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谈谈“打电话”的英语说法
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“打电话”的英语表达有call, ring, telephone, make a telephone call, give sb. a ring等。同学们在学习和运用这些词语时,对它们各自的含义和用法难以分辨。本文拟就其含义和用法作一简单介绍。
一、call作动词用(多用于美国英语),表示“用电话传递信息、召唤某人”之意,其后常跟副词up(亦可省略)。例如:
1. On Christmas Day my brother called (me)from London.
圣诞节那天我哥从伦敦(给我)打来电话。
2. Could you ask him to call me, please?
请你叫他给我打电话好吗?
3. I”ll call her up this afternoon.
今天下午我会给她打电话。
二、ring作动词用(多用于英国英语),较口语化。它既可接直接宾语,又可构成ring for 短语再接宾语。例如:
1. Please ring him. His telephone number is 967334.
请给他打电话。他的电话号码是967334。
2. Shall I ring for a taxi?
我要不要打电话叫辆出租车?
3. I”ll ask him to ring you as soon as he gets back.
他一回来,我就叫他给你打电话。
三、telephone亦作phone,作动词用是较正式的用法,常用来表示“打电话通知某人某事”,着重于通话的内容。例如:
1. Did you telephone Li Lei?
你给李蕾打电话了吗?
2. She telephoned her mother to come as soon as she could.
她打电话让妈妈尽快来。
3. She telephoned that she couldn”t come.
她打电话说不能来了。
四、make a telephone call 也是“打个电话”的意思,不强调打电话的内容和方式,强调打电话的行为。例如
1. Wait a minute, please. I”ll make a telephone call to my mother.
稍等一下,我要给妈妈打个电话。
2. I”ll make a telephone call this afternoon.
我今天下午要打个电话。
3. He never makes a telephone call to her.
他从不给她打电话。
五、give sb. a ring (call)是“给某人打一个电话”,是口语常用语,美国英语中用call代替ring。例如:
1. Why not give her a ring?
为啥不给她打电话?
2. Did you give me a call?
你给我打过电话吗?
3. Shall I give him a call?
我要给他打个电话吗?