1. Ring the cinema to find out times
打电话给电影院查询电影场次

2. Going into the travel agents to research a holiday
去旅行社筹划如何度假

3. Record things using VHS
用家用录像系统录像【注】:VHS(Video Home System)

4. Dial directory enquiries
拨号给电话号码查询台

5. Use public telephones
使用公共电话

6. Book tickets for events over the phone
电话订票

7. Print photos
打印照片

8. Put a classified ad in the shop window
在商店的橱窗挂分类广告【注】:classified ad(分类广告)在报纸和一些期刊上列在分类的广告部分上的付费广告。大多是简要的文字信息,表达能提供的货物和服务。

9. Ring the speaking clock
按下语音报时钟

10. Carry portable CD players
携带便携式CD机

11. Write handwritten letters
手写书信

12. Buy disposable cameras
购买一次性相机

13. Take plenty of change for pay phones
为了使用投币式公共电话而带很多零钱

14. Make mix tapes
制作集锦磁带(歌曲联唱磁带)

15. Pay bills at the post office
在邮局付账单

16. Use an address book
使用地址通讯簿

17. Check a map before or during car journey
在驱车旅游之前或途中查看地图

18. Reverse charges in payphones
打公用电话时让对方付费

19. Go into the bank or building society to conduct your business
去银行或建房协会办理业务

20. Buy TV listings
购买电视节目表

21. Own an encyclopaedia
拥有一部百科全书

22. Queue to get car tax in Post Office
在邮局排队交汽车税

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

24. Read a hard copy of the Yellow Pages
阅读纸质黄页(黄页,即国外的电话号码簿)

25. Look up something in dictionary
查字典

26. Remember phone numbers/ Have a phone book
记住电话号码

27. Watch videos
看录像带

28. Have pen friends
有笔友

29. Use a telephone directory
使用电话号码簿

30. Use pagers
使用寻呼机

31. Fax things
传真

32. Buy CDs/ Have a CD collection
买CD/收藏CD

33. Pay by cheque
用支票付款

34. Make photo albums
制作相册

35. Watch programmes at the time they are shown
观看当期播放的电视节目

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

37. Warm milk or other hot drinks on stove
在炉子上加热牛奶或其他热饮

38. Try on lots of pairs of shoes on high street
在商业街上试穿很多双鞋子

39. Hand wash clothes
手洗衣服

40. Advertise in trading papers
在专业性报纸上登广告

41. Send love letters
寄送情书

42. Hand-write essays / school work
手写论文/学校作业

43. Buy flowers from a florist
在花店买花

44. Work out how to spell something yourself
自己拼写出某个单词

45. Keep a personal diary
写私人日记

46. Send post cards
寄明信片

47. Buy newspapers
买报纸

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

49. Keep printed bills or bank statements
保留打印账单或银行对账单

50. Visit car boot sales
逛跳蚤市场