10、 On the Phone打电话 
(1)Social Call 社交电话 
A:Hello? 
喂? 
B: Hi, is Jane there? 
喂,简在吗? 
A:May I ask who’s calling? 
请问是哪位? 
B:This is Martin. 
我是马丁。 
A:Hold on, I’ll get her. 
等等,我去叫他。 
B:Thanks. 
谢谢。 
C:Hello? 
喂? 
B:Hi, Jane, this is Martin. How are you doing? 
喂,简,我是马丁。你好吗? 
C:I’m great, how are you? 
很好,你好吗? 
B:Fine. I was wondering if you’d like to go out to dinner tonight? 
很好。你今天晚上想不想跟我出去吃饭? 
C:That would be terrific. Where should we go? 
好啊。去哪儿? 
B:I thought we could try that new place on the corner by your apartment building. 
我想我们可以去你住处拐角处的那个新开的饭馆。 
C:Good idea. What time should we meet? 
好。咱们什么时间见面? 
B:Why don’t I come pick you up at around 7:00? 
我7点左右来接你怎么样? 
C:I’ll be ready! 
那我等你! 
(2)Business Call 公务电话 
A:Li Yang Crazy English Company, good morning. 
早上好,李阳疯狂英语公司。 
B:Good morning. May I speak to Andrew Zhang, plase. 
早上好。请找一下安德鲁•张。 
A:I’m sorry, Mr. Zhang is in a meeting at the moment. Can he call you back? 
对不起,张先生在开会。可以让他给你回电话吗? 
B:Sure thing. 
当然可以。 
A:Can I have your name and number, please. 
请把你的名字和电话号码给我。 
B:Yes, this is Peter Chen from Beijing. I’m at 87367059. 
好的,我是北京的彼得•陈。我的号码是:87367059。 
A:I’ll have him call you right back. 
我让他很快给你回电话。 
B:Thanks. 
谢谢。 
A:Mr. Chen, please. 
请找陈先生。 
B:I’m sorry, Mr. Chen just stepped away from his desk. May I take a message? 
对不起,陈先生刚好走开了。要给他留言吗? 
A:Would you ask him to call Mr. Zhang from Li Yang Crazy English Company? 
请叫他给李阳疯狂英语公司的张先生打个电话好吗? 
B:May I ask what this is in reference to? 
可以问问是关于什么事情吗? 
A:I’m just returning his call. 
我是回他的电话。 
B:OK. I’ll give him the message. 
好的。我会转告他。 
A:Thanks. Good-bye. 
谢谢。再见。 
额外成就感 
电话英语 
message 留言 
* Can I leave a massage for Tom? 
我可以给汤姆留言吗? 
* Please take my phone messages for me. I’m going to be out of the office for a while. 
请帮我记一下电话留言。我要出去一会。 
call back 再打来电话 
* Tell Kim I’ll call her back ten minutes later. 
我十分钟后再给金姆打电话。 
* I’m so busy right now I can’t really talk. I’m going to have to call you back later. 
我现在很忙,不能跟你多说。一会再打电话给你。 
return a call 回电话 
* I haven’t spoken to her yet; she won’t return my calls. 
我还没跟她说上话呢,她不肯给我回电话。 
* I don’t know what time we’re leaving tomorrow. I’m still waiting for Jim to return my call. 
我不知道明天几点走。我还在等吉姆给我回电话。 
hold on 稍等,不要挂电话 
* Don’t hang up. Hold on, I’ll get him. 别挂电话。等一下,我去找他。 
* I’m not sure if I have the information you need. Hold on for a minute and I’ll look. 
我不能确定这有没有你想要的信息。别挂电话,我帮你查一下。