情景会话口袋书人际篇134:打错电话(2)

 　　5. I beg your pardon? Miss who?

　　请再说一遍，你找谁？

　　还能这样说：

　　Pardon? Who do you want to talk to?

　　Could you say it again? Who do you want?

　　谚语：

　　As good beg of a naked man as a miser¹.

　　向守财奴求助，好比向一无所有的人求助。

　　6. What number are you calling?

　　您拨打的电话号码是多少？

　　还能这样说：

　　What number have you dialed?

　　What number did you dial?

　　7. This is not Guangzhou Toy Company.

　　这里不是广州玩具公司。

　　还能这样说：

　　There is no Guangzhou Toy Company at that number.

　　There's no Guangzhou Toy Company here.

　　应用解析：

　　make a toy of 把……当做玩具，把……当儿戏；

　　toy with 摆弄，玩弄，不认真考虑或对待（某种计划、想法等）

　　8. I suggest you see about the phone book.

　　我建议你查一下电话簿。

　　还能这样说：

　　I suggest you look in the phone book.

　　I recommend you to check the telephone book.

　　应用解析：

　　It is suggested that... 有人提议……

　　I suggest that 我觉得，我认为；

　　suggest itself to 产生……念头，浮现在……心中

1 miser   

n.守财奴，吝啬鬼 (adj.miserly)

参考例句：

• The miser doesn't like to part with his money.守财奴舍不得花他的钱。
• The demon of greed ruined the miser's happiness.贪得无厌的恶习毁掉了那个守财奴的幸福。