“流血了吗？”
\
“没有，我用锤子砸伤了手指，好痛。”
\
“你会开冰箱吗？”她问。我说，会。
\chip off a little piece of ice and hold it to your finger.\
“那你铲一小块冰下来，敷在手指上。”
After that, I called \help with my geography or with my math. .
从此以后，凡事我都打电话找“信息台”。我向她请教做地理作业或是数学题。
When my pet canary died. I told \tried to soothe me. But, I was not consoled. I asked her, \should sing so beautifully and bring joy to all families, only to end up as a heap of feathers on the bottom of a cage?\concern, for she said quietly, \always remember that there are other worlds to sing in.\Somehow I felt better. Another day I was on the telephone , “How do you spell ?grateful?? \
我的小鸟金丝雀死时，我告诉了“信息台”这个痛苦的消息。她试图安慰我，但我还是很伤心。我问她，“为什么鸟儿歌唱得那么好听，让所有家庭都开心，到头来还是变成了笼底的一堆羽毛呢？”她一定体会到了我深深的痛楚，因为她平静地说，“保罗，永远记住另外的世界也可以唱歌。”不知怎的，我感到好受些了。又一天，我拿起电话问，“你怎么拼写 ?感激?呢？”
All this took place in a small town in the Pacific Northwest. When I was 9, we moved to Boston.
所有这一切都发生在太平洋西北岸的一个小镇子里。我九岁时，全家搬到了波士顿。
As I grew into my teens, the memories of those childhood conversations never really left me. I appreciated now how patient, understanding, and kind she was to have spent her time on a little boy.
十来岁时，那些童年的谈话从未真正从记忆中消退。这时，我体会到了她肯把时间花在小孩子身上是多么的有耐心，多么体贴，多么善良。
A few years later, on my way to college, my plane put down in Seattle. I had about h 1. 这些观众一定是错过了看他们的音乐演出，否则他们会给予高度评价的。(must have done, speak highly of)alf an hour or so between planes. Without thinking, I dialed my hometown operator and said, \
几年后，我去念大学途中，飞机中途在西雅图降落。我有半小时左右的转机时间。想都没想我就拨通了家乡的接线员，说“我要信息台”。
Miraculously, I heard the small, clear voice I knew so well, \I hadn't planned on this but I heard myself saying, \you please tell me how to spell ?grateful??\
奇迹发生了，我听到了那个熟悉的细小而清晰的声音，“这里是信息台。”事先我并没想好，却分明听到自己在说，“你能告诉我怎么拼写?感激?吗？”
There was a long pause. Then came the soft-spoken answer, \your finger must have healed by now.\
好一阵子没人说话。而后有人轻轻地答道，“我想你的手指现在一定不疼了。”
I laughed. \idea how much you meant to me during that time.\
我笑了。“真的还是你，”我说，“你知道那时候你对我有多重要吗？”
I told her how often I had thought of her over the years and I asked if I could call her again.\
我告诉她这些年我常常念起她。我问她可不可以再给她打电话。“当然可以，”她说，“说找莎丽就行了。”
Three months later I was back in Seattle. A different voice answered, \old friend,\
三个月后我回到西雅图。一个不同的声音答道，“这里是信息台。”我说要
莎丽接电话。“你是她的朋友吗？”她说。“是的，是她的老朋友，”我答道。
\ “很抱歉告诉你，”她说，“五个星期前莎丽去世了。”
Before I could hang up she said, \a minute. Did you say your name was Paul?\
正准备挂电话，她说，“等一等。你说你叫保罗是吗？” \ “是的。”
\Sally left a message for you. She said, ?Tell him I still say there are other worlds to sing in. He'll know what I mean.?\
“哦，莎丽留了口信给你。”她说，“告诉他我还是认为另外的世界也可以
唱歌。他会明白我的意思的”
I thanked her and hung up. I knew what Sally meant
我说了声谢谢，挂断了电话。我明白莎丽的
Be a Volunteer——Experience of a Volunteer at the Sydney
Olympics
争当志愿者---一名悉尼奥运会志愿者的经历
The Sydney Olympics offered me an opportunity to learn more about staging a major multi-sport event and this knowledge, I felt, would stand me in good stead as I developed the media services that would be needed for our Salt Lake City Winter Games in 2002.
悉尼奥运会使我有机会对承办大型体育盛会有了进一步的了解，我觉得这一知识对我十分有益，因为我所提供的媒体服务也将是我们承办的2002年盐
湖城冬奥会所需要的。
I also decided that working as a volunteer would give me a greater understanding of a whole range of issues which is why I joined the ranks of those working in the front line.
同时，我认为，志愿者的工作能加深我对各种事务的全面理解，这就是我为什么参加第一线工作的原因。
But little did I suspect just how much the experience would offer me such powerful feelings and a strong sense of pride - emotions which influence the many memories that I took away with me when I left Sydney.
但是我却毫不怀疑，这种经历是如此的让我刻骨铭心，如此的令我自豪。当我离开悉尼时，我所带走的许多记忆都深深地打上了这种情感的烙印。
As a woman volunteer, I am not usually keen on uniforms, but from the moment I put on my Sydney volunteer's uniform I felt I was part of something important, something big that could well be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I immediately bonded with others in the same uniform and as we passed each other in the street dressed in our colorful outfits, we smiled and said \weeks of the Olympics.
作为女性自愿者，通常我对穿制服并不感兴趣，但是自从我穿上悉尼奥运会志愿者服以后，我就感到自己是一项非常重要，非常宏大赛事中的一员，这种经历我一生中难得再有第二次。我很快就融入到了穿同样制服的人员行列中，我们穿着色彩靓丽的外衣走在大街上迎面相遇时，我们微笑点头，互致问后。这一声声祝愿在两周的奥运期间时时都在耳边萦绕。