M = Mary C = Cindy
M: Cindy, can you show me how to call Connecticut?
瑪麗:辛迪,你能教我怎么打電話到康乃狄克州嗎?
C: Who do you know there?
辛迪:你有什么認(rèn)識的人在那里嗎?
M: A good friend of mine is there on a homestay program, too.
瑪麗:我的一個好朋友也參加了那里的一個寄宿游學(xué)計劃。
C: I see.
辛迪:哦,原來如此。
M: Is it expensive to make out-of-state calls?
瑪麗:打州際電話很貴嗎?
C: Yeah, but it isn't more expensive than international calls.
辛迪:是的,可是不會比國際電話貴。
M: What do I do here?
瑪麗:那現(xiàn)在我要怎么撥電話呢?
C: Easy. Dial the area code for Connecticut; then dial your friend's number.
辛迪:很簡單。先撥康州的區(qū)碼,然后再撥你朋友的電話號碼。
M: That's it?
瑪麗:就這樣嗎?
C: Check the local time before you call. You don't want to wake your friend up by accident.
辛迪:打電話前先查一下當(dāng)?shù)氐臅r間。你不會想出人意表地吵醒朋友的。