加拿大新移民怎样申请电话服务
加拿大的固定电话和手机号码都是7位，拨打方法是一样的。那么加拿大新移民怎样申请电话服务呢?首先带你看看申请电话相关的词汇：
1. Residential Services—住宅服务部。与商业服务有别。
2. Birthdate—出生日期。
3. Social Insurance Number—简称S.I.N.或工卡号码。填写各类申请表时经常都要用到这号码。
4. Driver's licence—驾驶执照。
5. Rent—租用。
6. Push-button phone—按键式电话。
7. Dial phone—搅拨式电话。
接下来与您分享一段实时对话记录：
You and your wife want to have telephone services in your new home as quickly as possible. Your wife calls the telephone company.
A: Residential Services. May I help you?
B: I'd like to have telephone service for my new home at 606 Howe Place.
A: Have you had a phone here before or anywhere else in Canada?
B: No.
A: I'll need some information from you. What's your name?
B: Amanda Aquino, A-Q-U-I-N-O.
A: What's your birthdate?
B: I was born on July 10, 1949.
A: What's your Social Insurance Number?
B: Sorry, I haven't got one yet.
A: Do you have a driver's licence?
B: Yes, it's an International Licence. The number is Z238769.
A: Do you have a bank account here?
B: Yes, it's at the head office of the Bank of Edmonton.
A: Would you like to rent push-button or dial phones?
B: Two dial and three push-button phones please.
A: Thank you. We'll take care of this early next Monday.
你与太太想新屋尽快有电话用，你太太便打电话到电话公司去。
甲：住宅服务部。有什么可以效劳吗?
乙：我想在我位于巧仪阁606号的新屋安装电话。
甲：你以前在这里或加拿大其他地方有没有安装过电话呢?
乙：没有。
甲：那我就需要一些关于你的资料了。你叫什么名字?乙：亚曼达.阿昆奴，A-Q-U-I-N-O。
甲：你的出生日期呢?
乙：我在1949年7月10日出生。
甲：你的社会保险号码是多少号。
乙：对不起，我仍未有社会保险号码。
甲：你有驾驶执照吗?
乙：有，是国际牌，号码是Z238769。
甲：你有银行户口在这里吗?
乙：有，在爱民顿银行的总行。
甲：你想要按键式还是搅拨式的电话呢?
乙：两个搅拨的和三个按键的。
甲：谢谢，我们于下星期一尽早替你办妥。
(本栏内容取材自 Survival English for New Canadians 新移民英语，星岛日报唐人街办事处有售。)