1. Ring the cinema to find out times
打电话给电影院查询电影场次
2. Going into the travel agents to research a holiday
去旅行社筹划如何度假
3. Record things using VHS
用家用录像系统录像【注】：VHS（Video Home System）
拨号给电话号码查询台
5. Use public telephones
使用公共电话
6. Book tickets for events over the phone
电话订票
7. Print photos
打印照片
8. Put a classified ad in the shop window
在商店的橱窗挂分类广告【注】：classified ad（分类广告）在报纸和一些期刊上列在分类的广告部分上的付费广告。大多是简要的文字信息，表达能提供的货物和服务。
9. Ring the speaking clock
按下语音报时钟
携带便携式CD机
11. Write handwritten letters
手写书信
购买一次性相机
13. Take plenty of change for pay phones
为了使用投币式公共电话而带很多零钱
14. Make mix tapes
15. Pay bills at the post office
在邮局付账单
16. Use an address book
使用地址通讯簿
17. Check a map before or during car journey
18. Reverse charges in payphones
打公用电话时让对方付费
19. Go into the bank or building society to conduct your business
去银行或建房协会办理业务
20. Buy TV listings
购买电视节目表
拥有一部百科全书
22. Queue to get car tax in Post Office
在邮局排队交汽车税
23. Develop and send off for photographs
洗照片、寄照片
24. Read a hard copy of the Yellow Pages
阅读纸质黄页（黄页，即国外的电话号码簿）
25. Look up something in dictionary
查字典
26. Remember phone numbers/ Have a phone book
记住电话号码
27. Watch videos
看录像带
28. Have pen friends
有笔友
29. Use a telephone directory
使用电话号码簿
使用寻呼机
31. Fax things
传真
32. Buy CDs/ Have a CD collection
买CD/收藏CD
用支票付款
34. Make photo albums
制作相册
35. Watch programmes at the time they are shown
观看当期播放的电视节目
36. Dial 1471 when you get home
到家后拨打1471【注】：When you dial 1471, you can find out who made the last call to you. This service is called Call Return.（呼叫返回服务）
37. Warm milk or other hot drinks on
stove
在炉子上加热牛奶或其他热饮
38. Try on lots of pairs of shoes on high street
39. Hand wash clothes
手洗衣服
40. Advertise in trading papers
在专业性报纸上登广告
41. Send love letters
寄送情书
42. Hand-write
essays / school work
手写论文/学校作业
在花店买花
44. Work out how to spell something yourself
自己拼写出某个单词
45. Keep a personal diary
写私人日记
46. Send post cards
寄明信片
47. Buy newspapers
买报纸
48. Hang washing out in winter
在冬天把洗好的衣服挂在外面晾干
49. Keep printed bills or bank statements
保留打印账单或银行对账单
50. Visit car boot sales
逛跳蚤市场
（来源：沪江英语）
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