1. I can't get through.
电话打不通。
还能如此说：
The line isn't free.
The number is busy now.
应用分析：
get back 回来；取回；报复；
get behind 落后；支持，帮助识破，看穿；
get by 保持生活；走过，通过；躲过；欺骗；
get by on 靠过活
2. I'm afraid the line is out of order.
线路仿佛出问题了。
还能如此说：
I'm afraid I've been cut off.
There is something wrong with the line.
应用分析：
hold the line 不挂断电话；
in the line of duty 在实行任务时；
line of business 经营范围；
in line with sth. 与类似或一致
3. I'm afraid it's bad connection.
恐怕电话连接不好。
还能如此说：
I'm sorry we seem to have a bad connection.
Maybe there is a fault on the line.
谚语：
A bad workman always blames his tools.
不会撑船怪河弯。
4. I'm afraid we have a crossed line.
恐怕线路串线了。
还能如此说：
The lines seem to be crossed.
I doubt our line has got crossed with someone else's.
谚语：
No cross, no crown.
无苦即无乐。
5. Pardon?
请再说一遍。
还能如此说：
I beg your pardon?
Pardon me?
6. Please speak a little slowly.
请讲慢一点。
还能如此说：
Would you speak more slowly?
Would you slow down a little, please?
谚语：
Those who are quick to promise are generally slow to perform.
轻诺寡信。
7. We have a bad connection. I can't hear you clearly.
信号不好，我听不清你在怎么说。
还能如此说：
The connection is bad. Would you speak more clearly?
I can hardly hear what you are saying because of bad signal.
应用分析：
connect up 连起来，接上；
connect with 和有联系，和有关；
connect in series 串联
8. Please speak a little louder.
请讲大声一点儿。
还能如此说：
Can you speak louder?
Could you speak out a little?
应用分析：
a loud voice 声音洪亮；
loud laugh 高声大笑；
a loud denial 断然的不承认；
a loud dresser 穿着庸俗；
to be loud in demands 不断地索求
9. Can you ring off and call me back?
你把电话挂了，再给我打过来怎么样？
还能如此说：
Why don't we hang up and try again?
Hang up and please call me back, all right?
谚语：
One cannot put back the clock.
时光一去不复返。
10. Say again?
再说一遍怎么样？
还能如此说：
Say what?
Come again?
谚语：
Never say never, never say forever.
别说不，也别说永恒。
11. Is my phone out of order?
是我的电话出问题了吗？
还能如此说：
Is there anything wrong with my phone?
Does my phone break down?
应用分析：
a load of 不少，很多；
be a load off one's mind 如释重负；
bear a load on one's shoulders 挑起重担；
cast the load on 把责任推给
12. The connection is bad.
通话成效非常糟。
还能如此说：
There's a bad connection.
The connection is not good.
谚语：
No man can make a good coat with bad cloth.
巧匠很难劣布制美服。
13. Maybe the receiver is off the hook.
可能是听筒没放好。
还能如此说：
There may be someone who didn't replace the receiver.
It's possible that the receiver is off the hook.
应用分析：
angle with a silver hook 行贿；用银钩钓鱼；
by hook or crook 想方设法，不择方法；
drop off the hooks 死，翘辫子；辞职
14. What kind of sound is it making?
发出哪种声音？
还能如此说：
What noise does it make?
Which sound can you hear?
谚语：
Empty vessels make the greater sound.
空桶响声大。
15. I think my phone doesn't work.
我想是我的电话坏了。
还能如此说：
Maybe my phone is out of order.
I think my phone isn't working.
应用分析：
do its work 发生效力，起用途；
go about one's work 着手工作；
in and out works.不固定的工作
16. I broke my phone this morning.
我今天早上把电话摔坏了。
还能如此说：
My phone dropped this morning.
My phone was broken this morning.
应用分析：
The breaks were against us.
命跟大家作对。
17. I'll call someone to repair it.
我会打电话叫人来修的。
还能如此说：
I'll ask someone to deal with it.
Someone will be called to handle it.
应用分析：
have repair to 依靠，依赖；
repair to 到去（特指成群地去或常常去）；
repair to sb. for aid 向某人求助
