Then there is the high graphical content of the rich world's web: videos and social networking are unworkable in the snail-slow dial-up offered in most African internet cafés.
只有这样,非洲用户才能应用到丰富的世界网址所提供的详实信息:在非洲国家拨号极慢的大多数网吧,应用视频和社交网络是不切实际的。
First, I would look up a number in a paper directory or a local cache—either a personal address book or my brain—and then enter this number on a dial (later, on a keypad).
首先,我要在纸质电话本或者本地缓存里查找电话号码 -- 个人电话本或者我的大脑 -- 然后输入号码打电话。
From a corner pay-call, you pick up the phone, listen for a dial tone (a buzzing sound), deposits a coin or COINS (depending on the cost in the area) and then dial the number.
在街角的付费电话亭,你拿起电话,听到拨号声音(嗡嗡声),投入硬币(数量视地区而定),然后拨号。
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