才找到一个电话亭
It was a pretty hot day.
那时一个十分炎热的日子
Anyway
无论如何
I dialed the operator:
我接通了接线员
'How may I help you?'
您需要什么服务?
I said
我说
I like to call my Mom in Germany.
我想给在德国的母亲打个电话
She said
她说:
'$ 12 for the first 3 minutes.'
最初三分钟12美元
I fed the phone all the quarters I had.
我把手中所有的硬币都倒进了电话机里
A.s.a. that happened
刚把硬币扔完
I heard the phone ring.
我听到了电话提示音
It was my Mom who picked up.
是母亲拿起了电话
She was extremely excited
她兴奋极了
to hear my voice for the first time in a year.
一年以来,还是第一次听到了我的声音
We talked fast and excitedly.
我们快速说着话,都很兴奋
After a while she said:
过了一会儿她问
'Child this must be very expensive?'
孩子,这很贵吧?
I had forgotten time and space.
我已经忘记了世间和空间
We talked on and on.
我们继续交谈下去
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