The Telephone(电话)
【简介】感谢网友“唯爱抢地主”参与投稿，以下是小编精心整理的The Telephone(电话)（共6篇），供大家阅读参考。
篇1：电话（telephone）
作者：北辰
电话是传达信息的最快捷、最便利的交际工具,使用极为广泛。电话的英文名称是telephone,它是由前辍tele-加phone构成,意思是远方的声音。根据电话的种类,英文中有home phones(家庭电话)、office phones(办公室电话)、public/pay phones(公用电话)、video phones(电视电话)、cordless phones(无绳电话)等。其中公用电话又有不同的种类,有coin-operated phones(投币电话)、phonecard phones(磁卡电话)等。这些名称分别展示出电话的使用场所、性能、特点及使用方式。
在一些英美国家,许多家庭的主人在接电话时往往先报自家的电话号码,各行业、团体的办公室机构通常先自报家门。这与我们中国的习惯截然不同。
通话时,如果打电话的人问“May I speak to Mr Smith?”而接电话的人又正是Smith,他会说:“This is Smith speaking.”或“Speaking.”其语意相当于“我就是”,其言外之意是“有什么事请讲”。如果要找的人不在,接电话的人常主动提出“May I take a message for you?”(我可以帮你捎个口信吗?)
另外,通话时由于打电话双方互相看不见,听话人往往用“Yes.”,“Mm.”,“Right.”,“I see.”等表示自己在听对方讲话。如果我们用英语打电话时能够自然地运用这些话语,谈话就会很顺畅,免得对方不停地问你“Are you listening?”(你正在听吗?)
篇2：Telephone 电话用语
Telephone 电话用语
A: Good morning. United Airline.
B: Hello. I'd like to speak to Mr. Reynolds.
A: I'm sorry he's not in right now. Would you like to leave a message?
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A: May I help you? Bank of America.
B: I'm trying to contact a friend Fred Ashley.
A: Just a moment. I'm afraid we have no one by that name, sir.
B: I see. Thank you.
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A: Alitalia Airlines, sir.
B: Extension 5578, please.
A: One moment, please.
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A: This is Dr. Wood's office.
B: Is this 792-3021?
A: No, this is 792-3025
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A: Could you connect me with the reservation office?
B: Hold the line a minute, I'll connect you.
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A: What number are you calling?
B: Area code 415,823-7996.
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A: I'd like to make a collect call to 352-3558.
B: Who shall I say is phoning?
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A: Operator.
B: Hello. I'd like to make an international phone call to Tokyo.
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A: Will this be person to person or station to station?
B: Person to person.
A: Who would you like to speak to?
B: Tracy Morgan.
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A: Long distance, please. Person to person to Jack Nielsen. The number is 335-7216.
B: Area code?
A: Oh! It's in Jackson, Mississippi.
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A: What city, please?
B: Chicago. Eric Weizman. It's on Jackson Drive.
A: Just a moment, please. The number is 197-2700.
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A: Operator, could you please get me 812-7986 in San Francisco?
B: You can dial that direct, sir.
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A: Number, please?
B: 337-7554.
A: Sorry, sir. The line is busy. Will you hold on?
B: No, I'll call back later.
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A: What is your billing?
B: This call is collect.
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篇3：初中英语作文：电话 The Telephone
初中英语作文：电话 The Telephone
The TelephoneThe telephone is one of the most welcome(受欢迎的`)and useful electrical devices(电器)ever invented.No wonder(无疑)more and more families have got to use their own telephones today.The telephone makes things easy in many ways.Especially,after the mobile telephone(手机)appears,communication of information(信息的传递)becomes more easy and rapid.To students and people going out for business far way from(远离......)their homes,the tele-phone can shorten(缩短)the distance from their parents and wives and husbands and children.Thus they will get comfort in mind whenever they are homesick(想有的)or they run into(遇到)trouble.With the help of the telephone,people can keep in touch with(与......保持)anyone at any time and any place for urgent('紧急的)help.In such a case,the telephone is especially important,When we read an advertisement(广告)in a newspaper or watch it on TV.we can ask for(寻求)more in-formation of a product(产品)through the telephone and even place an order(订货).All in all(总之),the telephone is so helpful that we can say that nowadays(现在)we can't live without the telephone in our daily(日常的)life.We will further improve the performance(功能)of the telephone so as to create(创造)better conditions for its development.
