Speaking - Emergency Call

Emergency Call

Operator: Hello. This is the emergency 911 operator.

Taxi Driver: Help. Help. Please help me!

Operator: Yes sir. Please calm down and explain exactly what is happening.

Taxi Driver: Calm down! My car is stalled on the freeway, I have a lady passenger, and she's going into labor.

Operator: Now relax sir. Explain exactly where you are.

Taxi Driver: I'm . . . I'm in the southbound lane of the Lincoln Expressway, about 15 miles from the

Washington Tunnel, and this lady isn't going to wait.

Operator:Okay. What's you name sir and your passanger's?

Taxi Driver: It's ... it's Bob, and I have no idea about the woman. She's in no condition to tell me.

Operator: Okay, now what's the nearest landmark to your location? Pay careful attention.

Taxi Driver: Umm, I see golden arches . . . McDonalds.

Operator: Okay, is there anyone else with you?

Taxi Driver: No, and I've tried to get someone else to stop. [The sound of a bottle breaking.]

Operator: Hey, what was that? [Ahhhh!]

Taxi Driver: Ah, someone threw a bottle at me. How soon can someone get here?

Operator: I've just dispatched an ambulance to your location. They should be there any second.

Taxi Driver: Hey, is there anything I can do while we wait for the ambulance?

Operator: Yes, uh, keep her calm and warm.

Taxi Driver: Okay. Please hurry. Oh, they're too late. It's a boy!

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Vocabulary

ambulance n. 救護車

dispatch v. 迅速處理 n. 急件.派遣.發送

landmark n. 地標,陸標

calm down adj.冷靜的 n.安靜.鎮定 v.使鎮定;使平靜

exactly adv. 確切地,精確地

arch n. 拱,拱門,牌樓 v. 使成弧形,使成弓形,拱起

labor n. 分娩

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