也就是说，事实上唯一给我们家里打电话的人是我们婴儿潮世代的父母。所以我们会玩一个游戏，在拿起电话之前猜是谁在打电话（使用来电显示功能会让游戏失去乐趣）。
That said, to be honest the only people who ever ring our home phone are our Baby Boomers parents, to the point where we play a game and guess who is calling before we pick up the phone (using Caller ID would take the fun out of it).
十月的一个晚上，当我开车行驶在回家的路上时，丈夫打电话给我：“珍，你快到家了吗？
As I drove home from work one night last October, my husband called me. "Jen, how close are you?
玛丽：两周前我在贵公司面试，我打电话来想询问一下面试结果，我希望你能给我一个肯定的答复。
Mary: : I had an interview with your company two weeks ago. I am calling to ask about the interview result. I hope you can give me a positive reply.
玛丽：两周前我在贵公司面试，我打电话来想询问一下面试结果，我希望你能给我一个肯定的答复。
Mary: I had an interview with your company two weeks ago. I am calling to ask about the interview result. I hope you can give me a positive reply.
如果你想游玩，需要一个人给你当向导就打电话给我。下周在我的新公寓有个小聚会。如果那时你有时间，可以过来玩玩。
B: Well listen, if you need someone to show you the sights then just call me. I' m having a little get-together at my new apartment next week so if you want to drop by then.
我还记得我第一次听到乔治·布什在爱奥华州发表演讲时，我给我的一个朋友打电话说：我的上帝，这个家伙会击败我们。
Bush give a speech in Iowa, and I called a friend of mine and said, 'My God, that guy can beat us.
数年前，当我在一个慈善活动上演讲，组织者在大会前打电话给我问我的鞋码。
Years ago, when I was speaking at a charity event, the organizers called me prior to the conference and asked my shoe size.
在我17岁时，一个男孩曾伤了我的心，那个晚上他最后一次打电话给我，我是哭着进入梦乡的。
When I was 17, a boy broke my heart. The night he called for the last time, I cried myself to sleep.
有一次，在一个下雨的深夜，我被困在了这座城市的一个陌生地带，便给我的兄弟打电话请求帮助。看到他驾车赶到，我感到十分欣慰。
EXAMPLE: Once when I was stranded late one rainy night in a strange part of town I called my brother for help, and when I saw him arrive in his car, he was really a sight for sore eyes.
这是许多年来贸发会议一直存在的- 有足够的理由，在我们的知道的情况下，打电话给我们推出了我们今天的第一个四十年的问题。
This is twice as many years as UNCTAD has been in existence -- reason enough, in our case, to call the volume we are launching today Our First Forty Years.
在获得诺贝尔奖后不到一个星期内，扎威尔就打电话给编辑追问两篇论文的进展情况，这让编辑大为惊讶，问道：“是你在给我打电话吗？”
Tracking the progress of two papers within a week of receiving the prize, he reached a surprised editor who said, "You on the phone?"
在数年前的一个圣诞前夕，我收到附近小区一位女士的电话，她是在黄页找到我的名字的，而她打电话给我，「只希望能听到一个声音」。
On Christmas Eve some years ago I got a phone call from a woman in a neighboring community. She had picked my name out of the Yellow Pages, and she called "just to hear a voice."
在数年前的一个圣诞前夕，我收到附近小区一位女士的电话，她是在黄页找到我的名字的，而她打电话给我，「只希望能听到一个声音」。
On Christmas Eve some years ago I got a phone call from a woman in a neighboring community. She had picked my name out of the Yellow Pages, and she called "just to hear a voice."
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