早安英文 第663期:cold call是冷冻电话?

 

Hello, may I ask who is speaking?

你好，请问您是？

Hello, Jack¹ speaking.

你好，我是Jack。

Sorry, not interested.

不好意思，不感兴趣。

He hung up on me.

他挂我电话。

I'm hanging up, don't call here again please.

我要挂电话，请不要再给我打电话了。

prank² call: when somebody gives you a call trying to make a joke, usually by pretending they are somebody else

当有人假扮另外一个人给你打电话戏弄你的时候，这种电话就叫做 prank call（恶作剧电话）

Somebody gave me a prank call in the middle of class!

有人在我上课的时候给我打了一个恶作剧电话！

Who was it?

刚是谁打的电话？

Just another cold call.

又是一个陌生来电。

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

2 prank   

n.开玩笑，恶作剧；v.装饰；打扮；炫耀自己

参考例句：

• It was thought that the fire alarm had been set off as a prank.人们认为火警报警器响是个恶作剧。
• The dean was ranking the boys for pulling the prank.系主任正在惩罚那些恶作剧的男学生。