Situational Words and Phrases 情景詞匯
1.block letter 大寫印刷字體
A: Please write your telegram in black letters.
甲:請用大寫印刷字體寫電報。
B: I see. Thank you.
乙:明白了,謝謝。
2.express telegram 急電
A: Anything I can do for you?
甲:我能為你做什么嗎?
B: Yeah甲I want to send an express telegram to Shanghai.
乙:是的,我想向上海方面發(fā)一份急電。
3.message n. 消息,電文
A: When can I have the message sent?
甲:什么時候能將電文發(fā)出?
B: We'll send it at once.
乙:馬上。
4.per prep.每
A: What's the rate per word?
甲:一個字多少錢?
B: Forty cents.
乙:四十美分。
5.telegraph form 電報稿紙
A: I need a telegraph form.
甲:我想要張電報稿紙。
B: There, it's on the table to your right.
乙:在你右邊的那張桌子上。
6.telegraph office 電報局
A: Is there a telegraph office?
甲:這兒有電報局嗎?
B: No. You'll have to go to the General Post Office.
乙:沒有??峙履愕萌ム]政總局。
7.word a telegram 擬電報稿
A: I find it no easy job to word a telegram.
甲:擬份電報稿對我來說真不容易。
B: Same feeling here.
乙:我也有同感。