介绍:
Before mobile phones made everything so easy, the public box was an important focus for community life. People of all types and classes would form an orderly queue outside its red iron door, clutching their pennies and waiting patiently for their turn to be linked up to the great wide world. For a shy people like the British it was an opportunity to meet and exchange news and gossip with neighbors and to get some fresh air. And what’s more, once you were inside that box everything you said was private. Everybody uses mobiles nowadays, but talking loudly in public places with unseen faces, about personal feelings or secret dealings…well, it’s not something our true Brits feels comfortable about! With the new generation of phones you can link up to the Internet, receive e-mails, take payment by phone card or credit card. Impressive, perhaps, but where is the romance?
Expressions to learn:
1. 走出来
Just popping out to the phone box-I’ll be back tomorrow night.
2. 突然熄灭
The wind made the candle pop out.
