I see the lines for phones and computers and marvel that my son would be so patient to wait in a line like that to connect with us when he was here in 2004.
我看到人们排着电话和电脑的长队，很惊讶我的儿子在2004年的时候能如此耐心地排队等着和我们联系。
To do that then was really to be severed from your ties. To make a phone call I had to wait in line at a phone place and it was not easy.
尽管现在不会出现真正与其他任何人完全隔离的情况，那时候这么做确实是把自己与你的所有关系都断绝了，我打一个电话必须在一个电话亭排队，这真的不容易。
And then do I wait in line again?
那我填好了之后还要再重新排队吗？
Because all the other people were waiting in line, I did not want to stand out like a camel amongst a group of sheep, and I decided to wait in line as well.
因为其他所有人都在排队，我可不想鹤立鸡群，所以我决定也去排队啦。
You'd get a phone card and wait in line and then get a few minutes on a scratchy connection to get all the news from Grandma and as many "I love you's" to the child as possible.
你只能拿着电话卡，排队等着，直到有一会通过糟糕的信号从外婆那得到些信息，并尽可能地对孩子说声：“我爱你。”
You'd get a phone card and wait in line and then get a few minutes on a scratchy connection to get all the news from Grandma and as many "I love you's" to the child as possible.
你只能拿着电话卡，排队等着，直到有一会通过糟糕的信号从外婆那得到些信息，并尽可能地对孩子说声：“我爱你。”
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