《英语口语 一语千说》第一篇 日常生活 04电话

电话

1. 词组句型

打电话

give sb a ring, give sb a call, phone sb, ring sb up, call sb

sentence patterns:

I'll give him a ring.

She gave me a ring yesterday.

Mr. Liu gave his wife a call yesterday.

I'll give her a call later.

John phones his wife every day.

Tom phoned me yesterday.

Ring up the airport and find out when the plane leaves.

I'll ring him up.

Please call him ten minutes later.

He called me the day before yesterday.

接电话

put sb through to, connect...with, this is..., hold on, put...on

sentence patterns:

Could you put me through the extension 1221, please?

I'll put him through.

Could you connect me with Mr. Smith in the Personal department?

Mr. Zhang will connect me with Miss Wang.

This is Lily speaking.

This is Tom speaking.

Hold on, please.

He will put her on.

I put Jane on.

挂电话

get off the phone, get going, hang up

sentence patterns:

You had better get off the phone.

He got off the phone five minutes ago.

I have to get going.

He has to get going because of the limited time.

Please hang up the phone.

Don't hang up the phone until I come back.

She hung up on me.

线路不通

be bad, be crossed, cut off, go dead, be busy

sentence patterns:

The lines are very bad.

That connection is very bad.

Lines are crossed.

I was cut off during the telephone.

I wasn't cut off all the time.

I called him, but the phone went dead.

The line was disconnected because Tom forgot to pay the telephone bill.

His line is busy now.

Her line was being busy all the day.

请假，询问信息

call in sick, call to enquire

sentence patterns:

Wang Li called in sick today.

He will call in sick tomorrow.

I am calling to enquire about the flights to Beijing next Monday.

He called to enquire about the train schedule.

留言

leave a message, take a message, call back

sentence patterns:

He would like to leave a message.

May I leave her a message?

Could I take a message?

Would you mind calling back later?

Would you call me back in one hour if possible?