参考译文：电话电话是迄今为止发明的最受欢迎、用处最大的电器之一。无疑今天已有越来越多的家庭开始使用他们自己的电话了。电话在许多方面给人带来方便，尤其是移动电话的发明使信息的交流更加方便快捷。对于远离家门的学生和出差人员来说，电话可以缩短他们与家人(父母、妻子、丈夫和孩子)的距离。因此，无论何时他们思念家人或者陷入困境时，就可以通过电话获得精神上的安慰。有了电话就可以随时随地且很容易地与他人联系，遇到紧急情况就可以打电话求助。在这种情况下，电话尤其重要。当我们在报纸或者电视上看了某种产品的广告后，可以通过电话询问信息，甚至与公司订货。总之，电话是如此有用，以至当今，我们在日常生活中离不开电话。并且我们将进一步改进电话的性能，为其发展创造更好的条件。
篇4：Telephone
Telephone
TelephoneThe Telephone is one of the most important inventions in the 20th century. With telephones our life has become easy and convenient. No matter how far away your friend is, you can always contact him with h telephone. There ~ re many kinds of telephones now. What's more, telephones are very cheap, so almost every family has a telephone. Beside making telephone call, telephones have many new uses, such as asking for information, listening to the music. The telephone plays an important role in our daily life.
篇5：Unit 02 How to Using Telephone 电话沟通
Unit 02 How to Using Telephone 电话沟通
EDWARD GREEN: Hello, my name is Edward Green. I would like to speak to Mr. Smith, please.
爱德华．格林：你好， 我是爱德华．格林。请史密斯先生接电话。
SMITH'S SECRETARY: I am sorry, but Mr.Smith isn't available.
史密斯的秘书：对不起，史密斯先生现在不在。
EDWARD GREEN: Okay. I'll bring back. Does Mr. Smith have a direct line?
爱德华．格林：那好吧。我再打过来。史密斯先生有直线电话吗？
SMITH'S SECRETARY: I'm sorry but the number is confidential.
史密斯的秘书：对不起，号码保密。
EDWARD GREEN: Okay. Thank you.
爱德华．格林：好的。谢谢。
JENNY ROSS: It's very difficult to speak to Mr. Smith.
詹妮．罗斯：想跟史密斯先生通电话真难。
EDWARD GREEN: Yes, I know.
爱德华．格林：是啊，我知道。
NOVO RECEPTIONIST: Good morning, RUYJ Advertising.
NOVO 接待员：早上好， RUYJ 广告公司。
DON BRADLEY: Good morning. This is Don Bradley. Can I talk to Phil Watson, please?
堂．布拉德利：早上好。我是堂．布拉德利。请菲尔．沃森接电话？
NOVO RECEPTIONIST: What company are you from please?
NOVO 接待员：您是哪家公司的？
DON BRADLEY: Bibury Systems.
堂．布拉德利：Bibury系统公司。
NOVO RECEPTIONIST: I'll put you through.
NOVO 接待员：我给您转过去。
DAVE: Phil Watson's phone.
戴夫菲尔．沃森的电话。
DON BRADLEY: Good morning. Can I talk to Phil, please?
堂．布拉德利：早上好。请菲尔听电话
DAVE: Can I ask who's calling please?
戴夫：能问一下您是哪位吗？
DON BRADLEY: Don Bradley from Bibury Systems.
堂．布拉德利： Bibury系统公司的堂．布拉德利。
DAVE: Well, Mr. Bradley, I'm afraid Phil's not in the office at the moment.
戴夫：哦，布拉德利先生，菲尔目前不在办公室。
Can I take a message or would you like to ring him on his mobile phone?
