Note:Aperson-o-person call can ony be accepted by the particular person you are calling Thus if that person is not there,you will not be charged.However,person-to-person and collect calls are more expensive than calls dialed directly because they involve the additional labor costs of an operator.A"collect"call is paid for by the person being called rather than by person making the call 1.A“person-to-person”call(“受话人收听”，长途电话的一种。另一种是“叫号” 不知 道对方是香去办公室，最好打受话人收听电话。“叫号”电话 只要有人接听，不管接听的是谁。较为便宜。 2.Collect call受话者付费。由收听电话的人付费，对方也同意。 3.Area code(美、加等国)电话分区的三位数代号。 4.Phone booth(美)公用电话间 5. 服务公司等等。 6.White pages一般住户的电话号码簿。按字母顺序，用白纸印刷的。 7.Pay phone公用电话(public telephone),有时称“收费电话”。打电话前，要先塞进一角 8.Pre-recorded mesage预先录好的留言 9.At the tone听到这声调 10.Don't get flustered when you hear the"beep”.当你听到“嘟啼声”，不要紧张。Don'tget flustered.----Don't get nervous or confused. 66 Note: A person-to-person call can only be accepted by the particular person you are calling. Thus, if that person is not there, you will not be charged. However, person-to-person and collect calls are more expensive than calls dialed directly because they involve the additional labor costs of an operator. A “collect” call is paid for by the person being called rather than by person making the call. 1．A “person-to-person” call (“受话人收听”，长途电话的一种。另一种是“叫号” （station-to-station）。你不知道对方是否去办公室，最好打受话人收听电话。“叫号”电话， 只要有人接听，不管接听的是谁。较为便宜。 2．Collect call 受话者付费。由收听电话的人付费，对方也同意。 3．Area code (美、加等国)电话分区的三位数代号。 4．Phone booth （美）公用电话间 5．Yellow pages 美国口语中称之为“黄页电话簿”或“黄书”。这是一本用黄色纸印的书， 是按行业分类编排（又称”Classified”）的，列出本区各种行业，酒店、餐馆、商店、戏院和 服务公司等等。 6．White pages 一般住户的电话号码簿。按字母顺序，用白纸印刷的。 7．Pay phone 公用电话 (public telephone)，有时称“收费电话”。打电话前，要先塞进一角 钱。 8．Pre-recorded message 预先录好的留言 9．At the tone 听到这声调 10．Don’t get flustered when you hear the “beep”. 当你听到“嘟嘟声”，不要紧张。Don’t get flustered. ----Don’t get nervous or confused