被高科技夺走的50件生活小事

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

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

阅读黄页的复印件

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