接電話參考譯文

1、肂接電話袁十多年前，機關(guān)給我安了部電話，其時兒女尚在幼年，有時悄悄地溜進我的書房，撥 撥 117 ，聽那下面一響是某點某分某秒的聲兒。芇那時又編刊物又寫作， 與外界的聯(lián)系多， 打進打出的電話也就多。 偶爾我在客廳閑坐， 書房里的電話響了，正好兒子或女兒在跟前，常會雀躍而去，一面脆生生地嚷著： “我給爸 爸接電話?！比缓鬀_著話筒喊“是找我爸爸嗎？”膄如今世事發(fā)生了變化，這電話也發(fā)生了變化。螂最初幾次是，電話鈴響了，我踱著方步走過去，拿起來，里面的聲音是：“小韓在家嗎？”我以為是哪位老首長忽然想起了我，忙不迭地答應(yīng)： “是我，是我。 ” 對方不相信， 仍要小韓接電話，這才醒悟過來，小韓者，老韓之子

2、也。蚈時間久了，接的電話多了，也就摸出點規(guī)律。給兒子來電話的，多是女孩子，給女兒 來電話的，多是男孩子。女孩子總是客客氣氣的，縱不是打給我的，也還叫人舒坦。若兒子 不在， 我會問上句： 你叫什么名字呀， 有什么事需要不需要我轉(zhuǎn)告呀。 結(jié)果自然是， 不用了， 等他回來再打吧，謝謝！蠆男孩子則不然，開口便是：“叫一下韓X（女兒的名字）?！北∶慨斶@時，我的氣就不打一處來：“你是做什么的！ ”薃對方說了，不外是個同學。螀做這些事時，我知道自己太不像個長輩，可又違拗不過我的天性。這是我如今和兒女 們惟一的一點聯(lián)絡(luò)。 要不了多久， 連這點聯(lián)絡(luò)也會蕩然無存， 我得珍惜這肯定長不了的美好 時光。螇 Phone

3、 Calls羃 Ten-odd years ago, the institution where I worked had a telephone installed in my home. Still in their childhood, my kids would sometimes steal into my study and dial 117 to listen to the voice reporting the exact time.芃 Being an editor and writer during those days, I had lots of communicati

4、on with the outside world and had to make and answer lots of calls. Occasionally the phone in my study would ring when I happened to be close by. He or she would skip there and in the meanwhile cry out in a childish ringing voice, “Let me take the call, Daddy.” Then he or she would shout into the mo

5、uthpiece, “Hello, is it Daddy you wish to talk to, please? ”螁 The world has changed, so has the telephone.袆 The first few times it went like this: The telephone rang and I walked leisurely over and took up the handset. The voice would say, “Hello, is Young Han home? ”Thinking that it was one of my f

6、ormer superiors who had suddenly thought of me, I d hastily answer “Speaking! Speaking!”The person would refuse to accept the response and insist on talking to Young Han. Only then did I realize Young Han in this case referred to Old Han s Junior.蚆 With the passage of time and with the experience ga

7、thered from having answered many more calls like this, I ve found the calls follow this regular pattern. When my son is wanted, the caller is usually a girl; and it is usually a boy who is calling my daughter.肅 Girls are always sweet and polite. Even though it is not me that they want to talk to, th

8、eir calls may leave a sort of pleasant impression. If my son happens to be out, I ll ask, “Your name, please?” Any message?”：The response is only expected: No, thank you, Il call later, bye, bye.”蕿 It a differe nt case with boys. They ll just say, Get me Han(my daughter n ame).” Whenever this happen

9、s, I llall out of a sudden fly into a rage and shout back, “Who the hell is speaking?” The answer will invariably be : “a：classmate of hers.”I know such sociolinguistic behavior hardly becomes a parent. However, I cannot resist my natural impulse. The telephone is now the only tie existing between m

10、y children and me. Very soon, even this little bit of a bond will disappear altogether. I must jealously guard this stretch of golden sunshine, which is destined not to last long.僅供個人用于學習、研究；不得用于商業(yè)用途For personal use only in study and research; not for commercial use.Nur f u r den pers?nlichen f u r Studien, Forsghuu kommerziellen Zwecken verwendet werden.Pour l e tude et la recherche uniqu