让我给他捎信还是您打他的移动电话?
DON BRADLEY: I'll try his mobile. Can I have the number please?
堂．布拉德利：我还是打他的移动电话吧。请问号码是多少？
DAVE: 0802 54377
戴夫：0802 54377
DON BRADLEY: Just let me check that. Zero eight zero two five four three double seven.
堂．布拉德利：让我对一下。0802 54377。
DAVE: That's it.
戴夫：对。
DON BRADLEY: Thanks.
堂．布拉德利：谢谢。
PHIL WATSON: Hello. Phil Watson.
菲尔．沃森： 你好。菲尔．沃森。
DON BRADLEY: Hello. Phil, this is Don Bradley.
堂．布拉德利：你好。菲尔，我是堂．布拉德利。
PHIL WATSON: Hello, Don. Sorry to keep you waiting. How are you?
菲尔．沃森： 你好， 堂。抱歉让你久等。你身体好吗?
DON BRADLEY: I'm fine, thanks. Can we meet? We have a new product and I want you to see it.
堂．布拉德利：好，谢谢。我们能见个面吗？我们有了新产品，我希望你看一下。
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SMITH'S SECRETARY: Hello, Mr. Smith's office.
史密斯的秘书：你好， 史密斯先生的办公室。
EDWARD GREEN: Hello, my name is Edward Green from Bibury Systems. I rang earlier. I would like to speak to Mr. Smith, please.
爱德华．格林：你好， 我是Bibury系统公司的爱德华．格林。我之前打过电话。我想跟史密斯先生通电话。
SMITH'S SECRETARY: I'm afraid Mr. Smith is not in the office at the moment. Can I ask what it is about?
史密斯的秘书：史密斯先生目前不在办公室。请问您有什么事?
EDWARD GREEN: It is very important. I represent Bibury Systems. We've got a new product and I want Mr. Smith to see it.
爱德华．格林：是很重要的事。我代表Bibury系统公司。我们新推出了一款产品，希望史密斯先生看一下。
SMITH'S SECRETARY: Please send the product specifications by mail, Mr. Green.
史密斯的秘书：格林先生，请把该产品的说明书邮寄给我们。
EDWARD GREEN: I would like Mr. Smith to see the product and would like to talk to Mr. Smith direct. When is a good time to call?
爱德华．格林：我希望史密斯先生看一下产品，并且希望直接和他谈一谈。什么时候打电话合适?
SMITH'S SECRETARY: You could try ringing this afternoon.
史密斯的秘书：你可以今天下午试着打一下。
EDWARD GREEN: Thank you. Goodbye.
爱德华．格林：谢谢。再见。
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DEREK JONES: Yes.
德里克．琼斯：你好。
CALLER: Can I speak to Peter?
CALLER：请皮特听电话?
DEREK JONES: Peter Hill?
德里克．琼斯：皮特•希尔?
CALLER: No. Peter Toyama.
CALLER： No。皮特•富山。
DEREK JONES: There is no one here called Peter Toyama.
德里克．琼斯：我们这儿没皮特•富山这个人。
CALLER: Is that extension 367?
CALLER：这是367分机吗?
DEREK JONES: No, you've got the wrong number. This is 412.
德里克．琼斯：不是，你打错了。这是分机 412。
CALLER: I'm sorry. Could you put me back to the switchboard?
CALLER： 对不起。您能把我转回总机？
DEREK JONES: Yes, hang on.
德里克．琼斯：可以，稍等。
EDWARD GREEN: Hello, this is Edward Green. I rang earlier. I would like to speak to Mr. Smith, please.
爱德华．格林：你好， 我是爱德华．格林。我之前打过电话。我想跟史密斯先生通话。
SMITH'S SECRETARY: I'm afraid that Mr. Smith is in a meeting.
史密斯的秘书：史密斯先生正在开会。
EDWARD GREEN: Is he free later this afternoon?
爱德华．格林：他今天下午稍后有空吗?
SMITH'S SECRETARY: I don't think so. Mr. Smith is very busy at the moment.
