B0314 Daily Life / Daily Life

Making A Collect Call

打对方付费

对话 Dialogue

A
说话人 A

This is the operator, how may I help you?

这里是接线员，有什么可以帮您的？

B
说话人 B

Yes, I would like to make a collect call.

是的，我想打一个对方付费电话。

A
说话人 A

Ok sir, please dial the number. Now please state your name.

好的先生，请拨号码。现在请说出您的名字。

B
说话人 B

Tommy.

汤米。

A
说话人 A

Please wait a moment. Hello, you have a collect call from Tommy. Would you like to accept the charges?

请稍等。喂，您有一个来自汤米的对方付费电话。您愿意接受费用吗？

C
说话人 C

Yes of course.

是的，当然。

A
说话人 A

Dad?

爸爸？

C
说话人 C

Yeah Tommy, what happened are you ok?

哎，汤米，发生什么事了？你还好吗？

A
说话人 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.

是的爸爸，一切都好。我打给你是因为我想知道今天放学后我能不能去朋友家。

C
说话人 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 mobile phone?

哦，当然没问题。你吓死我了！我跟你说过只能在紧急情况下打对方付费电话！你为什么不用你的手机打给我？

B
说话人 B

I ran out of credit and I also didn’t have twenty five cents N forthe payphone. Sorry dad.

我手机没话费了，而且我也没有25分钱投公用电话。对不起爸爸。