Their position was that they had no more obligation to put out the fire than New Jersey firemen would have to answer a call from New York.

他们的灭火的职责和新泽西的同行们相同——不得不接听一个个从纽约打来火警电话。

youdao

Whether it's in the construction of a conference call, or considering that there might be a point of view other than our own, the answer is simple: Human beings just have to be human to one another.

不管是否在电话会议中，或者考虑一下可能在我们的想法之外还有其他可能，答案很简单：人只需要相互以人相待。

youdao

For many people, a text or mobile Facebook message is seen as less intrusive than a phone call, which asks the recipient to interrupt what they're doing and answer.

对于许多人而言，一个文本短信或是一个手机脸书信息相比于一通电话而言对你手头上的事打扰的程度更小，因为一通电话使接收者必须打断正在做的事来回答。

youdao

But Favre has managed to find a way to answer the call without all the repetitions and offseason workouts most players endure.

FORBES: Ironman Against Supermen To Start NFL Season

The MPs say the priority should be to answer what they call "the English Question", a task they would assign to a "preconvention".

BBC: MPs say England needs to come to the devolution party

In the eyes of some American conservatives, the war against al-Qaeda offered a similar opportunity to answer the call of greatness.

ECONOMIST: Lexington