史密斯的秘书：没有。史密斯先生现在很忙。
EDWARD GREEN: I'll ring again tomorrow.
爱德华．格林：那我明天再打。
SMITH'S SECRETARY: I am afraid Mr. Smith isn't in the office tomorrow.
史密斯的秘书：史密斯先生明天也不在办公室。
CLIVE HARRIS: Clive Harris.
克莱夫．哈里斯： 克莱夫．哈里斯。
KATE MCKENNA: Clive, it's Kate.
凯特．麦凯纳：克莱夫，是我， 凯特。
CLIVE HARRIS: Hello Kate.
克莱夫．哈里斯： 你好， 凯特。
KATE MCKENNA: Are you busy?
凯特．麦凯纳：忙吗?
CLIVE HARRIS: No, why?
克莱夫．哈里斯：不忙，什么事?
KATE MCKENNA: I've got the sales report and I have all the figures ready for the presentation to Mr. Sakai. Do you want to see them?
凯特．麦凯纳：我拿到了销售报告以及给酒井先生演示的所有数据。你要不要看一下?
GERALDINE： Good morning, Bibury Systems. How can I help you?
杰拉尔丁：早上好， Bibury系统公司。可以为您效劳吗？
MR.SAKAI: Hello. My name is Sakai. I would like to speak to Mr. Harris, please.
酒井先生：你好。我是酒井。请哈里斯先生听电话。
GERALDINE: Please hold the line, Mr. Sakai. I'll put your through.
杰拉尔丁：请稍等， 酒井先生。我给您转过去。
CLIVE HARRIS: Hello.
克莱夫．哈里斯：你好。
GERALDINE: Mr. Sakai is on the line.
杰拉尔丁：酒井先生打电话给您。
CLIVE HARRIS: Put him through ...sorry Kate, I must go. I have a very important call. I'll talk to you later.
克莱夫．哈里斯：转过来…… 抱歉， 凯特， 我必须挂了。我有一个很重要的电话。迟点儿再跟你通话。
Hello, Mr. Sakai.
你好， 酒井先生。
MR. SAKAI: Hello, Mr. Harris, how are you?
酒井先生：你好， 哈里斯先生， 身体好吗?
CLIVE HARRIS: I'm very well, thank you. How are you?
克莱夫．哈里斯：很好， 谢谢。你呢?
MR. SAKAI: I'm fine. I'm calling about our meeting.
酒井先生：好。我打电话是有关我们会面的事宜。
CLIVE HARRIS: Yes?
克莱夫．哈里斯：有什么问题?
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GERALDINE: Hello, Bibury Systems. How can I help you? Could I ask who's calling please?
杰拉尔丁：你好，Bibury系统公司。可以为您效劳吗？请问您是？
I'm afraid her extension is busy at the moment, Mr. Clark. Will you hold, or can I take a message? Okay, that's fine. I'll ask her to call you back.
克拉克先生，她的分机现在占线。您是等会儿，还是留口信？好的。我会让她打回给您。
JENNY ROSS: Good night, Edward.
詹妮．罗斯：晚上好， 爱德华。
EDWARD GREEN: Good night. I am going to phone Mr. Smith's number once again.
爱德华．格林：晚上好。我正要再打一次史密斯先生的号码。
JENNY ROSS: Good luck!
詹妮．罗斯：祝你好运!
EDWARD GREEN: It's six o'clock ?Maybe Mr. Smith is still at work. Maybe his secretary isn't there.
爱德华．格林：现在是6点钟，……或许史密斯先生还在工作。或许他的秘书不在。
JENNY ROSS: I don't think
詹妮．罗斯：我不认为 ……
EDWARD GREEN: Just wait ?Ah Mr. Smith? My name is Edward Green.
爱德华．格林：等着看吧 …… 啊！史密斯先生? 我是爱德华．格林。
MR. SMITH: Yes.
史密斯先生：什么事？
EDWARD GREEN: You don't know me but I work in Don Bradley's office at Bibury Systems.
