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Daily Life - Text Me(C0358)

A: Why didn’t you text me last night?

B: What? I sent you three or four messages!

A: I didn’t get any of them. I was waiting for you to text me the address of where the party was and I never got your message.

B: Why didn’t you just call? I hate sending SMS messages.

A: Well, because I didn’t have any credit on my phone. I used it all up this month.

B: I thought you had an unlimited SMS plan?

A: I do, but if I don’t have any credit in my phone, it won’t let me call or send messages.

B: No wonder you didn’t get my texts!

Key Vocabulary

text ; None ; act of sending a text message via a mobile phone

SMS ; None ; abbreviation for Short Message Service

credit ; None ; amount of money that you have available to make ca

use it up ; None ; to completely finish or extinguish something

unlimited ; None ; without limits or restrictions

no wonder ; None ; not surprisingly

Supplementary Vocabulary

voicemail ; None ; A service that allows you to leave a recorded message

calling card ; None ; A prepaid card that allows you to make international phone calls

pay as you go ; None ; Credit purchased in advance in order to make phone calls on a mobile phone

coverage ; None ; The area that the mobile phone operator covers or allows for making phone calls

drop a call ; None ; To lose connection of a call