F:Excuse me. Is this one word or two separate words? 请问，这是一个字还是两个字？
B:Two words. 两个字。 F:You have put punctuation marks in the message. 你在电文里加了标点， The charge for each mark is the same as one word. 每个标点都按一个字收费。 Do you want to cable the marks, then? 那你的标点要不要拍出去呢？
B:Yes, please. 好，拍吧。 F:Eighteen words in all. That comes to forty-six yuan and eighty fen.;F:共18个字，电报费一 共46.8元。 B:Here is the money. By the way, when will the telegram get there? 这是电报费。顺便问一下，电报何时能到达？ F:It will take about four or five hours. 大约要四、五个小时。
