电话英语—电话故障(9-3)

Dialogue B

　

(A：Tom B：Sue)

A：Hello，Sue．It's Tom．

B：Hi，Tom？

A：I've been trying to get hold of you forever．

B：Really？I've being stayed at home all day long．

A：But your line is always busy．

B：Oh．May be the receiver is off the hook¹．

A： I see．I'm calling to invite you to dinner tonight．

B：What？I can barely² hear what you are saying．

A：I'm calling to invite you to dinner tonight．

B：The connection is too bad．We must have gotten our linescrossed．

A：Why don't we hang up and try again．

B：Good idea．

(Ringing)

A：Hello，It's me，again．

B：Oh，Tom．You said a dinner，tonight？

A：Yes．

B：I can't tonight，mother has a cold，I must stay at home andlook after her．But I'd love to some other night．

A：Oh，what's a pity！You'd better set up an appointment to seea doctor as soon as possible．

B：Yes．Thank you．

A：I'll call you back later，Bye-bye．

B：Bye．

1 hook   

vt.钩住；n.钩子，钩状物

参考例句：

• The blacksmith forged a bar of iron into a hook.铁匠把一根铁条锻造成一个钩子。
• He hangs up his scarf on the hook behind the door.他把围巾挂在门后的衣钩上。

2 barely   

adv.仅仅，几乎没有，几乎不

参考例句：

• The male bird is barely distinguishable from the female.雄鸟和雌鸟几乎无法辨别。
• He took barely enough money to keep the children in bread.他赚很少的钱仅够孩子们勉强糊口。