ATTT 6
E (Mr.English):Hello friends and welcome to A Ticket To Tomorrow.Today鈥檚 show is about h please excuse me while take this call,鈥渉ello.鈥
P (Peter):鈥淗ello,this is Peter calling,may I speak to Tamara?
E:Tamara is not here right now.Would you like to leave a message?
P:Yes,please ask her to call me this afternoon.She has my number.
E:I鈥檒l give her the message.
P:Thank you very much.
E:You鈥檙e welcome.
P:Bye-bye.
E:Bye.
E:Now,and our show today鈥 Oh,excuse me again
Y (Yoko):Hello,this is Yoko,may I speak to Tamara,please?
E:Tamara is not here right now.Would you like to leave a message?
Y:Yes,please ask her to call me tomorrow.She has my number.
E:I鈥檒l give her the message.
Y:Thank you very much.
E:You鈥檙e welcome.
Y:Bye-bye.
T (Tamara):Hello Mr.English.
E:Tamara,I have some messages for you.
T:Yes,I know,from Peter and from Yoko.
E:That鈥檚 right.Peter would like you鈥
T:To call him this afternoon.
E:Yes.
T:And Yoke would like me to call her tomorrow.Thank you for the messages Mr.English.
E:But,how do you know the messages?
T:Oh,in the 21st century,communication is very different.We don鈥檛 need telephones.
E:No telephones?So,how can you call someone?
T:We just THINK!
E:You think?
T:Yes,we think about the person and the person can hear us.We think about the message and the person get the message.Imagination is very important in the 21st century.
E:Imagination?
T:Yes,imagination.You know,you just close your eyes and you think,you see a picture in your mind.You can imagine that somebody is standing in front of you.You can imagine that the person is with you.The person isn鈥檛 really with you,but you can call and send a message,you just use your mind.You think.
E:No telephones?
T:No telephones!
[Sing a song]
IMAGINATION.THAT IS THE FUTURE OF COMMUNICATION.I THINK ABOUT YOU AND I CLOSE MY EYES.AND YOU KNOW I鈥橫 CALLING YOU.BUT IT鈥橲 NO SURPRISE.YOU GET THE MESSAGE.YOU SEE THE PICTURE.YOU GET THE MESSAGE AND THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR.I ASK A QUESTION,YOU GIVE THE ANSWER AS SOON AS I GET THE FEELING YOU鈥橰E HEARING.YOU ARE ON MY MIND.YOU鈥橰E HEARING ME.YOU ARE ON MY MIND AND I KNOW THAT YOU CAN HEAR ME.GET THE MESSAGE.IMAGINATION,THAT鈥橲 THE FUTURE OF COMMUNICATION.] I THINK ABOUT YOU AND I SEE YOUR FACE.AND I KNOW YOU鈥橰E HEARING ME.IN ANOTHER PLACE,YOU GET THE MESSAGE.YOU SEE THE PICTURE.YOU GET THE MESSAGE AND THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR.I ASK A QUESTION.YOU GIVE THE ANSWER AS SOON AS I GET THE FEELING YOU鈥橰E HEARING.YOU ARE ON MY MIND.AND I FEEL THAT YOU鈥橰E HEARING ME.YOU ARE ON MY MIND.AND I KNOW THAT YOU CAN HEAR ME.GET THE MESSAGE.
T:Mr.English,Mr.English,the phone is ringing.Mr.English,where are you?Well,I鈥檒l get it.Hello.
P:Hello,this is Peter calling,may I speak to Mr.English,please?
T:He is not here right now.Would you like to leave a message?
P:Yes,please ask him to call me 5554768.
T:4786?
P:No,it鈥檚 4768.
T:Ok,I鈥檒l give him the message.
P:Thank you very much.
T:You鈥檙e welcome.
P:Bye-bye.
T:Bye.Oh,Mr.English,I have a message for you.Peter wants you to call him.His number is 5554768,I think.
E:And now I need to call 5556087.I need to talk to someone of my bank.
M (Machine):Thank you for calling the international saving bank.If you would like accountant information,press 1,now.If you would like information about new cash machine,press 2,now.If you would like to apply ] a credit card,press 3,now.
E:Oh,this is terrible.
T:What鈥檚 the wrong,Mr.English?
E:Well,I just want to know the hours the bank is open today.
I think they are open this evening.But I鈥檓 not sure.The machine is talking to me now.And the machine is not answering my question.
M:If you would like to speak to someone,press 6,now.
E:Oh,good.The line is busy,oh machines!Machines!Machines!
Where is the personal touch?
T:The personal touch?
E:Yes,a really person,someone to talk to.There are so many machines everywhere; sometime it is not easy to feel the personal touch.
T:Well,don鈥檛 worry Mr.English.That will change later in the 21st century,we use machines,but in the future,communication with other people is easy too.
E:But I can鈥檛 wait for the 21st century.I need to go to the bank today.
[Song a sing]
RROW.WHERE IS THE PERSONAL TOUCH?I DON鈥橳 NEED VERY MUCH.JUST A LITTLE TIME,JUST A LITTLE HELLO,JUST A LITTLE TIME AND THEN I鈥橪L GO.I REALLY DON鈥橳 NEED VERY MUCH,JUST A LITTLE A BIT OF THE PERSONAL TOUCH.
IS ANYBODY THERE?CAN SOMEBODY HELP ME?I REALLY WANT TO TALK TO A PERSON NOW.IS ANYBODY THERE?I HAVE A SIMPLE QUESTION.I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION BUT I DON鈥橳 KNOW HOW.WOW WOW WOW WOW...
WHERE IS THE PERSONAL TOUCH?I DON鈥橳 NEED VERY MUCH.JUST A LITTLE TIME,JUST A LITTLE HELLO,JUST A LITTLE TIME AND THEN I鈥橪L GO.I REALLY DON鈥橳 NEED VERY MUCH,JUST A LITTLE A BIT OF THE PERSONAL TOUCH.
IS ANYBODY THERE?CAN SOMEBODY HELP ME?I REALLY WANT TO TALK TO A PERSON NOW.IS ANYBODY THERE?I HAVE A SIMPLE QUESTION.I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION BUT I DON鈥橳 KNOW HOW.
E:Join us on our next show.And鈥?h,there鈥檚 another call.On our next show,we鈥檒l talk about jobs.So that鈥檚 all for now,until the next time,on A TICKET TO TOMORROW