My phone does not work.

　　= There's something wrong with my phone.

　　out of order“(機器)出故障，失靈”

　　There is a lot of noise.

　　有好多雜音。

　　There is static.

　　有干擾噪音。

　　I think we have a bad connection.

　　我覺得我們的線路連接情況很差。

　　I think we've got a bad line.

　　我覺得我們的線路很差。

　　static n. 靜電，干擾噪音

　　connection n. 連接，線路

　　It sounds like a problem with our lines.

　　聽上去我們的線路有問題。

　　It sounds like a problem in your house wiring.

　　聽上去是你們家線路有問題。

　　You really should change to a new telephone.

　　你真應(yīng)該換—部新電話機。

　　You should have changed your phone a long time ago.

　　你早就應(yīng)該把這部電話換了。

　　You should throw away this phone.

　　你應(yīng)該把這部電話扔了。

　　He has changed his number.

　　= His number has been changed.

　　他換電話號碼了。

　　The area code of my number has been changed to 555.

　　我號碼的區(qū)號已改為555。

　　area code“區(qū)號”

　　2.實用對話

　　Telephone Connection Difficulties線路連接不暢

　　Doris: You're late.

　　桃瑞絲：你遲到了。

　　Leo: I'm sorry. It was too cold and my car couldn't start. I had to warm it up in the garage with a heater. I tried to call you, but couldn't get a connection.

　　利奧：抱歉。天氣太冷了，我的車發(fā)動不起來。我不得不在車庫里用加熱器給車加熱。我試過給我打電話，但是接不通。

　　Doris: Couldn't get a connection?

　　桃瑞絲：接不通?

　　Leo: Yes. Your number is out of service.

　　利奧：是啊。你的電話停機了。

　　Doris: Really? I didn't know. Let me check...You're right.

　　桃瑞絲：真的?我都不知道。我看看。還真是你說的那樣。

　　Leo: So I couldn't get through.

　　利奧：所以我打不通嘛。

　　Doris: It's a serious problem. I'm expecting an important call. The theater guild is supposed to call me this evening and

　　discuss my play. What will happen if they can't reach me?

　　桃瑞絲：那問題可就嚴重了。我正在等一個很重要的電話呢。戲劇協(xié)會今晚會給我打電話討論我的劇本。要是他們聯(lián)系不到我會怎么樣呢?

　　Leo: Well, the only thing you can do is pay the fee to recover your service.

　　利奧：嗯，你惟一能做的就是繳費并開通你的服務(wù)。

　　3.詳細解說

　　1.“warm sth./sb. up”的意思是“加熱，使暖和，使變暖”。例如：Come inside and have a drink. It'll warm you up.(進來喝一杯，暖和暖和。)另外，“warm up”也可以作不及物動詞詞組，表示“變熱，變暖”，例如：With the fire on, the room should soon warm up.(生了火，房間應(yīng)該馬上就會變暖和的。)Once the weather warms up, you can move the plants outdoors.(天氣一變暖，你就可以把這些盆栽植物搬到屋外了。)

　　2.“get a connection”相當(dāng)于“get connected”，意為“(電話)接通”。“connection”表示“(電話)接通”時，用作可數(shù)名詞。例如：Sorry，could you repeat that? This is a very bad connection.(對不起，你能再說一遍嗎?電話不太通暢了。)其動詞形式“connect”也可表示“接通(電話) ”,例如: Could you connect me with/to a number in Paris. please?I can't seem to get through.(你能幫我接通一個電話到巴黎嗎?我好像撥不通。)Please hold the line.I'm trying to connect you.(請稍等，我試著幫你接通。)