1. Ring the cinema to find out times
打電話給電影院查詢電影場(chǎng)次

2. Going into the travel agents to research a holiday
去旅行社籌劃如何度假

3. Record things using VHS
用家用錄像系統(tǒng)錄像【注】：VHS（Video Home System）

4. Dial directory enquiries
撥號(hào)給電話號(hào)碼查詢臺(tái)

5. Use public telephones
使用公共電話

6. Book tickets for events over the phone
電話訂票

7. Print photos
打印照片

8. Put a classified ad in the shop window
在商店的櫥窗掛分類(lèi)廣告【注】：classified ad（分類(lèi)廣告）在報(bào)紙和一些期刊上列在分類(lèi)的廣告部分上的付費(fèi)廣告。大多是簡(jiǎn)要的文字信息，表達(dá)能提供的貨物和服務(wù)。

9. Ring the speaking clock
按下語(yǔ)音報(bào)時(shí)鐘

10. Carry portable CD players
攜帶便攜式CD機(jī)

11. Write handwritten letters
手寫(xiě)書(shū)信

12. Buy disposable cameras
購(gòu)買(mǎi)一次性相機(jī)

13. Take plenty of change for pay phones
為了使用投幣式公共電話而帶很多零錢(qián)

14. Make mix tapes
制作集錦磁帶（歌曲聯(lián)唱磁帶）

15. Pay bills at the post office
在郵局付賬單

16. Use an address book
使用地址通訊簿

17. Check a map before or during car journey
在驅(qū)車(chē)旅游之前或途中查看地圖

18. Reverse charges in payphones
打公用電話時(shí)讓對(duì)方付費(fèi)

19. Go into the bank or building society to conduct your business
去銀行或建房協(xié)會(huì)辦理業(yè)務(wù)

20. Buy TV listings
購(gòu)買(mǎi)電視節(jié)目表

21. Own an encyclopaedia
擁有一部百科全書(shū)

22. Queue to get car tax in Post Office
在郵局排隊(duì)交汽車(chē)稅

23. Develop and send off for photographs
洗照片、寄照片

24. Read a hard copy of the Yellow Pages
閱讀紙質(zhì)黃頁(yè)（黃頁(yè)，即國(guó)外的電話號(hào)碼簿）

25. Look up something in dictionary
查字典

26. Remember phone numbers/ Have a phone book
記住電話號(hào)碼

27. Watch videos
看錄像帶

28. Have pen friends
有筆友

29. Use a telephone directory
使用電話號(hào)碼簿

30. Use pagers
使用尋呼機(jī)

31. Fax things
傳真

32. Buy CDs/ Have a CD collection
買(mǎi)CD/收藏CD

33. Pay by cheque
用支票付款

34. Make photo albums
制作相冊(cè)

35. Watch programmes at the time they are shown
觀看當(dāng)期播放的電視節(jié)目

36. Dial 1471 when you get home
到家后撥打1471【注】：When you dial 1471, you can find out who made the last call to you. This service is called Call Return.（呼叫返回服務(wù)）

37. Warm milk or other hot drinks on stove
在爐子上加熱牛奶或其他熱飲

38. Try on lots of pairs of shoes on high street
在商業(yè)街上試穿很多雙鞋子

39. Hand wash clothes
手洗衣服

40. Advertise in trading papers
在專(zhuān)業(yè)性報(bào)紙上登廣告

41. Send love letters
寄送情書(shū)

42. Hand-write essays / school work
手寫(xiě)論文/學(xué)校作業(yè)

43. Buy flowers from a florist
在花店買(mǎi)花

44. Work out how to spell something yourself
自己拼寫(xiě)出某個(gè)單詞

45. Keep a personal diary
寫(xiě)私人日記

46. Send post cards
寄明信片

47. Buy newspapers
買(mǎi)報(bào)紙

48. Hang washing out in winter
在冬天把洗好的衣服掛在外面晾干

49. Keep printed bills or bank statements
保留打印賬單或銀行對(duì)賬單

50. Visit car boot sales
逛跳蚤市場(chǎng)