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流行美语 第215课:phone tag; chit chat

Source: 恒星英语学习网  Onion  2008-08-26  我要投稿   论坛   Favorite  
Larry告诉李华他连续几天给他哥哥打电话,可是总也找不到他。 李华会学到两个常用语:phone tag和chit chat。

LL: Argh! I just got my brother's answering machine AGAIN. I've been playing phone tag with him for days.

LH: 你和你哥哥playing phone tag?那是玩什么?有电话有关的游戏吗?

LL: Well, not exactly, but it is like a game of tag.

LH: Game of tag不就是小孩子们玩的捉人游戏吗?就是,大家跑,一个人追。被追到的人再接着去追别人。我们小时候都玩过这个游戏的。

LL: Right. I'll give you an example of how phone tag works. On Monday, I called my brother and left a message on his answering machine. On Monday night, he