Name: 聊起電話來很尷尬嗎？- 6分鐘英語 (Is talking on the phone embarrassing? - 6 Minute English)
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Duration: 6 min 32 s
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Neil: Hello, and welcome to 6 Minute English. I'm Neil.

Stephen Fry is an English writer and comedian

and is well known for being extremely intelligent

I wish I was half as knowledgeable as he is!

Sam: I wish I were a quarter as knowledgeable!

And maybe this week's question will help you become

Approximately what was the distance of that call?

Sam: So when you say long distance ……?

Remember the telephone was only a baby in 1876.

Sam: In that case, I'll say approximately 15km.

Stephen Fry is also known as a technophile.

The suffix 'phile' means 'a lover of that thing'.

So a technophile is someone who loves technology.

Fry was a guest on the BBC podcast Word of Mouth

It seems he's not a fan of the telephone.

a really annoying blip in our communications and that's

old technology. I mean that's 1880s, 90s.

especially if you're British – you know, that

oh, you know - the moment one Englishman opens his

- when you're speaking to someone on the telephone

all the age, class, education, vocabulary

and it's embarrassing. I hate being on the

- especially strangers in shops and things like that

Neil: So, why doesn't he like the telephone?

Sam: Well, he uses a quote from the writer

It's not the exact quote but the meaning is that

To despise someone is a very strong emotion

Neil: So, what is it about the English person's voice

that there is a lot of information about someone that

You can make a judgment about someone's age,

Neil: 'Class' refers to your economic and social position

upper class, middle class and working class.

The family into which you are born dictates your class.

These used to be a lot more important in British society

but there are still different prejudices and negative

feelings related to the relationship between the classes.

Sam: Exactly, so hearing someone's voice on the

telephone might make you think something negative

about someone based on very old-fashioned

What makes it worse is that these conversations

This means they are 'happening live', 'not recorded',

so you have no time to really think about it.

which is a word for when something is not quite right

- when there is a fault or a mistake which is usually

I don't like to talk to strangers on the phone very much

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聊起電話來很尷尬嗎？- 6分鐘英語 (Is talking on the phone embarrassing? - 6 Minute English)

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