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Paul: I need a new cell phone plan. These roaming and overage charges are killing me!
保罗:我需要一个新的手机套餐。手机漫游,超额收费太贵了,我受不了啊!
Shauna: I thought you had a good calling, messaging, and data plan.
肖娜:我认为你现在打电话,发短信,和流量套餐都很实惠啊。
Paul: I do, but I’m still going over each month.
保罗:是很实惠,但是我每月还是会超啊。
Shauna: Have you thought about a prepaid plan? You’ll never be charged extra.
肖娜:你想没想过换一个预付套餐,那样你就永远都不会再支付额外费用了。
Paul: That’s not an option. I think I need an unlimited plan.
保罗:这个不行,我感觉我需要一个无限制套餐。
Shauna: Okay, but I don’t understand. Why do you have roaming charges? Doesn’t your carrier have good coverage all over the country?
肖娜:好吧,但是我不知道,你为什么会有漫游费呢?你的移动信号未覆盖全国吗?
Paul: I’ve been taking trips to Mexico to see my new girlfriend and the coverage doesn’t extend to Mexico.
保罗:我去了几趟墨西哥,移动信号并未覆盖到墨西哥。
Shauna: Oh, I see. And the overage charges?
肖娜:哦,原来是这样啊。那超额收费又是怎么回事?
Paul: When you’re in a long-distance relationship, you have to do a lot of calling and texting, not to mention updating social media websites to stay in touch. I keep exceeding my allotted 5000 minutes of calling time and 100 megabytes of data.
保罗:当你处于一段异地恋中,你就要打很多电话,发很多短信,更不要提还要一直更新社交网站来保持联系啦。我的套餐里有5000分钟的通话和100兆流量,但是我还是不够用。
Shauna: What?! To exceed that, you’d have to be on the phone all the time!
肖娜:什么?这都不够用,你一定是一直在打电话。
Paul: Not all the time, but I’m talking to her now. Do you want to say “hi”?
保罗:不是一直啊,但现在我正在和她打电话。你想打个招呼吗?
Shauna: You’ve been on the phone with her the entire time we’ve been having this conversation?
肖娜:我们谈话的这整段时间,你都在和她着打电话啊?
Paul: How else can we keep up on everything that’s going on in each other’s lives?
保罗:要不我们怎么与对方分享彼此生活里的每件事呢?
听力原文
Paul: I need a new cell phone plan. These roaming and overage charges are killing me!
Shauna: I thought you had a good calling, messaging, and data plan.
Paul: I do, but I’m still going over each month.
Shauna: Have you thought about a prepaid plan? You’ll never be charged extra.
Paul: That’s not an option. I think I need an unlimited plan.
Shauna: Okay, but I don’t understand. Why do you have roaming charges? Doesn’t your carrier have good coverage all over the country?
Paul: I’ve been taking trips to Mexico to see my new girlfriend and the coverage doesn’t extend to Mexico.
Shauna: Oh, I see. And the overage charges?
Paul: When you’re in a long-distance relationship, you have to do a lot of calling and texting, not to mention updating social media websites to stay in touch. I keep exceeding my allotted 5000 minutes of calling time and 100 megabytes of data.
Shauna: What?! To exceed that, you’d have to be on the phone all the time!
Paul: Not all the time, but I’m talking to her now. Do you want to say “hi”?
Shauna: You’ve been on the phone with her the entire time we’ve been having this conversation?
Paul: How else can we keep up on everything that’s going on in each other’s lives?