A This is the operator, how may I help you?
我是話務(wù)員，有什么需要幫助的嗎？
B Yes, I would like to make a collect call.
是的，我想打個(gè)對(duì)方付費(fèi)的電話。
A Ok sir, please dial the number. Now please state your name.
好的，先生，請(qǐng)撥號(hào)碼?，F(xiàn)在告訴我你的名字。
B Tommy.
湯米。
A Please wait a moment. Hello, you have a collect call from Tommy. Would you like to accept the charges?
請(qǐng)先等等。您好，您有一個(gè)來(lái)自湯米的對(duì)方付費(fèi)的電話。你愿意付話費(fèi)嗎？
B Yes of course.
是的，當(dāng)然。
A Dad?
爸爸？
B Yeah, Tommy, what happened, are you ok?
是的，湯米，發(fā)生什么事了，你還好嗎？
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.
爸爸，是的，我一切都好。我打電話給你是因?yàn)槲蚁雴?wèn)問(wèn)你今天放學(xué)后能不能到我朋友家去玩。
B 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?
是的，當(dāng)然，沒(méi)有問(wèn)題。你嚇?biāo)牢伊?！我只是讓你在遇到緊急情況的時(shí)候給我打電話！怎么不用你的手機(jī)打給我？
A I ran out of credit and I also didn't have twenty five cents for the pay phone. Sorry dad.
我的信用卡里沒(méi)錢(qián)了，也沒(méi)有25美分支付公用電話。爸爸，對(duì)不起。