■ 在一位美国人的家中，大家都在忙碌着准备感恩节盛宴。电话铃响，正在大学读书的大儿子吉米打来电话。电话旁的幼子赶忙抓起电话。父亲从他手中接过电话。开头免不了例行的几句寒暄。你知道打英文电话开始应该说些什么了吗?

单词通缉令

1. disgrace vt.使耻辱;使失体面

2. condom n.避孕套

Joey: I got it.

Father: I got it. Hello? Hey, Jimmy, how are you? Hey, hey, it’s Jimmy.

Jimmy: Is everything all right?

Father: Fine. Listen, how’s everything at school?

Jimmy: Everything’s good. I was just thinking about you guys is all. I’m sorry I cannot come home today, school’s just crazy.

Father: Oh, you’re a good boy. Jimmy, listen, your mom wants to talk to you.

Mother: Jimmy.

Jimmy: Mom, hey, Happy Thanksgiving.

Mother: Jimmy, you have to talk to Jenny. She has 1)disgraced the family.

Jimmy: What’s going on?

Mother: Jimmy, Jenny gives 2)condoms out to girls.

Jimmy: I don’t know, Mom. Let me talk to her.

Mother: Jenny, Jenny, Jimmy wants to talk to you. You see, she doesn’t listen to us. You have to talk to her. Oh, my God…(The food in the kitchen gets burned, she hurried to take care of the mess, leaves Jimmy behind.)

Jimmy: Ma, Ma?

Joey: Hi, Jimmy, Happy Thanksgiving.

Jimmy: Wait. Joey, let me talk to Mom. Joey…(Joey hangs up.)

乔伊：我来听。

父亲：我来听。你好?嗨，吉米，你好吗?嗨，嗨，是吉米。

吉米：家里好吗?

父亲：很好，听着，学校里好吗?

吉米：都很好，没别的，我正想你们大家。对不起，今天我不能回家，学校里太忙了。

父亲：噢，你真是个好孩子，吉米，你妈妈要和你说话。

母亲：吉米。

吉米：妈妈，嗨，感恩节快乐。

母亲：吉米，你必须和杰妮谈谈。她让全家人丢尽了脸。

吉米：什么事?

母亲：吉米，杰妮给女孩子们发避孕套。

吉米：我不知道啊，妈妈，让我和她说。

母亲：杰妮，杰妮，吉米要和你说话。你看，她不听我们的话。你一定要找她谈。哦，我的天……(厨房里的食物烧焦了，她急忙赶去照应，留下吉米在电话的另一头。)

吉米：妈妈，妈妈?

乔伊：嗨，吉米，感恩节快乐。

吉米：等等，乔伊，让我和妈妈说话。乔伊……(乔伊挂上了电话。)