Nowadays, dogs can be taught to turn on light switches, open refrigerator doors and dial the telephone for their disabled owners.
现在,人们还教狗为残疾主人打开电灯、开冰箱和拨电话。
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The tears started again as I sat down on a hard bench and heard her dial the telephone and say, I have your daughter in a cell at the police station.
我坐在一个硬板凳上听她打电话,眼泪又开始流了起来。她说:“你女儿被关在警局的牢房里。
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Rotary dial
A rotary dial is a component of a telephone or a telephone switchboard that implements a signaling technology in telecommunications known as pulse dialing. It is used when initiating a telephone call to transmit the destination telephone number to a telephone exchange.