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2006.11.28

As if it isn't already hard enough to remember a 10-digit telephone number, here are a few more digits you'll have to learn!

Today's Lesson
EXTENSION   内線（番号）

Explanation

  • An extension is a telephone connected to the main switchboard in an office, hotel, etc. It is also the additional number used to identify such a phone when connecting to it from the switchboard.
  • extension とは、会社やホテルの中心となる交換台に接続されている電話のことです。交換台からの接続の際、個々の電話を識別するための番号、つまり、内線番号をさすこともあります。

examples

  1. My work number is 222-3344, extension 5566.
  2. Call the main switchboard and ask for extension 937.
  3. CALLER: I'd like to speak to John Smith, please.
    SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR: Do you know the extension?
  4. (explaining the office phone system to a new employee)
    To call someone else in the office, just dial “0” followed by their extension.

英会話レッスンThanks for calling!