爱德华．格林：您不认识我，我是Bibury系统公司堂．布拉德利手下的工作人员。
MR. SMITH: Yes?
史密斯先：怎样?
EDWARD GREEN: I spoke to your secretary today.
爱德华．格林：今天我跟您的秘书通过电话
MR. SMITH: Yes?
史密斯先生：哦?
EDWARD GREEN: You publish your catalogue this month. And we have an exciting new product.
爱德华．格林：您本月要出版产品目录。我们新推出一款产品。
MR. SMITH: I have all the products I need.
史密斯先生：我有我所需要的所有产品。
EDWARD GREEN: I would like you to have a word with Big Boss.
爱德华．格林：我希望您可以和 “大老板”说上一、两句。
MR. SMITH: I'm sorry?
史密斯先生：什么?
EDWARD GREEN: I'll put our new product on the line now.
爱德华．格林：我现在就把我们的新产品跟您连线。
BIG BOSS: Hello, Mr. Smith. My name is Big Boss. I am eighteen inches high! I am voice-activated and I want to be in your catalogue.
“大老板”： 你好， 史密斯先生。我是“大老板”。我有18英寸高！我是声音启动型的，我想出现在您的产品目录上。
篇6：A Telephone Call
PLEASE, God, let him telephone me now. Dear God, let him call me now. I won't ask anything else of You, truly I won't. It isn't very much to ask. It would be so little to You, God, such a little, little thing. Only let him telephone now. Please, God. Please, please, please.
If I didn't think about it, maybe the telephone might ring. Sometimes it does that. If I could think of something else. If I could think of something else. Maybe if I counted five hundred by fives, it might ring by that time. I'll count slowly. I won't cheat. And if it rings when I get to three hundred, I won't stop; I won't answer it until I get to five hundred. Five, ten, fifteen, twenty, twenty-five, thirty, thirty-five, forty, forty-five, fifty.... Oh, please ring. Please.
This is the last time I'll look at the clock. I will not look at it again. It's ten minutes past seven. He said he would telephone at five o'clock. “I'll call you at five, darling.” I think that's where he said “darling.” I'm almost sure he said it there. I know he called me “darling” twice, and the other time was when he said good-bye. “Good-bye, darling.” He was busy, and he can't say much in the office, but he called me “darling” twice. He couldn't have minded my calling him up. I know you shouldn't keep telephoning them ?I know they don't like that. When you do that they know you are thinking about them and wanting them, and that makes them hate you. But I hadn't talked to him in three days ?not in three days. And all I did was ask him how he was; it was just the way anybody might have called him up. He couldn't have minded that. He couldn't have thought I was bothering him. “No, of course you're not,” he said. And he said he'd telephone me.
He didn't have to say that. I didn't ask him to, truly I didn't. I'm sure I didn't. I don't think he would say he'd telephone me, and then just never do it. Please don't let him do that, God. Please don't.
“I'll call you at five, darling.” “Good-bye, darling.” He was busy, and he was in a hurry, and there were people around him, but he called me “darling” twice. That's mine, that's mine. I have that, even if I never see him again. Oh, but that's so little. That isn't enough. Nothing's enough, if I never see him again. Please let me see him again, God. Please, I want him so much. I want him so much. I'll be good, God. I will try to be better, I will, If you will let me see him again. If You will let him telephone me. Oh, let him telephone me now.
Ah, don't let my prayer seem too little to You, God. You sit up there, so white and old, with all the angels about You and the stars slipping by. And I come to You with a prayer about a telephone call. Ah, don't laugh, God. You see, You don't know how it feels. You're so safe, there on Your throne, with the blue swirling under You.Nothing can touch You; no one can twist Your heart in his hands. This is suffering, God, this is bad, bad suffering. Won't You help me? For Your Son's sake, help me. You said You would do whatever was asked of You in His name. Oh, God, in the name of Thine6 only beloved Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, let him telephone me now.
