■ 在一位美國人的家中，大家都在忙碌著準備感恩節盛宴。電話鈴響，正在大學讀書的大兒子吉米打來電話。電話旁的幼子趕忙抓起電話。父親從他手中接過電話。開頭免不了例行的幾句寒暄。你知道打英文電話開始應該說些什么了嗎?

單詞通緝令

1. disgrace vt.使恥辱;使失體面

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.)

喬伊：我來聽。

父親：我來聽。你好?嗨，吉米，你好嗎?嗨，嗨，是吉米。

吉米：家里好嗎?

父親：很好，聽著，學校里好嗎?

吉米：都很好，沒別的，我正想你們大家。對不起，今天我不能回家，學校里太忙了。

父親：噢，你真是個好孩子，吉米，你媽媽要和你說話。

母親：吉米。

吉米：媽媽，嗨，感恩節快樂。

母親：吉米，你必須和杰妮談談。她讓全家人丟盡了臉。

吉米：什么事?

母親：吉米，杰妮給女孩子們發避孕套。

吉米：我不知道啊，媽媽，讓我和她說。

母親：杰妮，杰妮，吉米要和你說話。你看，她不聽我們的話。你一定要找她談。哦，我的天……(廚房里的食物燒焦了，她急忙趕去照應，留下吉米在電話的另一頭。)

吉米：媽媽，媽媽?

喬伊：嗨，吉米，感恩節快樂。

吉米：等等，喬伊，讓我和媽媽說話。喬伊……(喬伊掛上了電話。)