ምህረተስላሴ
ሰላም! የተለያዩ ርእሰ ጉዳዮችን እያነሳን፣ እንዴት በእንግሊዘኛ እንደሚገለጹ ወደምንማርበት የ English Together ዝግጅት እንኳን በደህና መጡ። ምህረተስላሴ እባላለሁ። አብረውኝ ደግሞ. . .

Tom

Hello everyone! I’m Tom. Welcome to today’s episode.

Kee  
Hi, I’m Kee, welcome to the programme!

Tom
So, guys, do you know what makes me really annoyed?

ምህረተስላሴ
No, what?

Tom
Cold callers! They are so annoying!

ምህረተስላሴ
Cold callers, you mean, people who call trying to sell you things? ‘Cold callers’ ዕቃ ለማሻሻጥ የሚደውሉ ሰዎች ማለት ነው።

Tom
Yeah! It’s so annoying when you stop to answer a call and then realise it’s a cold call! Do you have them in your country?

ምህረተስላሴ
ዕቃ ለማሻሻጥ ስለሚደውሉ ሰዎች ካነሳን ዘንዳ ወደዛሬው ጥያቄ እንለፍ፤ አቪቫ የሚባለው የመድህን ዋስትና ኩብንያ እንደሚለው  እንግሊዝ ውስጥ በየዓመቱ ምን ያህል ያልተፈለጉ የስልክና የፅሁፍ መልዕክቶች ይላካሉ?

ሀ)ሁለት ሚሊየን

ለ)ሃያ ሚሊየን

ሐ) ሁለት ቢሊየን

መልሱን ወደኋላ እንነግርዎታለን።

Kee
I think most places have them! I’m always getting calls from people trying to scam me in one way or another!

ምህረተስላሴ
Ah! To scam! ‘To scam’ ማታለል ማለት ነው። Yes, there are a lot of scammers out there!

Tom
I always hang up on them.

ምህረተስላሴ
‘Hang up’ ስልክ መዝጋት ማለት ነው። በዚሁ የዛሬውን የዜና ቅንጫቢ እናዳምጥ፤ ከቢቢሲ ሬዲዮ ፎር፣ መኒ ቦክስ መሰናዶ የተወሰደ ነው። አቅራቢው ዕቃ ለማሻሻጥ መደወል እንግሊዝ ውስጥ ባሉ አዛውንቶች ጡረታ pensions ላይ እያሳደረ ስላለው ተፅዕኖ ያወራል።

Presenter
The government has promised it will introduce a ban on cold-calling about pensions as quickly as possible. Since pension freedoms began nearly three years ago the Pensions Administration Standards Association estimates a billion pounds of pension money could have been lost to thieves. But whatever their true figure, these scams typically begin with a cold call.

Kee
That’s awful! Nuisance callers are annoying, but that report was criminal!

ምህረተስላሴ
‘Nuisance’ የሚረብሽ፣ ሰላም የሚነሳ ማለት ነው።

Tom
And they’re defrauding older people, too! These people have worked all their lives to save that money!

ምህረተስላሴ
‘To defraud’ ማታለል ማለት ነው። Perhaps we could stop these fraudsters by blocking their calls?

Kee
I’m not sure, that seems like a short-term approach to me.

ምህረተስላሴ
‘A short-term approach’ ለአጭር ጊዜ የሚሆን መላ ማለት ነው። What do you mean?

Kee
Well, because, whilst it might address the problem of cold calls, it doesn’t address the root of the problem!

ምህረተስላሴ
'The root of the problem’ የችግሩ ዋና መንስዔ ማለት ነው። So, you’re saying that the main problem is the cold callers, the people who are ringing.

Kee
Exactly! No cold callers, no cold calls!

ምህረተስላሴ
What do you think a good long-term approach would be, then?

Kee
For me, it seems like we need stronger regulations put in place.

ምህረተስላሴ
Yes. ‘Stronger regulations’ ጠንካራ ሕግ ማለት ነው። Stronger regulations could make cold-calling illegal!

Tom
But if they call from abroad what can we do here in England, or here in the UK? How can we regulate in different countries, with different laws? A British policeman couldn’t go to India to stop cold-calling!

Kee
I agree, but I think regulators here need to do more, too! Sometimes it seems like companies don’t care about all these cold calls we’re getting!

ምህረተስላሴ
የዛሬው ጥያቄ መልስ እንንገራችሁ ሐ) በየዓመቱ እንግሊዝ ውስጥ ሁለት ቢሊየን ያልተፈለጉ የስልክ ጥሪዎች እና የፅሁፍ መልዕክቶች ይላካሉ የሚል ነው።

Kee
Goodness! That’s so many!

Tom
Yeah, what a pain in the neck!

ምህረተስላሴ
Do you have a pain in your neck from talking on your phone all the time?

Tom
No, if something is a pain in the neck’ it means ‘it’s very annoying’.

ምህረተስላሴ
So I could say ‘cold callers are a pain the neck’?

Kee
Yeah! And nuisance calls!

Tom
And regulations! What a pain in the neck, eh?!

ምህረተስላሴ
ሃሃ፣ እርሶስ? ‘nuisance’ የሚረብሹ  ‘cold calls’ የማሻሻጫ የስልክ ጥሪዎች ይደርስዎታል? ሁሉንም በጅምላ የሚከለክል ‘a blanket ban’ ወይንም ጠንካራ ህግጋት ‘stronger regulations’ መኖር አለበት ይላሉ? ሌሎች ዛሬ የተማርናቸው ቃላት እነዚህ ናቸው፤ ‘a short-term approach’ ለአጭር ጊዜ የሚሰራ መላ ማለት ሲሆን ‘pain in the neck’ መፈናፈኛ የማይሰጥ ችግር ማለት ነው። ኃሳብዎን ያካፍሉን።

አብራችሁን ስለቆያችሁ እናመሰግናለን። ለተጨማሪ የኢንግሊሽ ቱጌዘር ዝግጅቶች በሚቀጥለው ሳምንት ይጠብቁን።