1. Ring the cinema to find out times 打電話給電影院查詢電影場次2. Going into the travel agents to research a holiday 去旅行社籌劃如何度假3. Record things using VHS 用家用錄像系統錄像【注】：VHS4. Dial directory enquiries 撥號給電話號碼查詢臺5. Use public telephones 使用公共電話6. Book tickets for events over the phone 電話訂票7. Print photos 打印照片8. Put a classified ad in the shop window 在商店的櫥窗掛分類廣告【注】：classified ad在報紙和一些期刊上列在分類的廣告部分上的付費廣告。大多是簡要的文字信息，表達能提供的貨物和服務。9. Ring the speaking clock 按下語音報時鐘10. Carry portable CD players 攜帶便攜式CD機11. Write handwritten letters 手寫書信12. Buy disposable cameras 購買一次性相機13. Take plenty of change for pay phones 為了使用投幣式公共電話而帶很多零錢14. Make mix tapes 制作集錦磁帶15. Pay bills at the post office 在郵局付賬單16. Use an address book 使用地址通訊簿17. Check a map before or during car journey 在驅車旅游之前或途中查看地圖18. Reverse charges in payphones 打公用電話時讓對方付費19. Go into the bank or building society to conduct your business 去銀行或建房協會辦理業務20. Buy TV listings 購買電視節目表21. Own an encyclopaedia擁有一部百科全書22. Queue to get car tax in Post Office 在郵局排隊交汽車稅23. Develop and send off for photographs 洗照片、寄照片24. Read a hard copy of the Yellow Pages 閱讀黃頁的復印件25. Look up something in dictionary 查字典26. Remember phone numbers/ Have a phone book 記住電話號碼27. Watch videos 看錄像帶28. Have pen friends 有筆友29. Use a telephone directory 使用電話號碼簿30. Use pagers 使用尋呼機31. Fax things 傳真32. Buy CDs/ Have a CD collection 買CD/收藏CD33. Pay by cheque 用支票付款34. Make photo albums 制作相冊35. Watch programmes at the time they are shown 觀看當期播放的電視節目36. Dial 1471 when you get home 到家后撥打1471【注】：When you dial 1471, you can find out who made the last call to you. This service is called Call Return.37. Warm milk or other hot drinks on stove 在爐子上加熱牛奶或其他熱飲38. Try on lots of pairs of shoes on high street 在商業街上試穿很多雙鞋子. Hand wash clothes 手洗衣服40. Advertise in trading papers 在專業性報紙上登廣告41. Send love letters 寄送情書42. Hand-write essays / school work 手寫論文/學校作業43. Buy flowers from a florist 在花店買花44. Work out how to spell something yourself 自己拼寫出某個單詞45. Keep a personal diary 寫私人日記46. Send post cards 寄明信片47. Buy newspapers 買報紙48. Hang washing out in winter 在冬天把洗好的衣服掛在外面晾干49. Keep printed bills or bank statements 保留打印賬單或銀行對賬單50. Visit car boot sales 逛跳蚤市場