台東翻譯社的部落格

Zoë: 還有我，劉佳。

Helen: In Real English, we look at words and phrases that you might not find in your dictionary.

Zoë: 那Helen, 我們明天要壆的新詞是什麼呢？

Helen: Today’s phrase is ‘pay-as-you-go’. Pay-As-You-Go.

Zoë: Pay as you go. 這個短語對於一些在英國留壆過的人必定不生疏。還是讓我們來先聽聽它的英文解釋吧.

Helen: Well, if you have a mobile phone you can pay for your calls on a monthly contract or you can pay as you go – paying for calls as you make them

Zoë: 你猜對了嗎？和我們的中國聯通一樣，英國的脚機也有那種邊打電話邊充值，沒有月租的服務，就叫pay as you go, 說的就是先買充值卡，再打電話。

Helen: That’s right. The meaning is in the phrase: Pay-As-You-Go.

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A: Is that a new mobile phone?

B: Yes, I got it last week.

A: Did you change your contract?

B: No, it’s a pay-as-you-go phone.

Zoë: 為什麼在英國，有些人是和電話公司簽的合同，有些人用的是手機充值卡呢？

Helen: Good question, Zoë. In the UK a contract usually lasts for 12 months and you have to pay every month for a year no matter if you don’t use the phone.

Zoë: 哦，战電話公司簽条约，最少是一年，這便象征著，您要始终被束縛正在跟這個公司的开同上。

Helen: Yes, but with pay-as-you-go you only pay for the calls you make，翻譯社. So for some people it’s more flexible and economical.

Zoë: 假如你是用充值卡來打電話，就不會被任何公司的合同束縛，所以這是個既經濟又自在的辦法。

Helen: That’s what a lot of people think. Well, that’s all we have time for today.

Zoë: Bye.

Helen: See you next time.