I must stop this. I mustn't be this way. Look. Suppose a young man says he'll call a girl up, and then something happens, and he doesn't. That isn't so terrible, is it? Why, it's going on all over the world, right this minute. Oh, what do I care what's going on all over the world? Why can't that telephone ring? Why can't it, why can't it? Couldn't you ring? Ah, please, couldn't you? You damned, ugly, shiny thing. It would hurt you to ring, wouldn't it? Oh, that would hurt you. Damn you, I'll pull your filthy roots out of the wall, I'll smash your smug black face in little bits.7 Damn you to hell.
No, no, no. I must stop. I must think about something else. This is what I'll do. I'll put the clock in the other room. Then I can't look at it. If I do have to look at it, then I'll have to walk into the bedroom, and that will be something to do. Maybe, before I look at it again, he will call me. I'll be so sweet to him, if he calls me. If he says he can't see me tonight, I'll say, “Why, that's all right, dear. Why, of course it's all right.” I'll be the way I was when I first met him. Then maybe he'll like me again. I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it's so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
I think he must still like me a little. He couldn't have called me “darling” twice today, if he didn't still like me a little. It isn't all gone, if he still likes me a little; even if it's only a little, little bit. You see, God, if You would just let him telephone me, I wouldn't have to ask You anything more. I would be sweet to him, I would be gay, I would be just the way I used to be, and then he would love me again. And then I would never have to ask You for anything more. Don't You see, God? So won't You please let him telephone me? Won't You please, please, please?
Are You punishing me, God, because I've been bad? Are You angry with me because I did that? Oh, but, God, there are so many bad people ?You could not be hard only to me. And it wasn't very bad; it couldn't have been bad. We didn't hurt anybody, God. Things are only bad when they hurt people. We didn't hurt one single soul; You know that. You know it wasn't bad, don't You, God?So won't You let him telephone me now?
If he doesn't telephone me, I'll know God is angry with me. I'll count five hundred by fives, and if he hasn't called me then, I will know God isn't going to help me, ever again. That will be the sign. Five, ten, fifteen, twenty, twenty-five, thirty, thirty-five, forty, forty-five, fifty, fifty-five... It was bad. I knew it was bad. All right, God, send me to hell. You think You're frightening me with Your hell, don't You? You think. Your hell is worse than mine.
I mustn't. I mustn't do this. Suppose he's a little late calling me up ?that's nothing to get hysterical about.Maybe he isn't going to call ?maybe he's coming straight up here without telephoning. He'll be cross10 if he sees I have been crying. They don't like you to cry. He doesn't cry. I wish to God I could make him cry. I wish I could make him cry and tread the floor and feel his heart heavy and big and festering in him. I wish I could hurt him like hell.
He doesn't wish that about me. I don't think he even knows how he makes me feel. I wish he could know, without my telling him. They don't like you to tell them they've made you cry. They don't like you to tell them you're unhappy because of them. If you do, they think you're possessive and exacting. And then they hate you. They hate you whenever you say anything you really think. You always have to keep playing little games. Oh, I thought we didn't have to; I thought this was so big I could say whatever I meant. I guess you can't, ever. I guess there isn't ever anything big enough for that. Oh, if he would just telephone, I wouldn't tell him I had been sad about him. They hate sad people. I would be so sweet and so gay, he couldn't help but like me. If he would only telephone. If he would only telephone.
Maybe that's what he is doing. Maybe he is coming on here without calling me up. Maybe he's on his way now. Something might have happened to him. No, nothing could ever happen to him. I can't picture anything happening to him. I never picture him run over. I never see him lying still and long and dead. I wish he were dead. That's a terrible wish. That's a lovely wish. If he were dead, he would be mine. If he were dead, I would never think of now and the last few weeks. I would remember only the lovely times. It would be all beautiful. I wish he were dead. I wish he were dead, dead, dead.
This is silly. It's silly to go wishing people were dead just because they don't call you up the very minute they said they would. Maybe the clock's fast; I don't know whether it's right. Maybe he's hardly late at all. Anything could have made him a little late. Maybe he had to stay at his office. Maybe he went home, to call me up from there, and somebody came in. He doesn't like to telephone me in front of people. Maybe he's worried, just a little, little bit, about keeping me waiting. He might even hope that I would call him up. I could do that. I could telephone him.
