dì shí èr kè dă diàn huà
第十二课 打电话
Lesson Twelve Making Telephone Calls
mài kè: nín hăo, zhè lĭ shì běi jīng fàn diàn ma?
麦克： 您好，这里是北京饭店吗？
Mike: Hello, is that Beijing Hotel?
xiăo lĭ: shì de, nín zhăo nă wèi?
小李： 是的，您找哪位？
Xiao Li: yes, whom are you going to speak to?
mài kè:
 qĭng zhuăn sān èr yāo bā fáng jiān, wŏ zhăo shĭ mì sī xiān shēng.
麦克： 请转3218房间，我找史密斯先生。
Mike: Extension 3218, please. I want to speak to Mr. Smith.
xiăo lĭ: hăo de, qĭng shāo dĕng.
小李： 好的，请稍等。
Xiao Li: Hold on please.
mài kè: tā bú zài, nín néng bāng wŏ gěi tā shāo gè huà ma?
麦克： 他不在，您能帮我给他捎个话吗？
Mike: He is out. Would you have a message conveyed to him?
xiăo lĭ: dāng rán kĕ yĭ.
小李： 当然可以。
Xiao Li: Of course.
mài kè: qĭng tā gĕi mài kè huí diàn huà, diàn huà hào mă shì liù bā jiŭ jiŭ bā líng bā bā.
麦克： 请他给麦克回电话，电话号码是68998088。
Mike: Please let him ring back to Mike whose phone number is 68998088.
xiăo lĭ: hăo de.
小李： 好的。
Xiao Li: Okay.
中国人打电话的习惯是直接找受话人，而不先报发话人姓名，接电话时也是这样，第一句话往往是"您找哪位？"。在北京打国际电话很方便。许多饭店、外国人居住的公寓、办公楼等均可直接挂国际长途。

When Chinese people make a phone call, they ask for the addressee by name directly. However, it is not their habit to give their own name first when making receiving a call. It is very convenient to make international calls which can be dialed directly at hotels, foreigner's mansion, office building, etc.

打电话 dă diàn huà: make a phone call

号码 hào mă: number

转 zhuăn: an extension

找 zhăo: speak to

稍等 shāo dĕng: hold on

回电话 huí diàn huà: ring sb. back