情景会话口袋书人际篇143:停机和关机(3)

 　　9. I made an international phone for more than two hours to my girlfriend yesterday.

　　我昨天给我的女朋友打了两个多小时的国际长途。

　　还能这样说：

　　I called my girlfriend who lives abroad for more than two hours yesterday.

　　Yesterday I made a two-hour international phone call to my girlfriend.

　　应用解析：

　　international law 国际法；

　　international trade 国际贸易；

　　international waters 公海；

　　the international date line 国际日期变更线，日界线

　　10. I have to make up my phone charge online.

　　我需要上网把话费补齐。

　　还能这样说：

　　I need to pay my bill on internet.

　　I am reminded to pay my phone fee online.

　　谚语：

　　The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.

　　水能载舟，亦能覆舟。

　　11. Please log¹ off before you go home.

　　在你回家之前请关机。

　　还能这样说：

　　Turn off your phone before you return home.

　　Shut down your cell phone before you get home.

　　应用解析：

　　sleep like a log 睡得像死人；

　　log for a living 以伐木为生；

　　as easy as rolling off a log 极其简单容易

　　12. Turn your cell phone to vibrate² mode³ or turn it off when the speech begins.

　　当演讲开始时，请将您的手机调成振动模式，或将其关机。

　　还能这样说：

　　Turn your cell phone to beep or shut it down when the speech gives a start.

　　At the beginning of the speech, please make your phone off or turn it to beep.

　　应用解析：

　　speech of welcome 欢迎辞；

　　address a speech to sb. 给某人做报告；

　　wander in speech 演说时东拉西扯

1 log   

n.记录，圆木，日志；v.伐木，切，航行

参考例句：

• They log for a living.他们以伐木为生。
• And then what do you do with that log?然后你要拿那些记录做什么呢？

2 vibrate   

v.(使)振动，(使)摇摆；vt.摇动，震动

参考例句：

• The rough road made the car vibrate.坑坑洼洼的道路使车颠得厉害。
• Tom's heavy footsteps upstairs make the old house vibrate.楼上汤姆的沉重脚步振动了整幢旧楼房。

3 mode   

n.方式，样式，模式，风格，时兴；[音乐]调式

参考例句：

• Wearing jeans is out of mode at present.现在穿牛仔裤过时了。
• His mode of doing business is offensive to me.他干事情的方式叫我很不喜欢。