See, in America cellphones work a little differently. There are very few "pay-as-you-go" plans, so most people sign a contract for a six-month or one-year plan.

一开始我还不太明白，要知道，在美国，手机的用法不太一样，几乎没有“按话务量多少来计费”的作法，大多数人都是签一个6个月或是一年的合同，很多合同不包括免费的短信服务；而且，不管你打没打电话，每月也得交固定的费用，手机只是使打电话变得更容易一些。

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He was urging Congress to pass a new “pay-as-you-go” (PAYGO) plan that would oblige it to pay for new spending either by raising taxes or by cutting outlays.

奥巴马正催促国会通过“花钱自己付”（PAYGO）计划，对于新增开支或者增税或者节流。

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Change the increment of the Pay as You Go plan from 30 to 60, as shown in Figure 36.

将Pay As You Go结算方案的增量从30更改为60，如图36所示。

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Kerry said he would follow a fiscally responsible "pay-as-you-go" plan and clearly identify how new programs would be financed.

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Virgin Mobile's pay-as-you-go plan, for example, costs 10 cents a minute if you buy 200 minutes, but only five cents a minute if you order 1, 000.

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As in other OCED countries whose populations are aging rapidly, Germany's pay-as-you-go state pension plan is on the verge of collapse.

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