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高二下册 Unit 23 Telephones电话 Lesson 89 1 Dialogue STEVE:Hello.Can I speak to Pippa,please? 史蒂夫：喂!请问皮帕在吗? VOICE:Theres no Pippa here.This is 8686087。 声音：这里没有皮帕这个人,这里的号码是8686087。 STEVE:Im sorry.I think I dialled the wrong number. 史蒂夫：对不起，我想是我拨错了电话号码。 BOB:Hello. 鲍勃：喂！ STEVE:Hello.Is that Bob? 史蒂夫：喂，鲍勃吗? BOB:Yes,it is. 鲍勃：是的，我是鲍勃。 STEVE:Hi,this is Steve. Is Pippa there? 史蒂夫：嗨，我是史蒂夫，皮帕在吗? BOB:Yes,she is.Would you like a word with her? 鲍勃：是的，她在。你要和她说话吗? STEVE:Yes,please. 史蒂夫：是的，请叫她一下。 BOB:Hold on.Ill go and get her. 鲍勃：别挂上。我去叫她。 STEVE:Pippa. I called to ask you if youd like to come to a lecture on Thursday evening at the college.Its about the universe. The speakers supposed to be excellent. 史蒂夫：皮帕。我打电话是想问你是否愿意听星期四晚上的一个讲座。讲座是关于宇宙的。报告人应该是很出色的。 PIPPA:Just a minute.Ill see if Im free. No,Im not.Ive already got something on that evening. 皮帕：等一等。我看看是否有时间。不，我没有空。那天晚上我已经安排了别的事情。 STEVE:What a pity!Never mind.We must get together some other time for a chat. 史蒂夫：真遗憾!不要紧。我们必须找个时间聚一聚，聊一聊。 PIPPA:Yes,good idea. 皮帕：是个好主意。 STEVE:Ill have to go now.Someone wants to use the phone.All the best. 史蒂夫：我得走了。有人要用电话。祝你一切都好。 PIPPA:Bye. 皮帕：再见。 Lesson 90 1 Reading comprehension Read the text to find answers to these questions: 读课文回答问题: 1 How was one telephone connected with another in the past? 2 How is one telephone connected with another today? TELEPHONES How a telephone works is a question which not everyone can answer. When you speak into the telephone, the sound waves of your voice are turned into electrical signals. The signal is sent down a pair of wires to the receiving telephone. There the electrical signal is changed back into sound. 电话是怎样工作的，这个问题并不是每个人都能回答。当你对着电话机说话时，你声音的声波就变成了电信号。这个信号沿着两根导线被送到受话机上，在那儿电信号又变回成了声音。 The earliest telephones were not popular and it took a long time before people began to hire or buy them. At the beginning it was difficult to hear people over long distances. The wires which carried the telephone conversations were thick, heavy and expensive. In those d