Daily Life - Making A Collect Call (C0314)

A:

This isthe operator, how may I help you?

B:

Yes, I would like to make a collect call.

A:

Ok sir, please dial the number. Now please state your name.

B:

Tommy.

A:

Please wait a moment. Hello, you have a collect call from Tommy. Would you like to accept the charges?

C:

Yes of course.

A:

Dad?

C:

Yeah Tommy, what happened are you ok?

A:

Yeah dad everything is ok. I’m calling you because I want to know if it’s ok for me to go to my friend’s house today after school.

C:

Yeah sure no problem. You scared me to death! I’ve told you to make a collect call in case of an emergency only! Why didn’t you call me from your mobile phone?

B:

I ran out of credit and I also didn’t have twenty five cents N forthe payphone. Sorry dad.

Key Vocabulary

operator

a person who operates a telephone switchboard

charge

amount of money to be paid

credit

the positive balance in a person's mobile phone account

payphone

a public telephone operated by coins or a phonecard

collect call

a telephone call that the receiving party is asked to pay for

Supplementary Vocabulary

network

telephones interconnected by telecommunication equipment or cables

landline

a home telephone

connect

to establish communication between

reception

the quality attained in receiving radio or television broadcasts

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