Helen and Neil are in the studio when Helen's phone rings. But when she picks up there's no sound. What's gone wrong? Find out and learn a useful phrase in the programme.
海伦和尼尔在演播室里，这时海伦的电话响了。海伦接起电话后却没有声音。出什么问题了？请收听本期节目，并学习节目中讲到的有用短语。
Note: This is not a word-for-word transcript.
注：音频与文本并不完全对应。
Helen: Hello welcome to The English We Speak, I'm Helen.
海伦：欢迎收听地道英语节目，我是海伦。
Neil: Hello everyone. I'm Neil. It's great to be here today, Helen.
尼尔：大家好。我是尼尔。海伦，今天来做节目太好了。
Helen: You are very cheerful today.
海伦：你今天很高兴啊。
Neil: I feel pretty good, I walked from the train station to the office and it seems to have really energised me.
尼尔：我现在感觉非常好，我今天是从火车站走到办公室的，看来这确实让我精力充沛。
(phone rings)
（电话响了）
Helen: That's my phone. Hello, hello? Anyone there? Hello?
海伦：是我的电话。你好，你好？请问找谁？你好？
Neil: Oh, it looks like you may be out of juice.
尼尔：哦，看起来你的手机没电了。
Helen: What? I am not drinking any juice, but my phone has just gone dead.
海伦：什么？我并没有喝果汁，我的手机刚才关机了。
Neil: That's what I mean. Your phone isn't working because it's out of juice.
尼尔：我就是这个意思。你的手机不再运作是因为它没电了。
Helen: Please explain: what's juice got to do with my phone?
海伦：请你解释一下果汁和我的手机有什么关系？
Neil: When you've used all the battery power of something like a mobile phone, so that it doesn't work anymore, we can say it's 'out of juice'. It's a slang expression. Have a listen to these examples:
尼尔：像手机这种用蓄电池的设备，如果不再运作，我们就可以说它“没电了”。这是一个俚语。请听下面的例句：
Examples
例句
My laptop's out of juice. This is so frustrating.
我的笔记本电脑没电了。这太令人沮丧了。
I am packing three spare phone batteries so I don't run out of juice on my climbing trip.
我装了三块备用的手机电池，这样我的手机就不会在登山旅行中没电了。
Helen: I see. Can we use it for anything else apart from batteries?
海伦：我明白了。除了电池之外，还能用在其它地方吗？
Neil: Sure, sometimes if a person feels low on energy, they could say 'I'm out of juice'. Also if your car is low on petrol, you could say 'The car's running out of juice.'
尼尔：可以，如果一个人感觉无精打采，那就可以说“我没精神”。如果你的汽车快没油了，你也可以说“车快没油了。”
Helen: Thanks for explaining this phrase. Now I'm feeling quite thirsty — a glass of juice would be most welcome.
海伦：谢谢你解释这个短语。现在我非常渴，我想来一杯果汁。
Neil: Let's go and get some then. Meanwhile, charge your phone, so it's got plenty of juice.
尼尔：我们去喝果汁吧。另外，记得给你的手机充电，充满电就能继续使用了。
Helen: Will do.
海伦：我会的。
Neil: See you next time.
尼尔：下次见。