纯正地道美语(外教讲解)301：A Collect Call一个对方付

　　A: This is the operator¹, how may I help you? 我是话务员，有什么需要帮助的吗？
B: Yes, I would like to make a collect call. 是的，我想打个对方付费的电话。
A: Ok sir, please dial the number. Now please state your name. 好的，先生，请拨号码。现在告诉我你的名字。
B: Tommy. 汤米。
A: Please wait a moment. Hello, you have a collect call from Tommy.  Would you like to accept the charges? 请先等等。您好，您有一个来自汤米的对方付费的电话。你愿意付话费吗？
C: Yes of course. 是的，当然。
A: Dad? 爸爸？
C: Yeah, Tommy, what happened, are you ok? 是的，汤米，发生什么事了，你还好吗？
A: Yeah, dad, everything is ok. I'm calling you because I want to know if it's ok for me to go to my friend's house today after school. 爸爸，是的，我一切都好。我打电话给你是因为我想问问你今天放学后能不能到我区朋友家去玩。
C: Yeah sure, no problem.  You scared me to death! I've told you to make a collect call in case of an emergency only! Why didn't you call me from your mobile² phone? 是的，当然，没有问题。你吓死我了！我只是让你在遇到紧急情况的时候给我打电话！
B: I ran out of credit³ and I also didn't have twenty five cents for the pay phone. Sorry dad. 我的信用卡里没钱了，也没有25美分支付公用电话。爸爸，对不起。
pay phone n. [通信] 投币式公用电话
a collect call 一个对方付费的电话

1 operator   

n.（机器、设备等的）操作员；电话接线员

参考例句：

• He is a computer operator.他是个电脑操作员。
• The telephone operator connected us.话务员给我们接通了电话。

2 mobile   

adj.可移动的，易变的，机动的；n.运动物体

参考例句：

• The old lady sits on a mobile chair every morning.那位老妇人每天上午坐在一把可携带使用的椅子上。
• She's much more mobile now that she's bought a car.自从她买了汽车后，活动量就大多了。

3 credit   

n.信用，荣誉，贷款，学分；v.归功于，赞颂，信任

参考例句：

• I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
• He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉，我们做不讨好的工作。