英语学习：电话出现故障的常用地道英语表达

时间：2018-08-13 19:30:14  来源：http://www.pinghe.com  作者：Myron

             在日常生活和工作中， 我们常常会遇到一些电话故障，那今天我们就来学习一下电话出现故障的常用地道英语表达吧！

1. I can't get through. 电话打不通。
还能这样说：
The line isn't free. / The number is busy now.
应用解析：
get back 回来；取回；报复；
get behind 落后；支持，帮助识破，看穿；
get by 维持生活；走过，通过；躲过；欺骗；
get by on 靠……过活

2. I'm afraid the line is out of order..线路好像出问题了。
还能这样说：
I'm afraid I've been cut off. / There is something wrong with the line.
应用解析：
hold the line 不挂断电话；
in the line of duty 在执行任务时；
line of business 经营范围；
in line with sth. 与……类似或一致

3. I'm afraid it's bad connection.  恐怕电话连接不好。
还能这样说：
I'm sorry we seem to have a bad connection.
Maybe there is a fault on the line.
谚语：
A bad workman always blames his tools.
不会撑船怪河弯。

4. I'm afraid we have a crossed line.
恐怕线路串线了。
还能这样说：
The lines seem to be crossed.
I doubt our line has got crossed with someone else's.
谚语：
No cross, no crown.
无苦即无乐。

5. Pardon?  请再说一遍。
还能这样说：
I beg your pardon? / Pardon me?

6. Please speak a little slowly. 请讲慢一点。
还能这样说：
Would you speak more slowly? / Would you slow down a little, please?
谚语：
Those who are quick to promise are generally slow to perform.
轻诺寡信。

7. We have a bad connection. I can't hear you clearly.
信号不好，我听不清你在说什么。
还能这样说：
The connection is bad. Would you speak more clearly?
I can hardly hear what you are saying because of bad signal.
应用解析：
connect up 连起来，接上；
connect with 和……有联系，和……有关；
connect in series 串联

8. Please speak a little louder.  请讲大声一点儿。
还能这样说：
Can you speak louder? / Could you speak out a little?
应用解析：
a loud voice 声音洪亮；
loud laugh 高声大笑；
a loud denial 断然的否认；
a loud dresser 穿着庸俗；
to be loud in demands 不断地索求

9. Can you ring off and call me back?
你把电话挂了，再给我打过来好吗？
还能这样说：
Why don't we hang up and try again?
Hang up and please call me back, all right?
谚语：
One cannot put back the clock.
时光一去不复返。

10. Say again?  再说一遍好吗？
还能这样说：
Say what? / Come again?
谚语：
Never say never, never say forever.
不要说不，也不要说永恒。

11. Is my phone out of order?
是我的电话出问题了吗？
还能这样说：
Is there anything wrong with my phone? / Does my phone break down?
应用解析：
a load of (=loads of ) 很多，大量；
be a load off one's mind 如释重负；
bear a load on one's shoulders 挑起重担；
cast the load on 把责任推给……

12. The connection is bad. 通话效果很糟。
还能这样说：
There's a bad connection. / The connection is not good.
谚语：
No man can make a good coat with bad cloth.
巧匠难以劣布制美服。