I mustn't. I mustn't, I mustn't. Oh, God, please don't let me telephone him. Please keep me from doing that. I know, God, just as well as You do, that if he were worried about me, he'd telephone no matter where he was or how many people there were around him. Please make me know that, God. I don't ask YOU to make it easy for me ?You can't do that, for all that You could make a world. Only let me know it, God. Don't let me go on hoping. Don't let me say comforting things to myself. Please don't let me hope, dear God. Please don't.
I won't telephone him. I'll never telephone him again as long as I live. He'll rot in hell, before I'll call him up. You don't have to give me strength, God; I have it myself. If he wanted me, he could get me. He knows where I am. He knows I'm waiting here. He's so sure of me, so sure. I wonder why they hate you, as soon as they are sure of you. I should think it would be so sweet to be sure.
It would be so easy to telephone him. Then I'd know. Maybe it wouldn't be a foolish thing to do. Maybe he wouldn't mind. Maybe he'd like it. Maybe he has been trying to get me. Sometimes people try and try to get you on the telephone, and they say the number doesn't answer. I'm not just saying that to help myself; that really happens. You know that really happens, God. Oh, God, keep me away from that telephone. Keep me away. Let me still have just a little bit of pride. I think I'm going to need it, God. I think it will be all I'll have.
Oh, what does pride matter, when I can't stand it if I don't talk to him? Pride like that is such a silly, shabby little thing. The real pride, the big pride, is in having no pride. I'm not saying that just because I want to call him. I am not. That's true, I know that's true. I will be big. I will be beyond little prides.
Please, God, keep me from, telephoning him. Please, God.
I don't see what pride has to do with it. This is such a little thing, for me to be bringing in pride, for me to be making such a fuss about. I may have misunderstood him. Maybe he said for me to call him up, at five. “Call me at five, darling.” He could have said that, perfectly well. It's so possible that I didn't hear him right. “Call me at five, darling.” I'm almost sure that's what he said. God, don't let me talk this way to myself. Make me know, please make me know.
I'll think about something else. I'll just sit quietly. If I could sit still. If I could sit still. Maybe I could read. Oh, all the books are about people who love each other, truly and sweetly. What do they want to write about that for? Don't they know it isn't true? Don't they know it's a lie, it's a God damned lie? What do they have to tell about that for, when they know how it hurts? Damn them, damn them, damn them.
I won't. I'll be quiet. This is nothing to get excited about. Look. Suppose he were someone I didn't know very well. Suppose he were another girl. Then I'd just telephone and say, “Well, for goodness' sake, what happened to you?” That's what I'd do, and I'd never even think about it. Why can't I be casual and natural, just because I love him? I can be. Honestly, I can be. I'll call him up, and be so easy and pleasant. You see if I won't, God. Oh, don't let me call him. Don't, don't, don't.
God, aren't You really going to let him call me? Are You sure, God? Couldn't You please relent? Couldn't You? I don't even ask You to let him telephone me this minute, God; only let him do it in a little while. I'll count five hundred by fives. I'll do it so slowly and so fairly. If he hasn't telephoned then, I'll call him. I will. Oh, please, dear God, dear kind God, my blessed Father in Heaven, let him call before then. Please, God. Please.
Five, ten, fifteen, twenty, twenty-five, thirty, thirty-five....
注： 这是曾获“欧·亨利纪念奖”（The O. Henry Awards, 1918年开始设立， 专门用以奖励每年度的最佳短篇小说）的美国女诗人、短篇小说家帕克（Dorothy Parker 1893-1967）的代表作之一。作者以细腻的手法，意识流的叙事方式，展现给读者一位饱受爱情折磨的女性的心理独白。其实，作为一个坚定的社会主义者，帕克又何尝不是在告诫女性：女性不能坐等爱的出现，应该学会主宰自己的命运。
