英语博客：ESL Podcast 810 – Switching Cell Phone Plans
时间：2019-01-01 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
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Paul: I need a new cell phone plan. These roaming and overage charges are killing 1 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 2 plan.
Shauna: Okay, but I don’t understand. Why do you have roaming charges? Doesn’t your carrier have good coverage 3 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 4 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?
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
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adj.无限的，不受控制的，无条件的
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- There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
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