1. The spots where the stick would come out we call the poles — the north and south poles.
    棍子穿出的两个点我们称之为极点——南极与北极。

2. This air we call the atmosphere.
    我们称之为大气层。

3. Today people from the neighborhood, which is made up mostly of expensive one-family homes with the exception of the two apartment houses near the railroad station, find it difficult to explain why they didn't call the police.
    该住宅区的居民多住在豪华的独门独户别墅，只有火车站附近有两幢公寓楼。他们都感到很难解释自己当初为何没有报警。

4. The call could last as long as 55 minutes, which (after taking away the two free minutes) translated into a telephone bill of $211.47.
    一个电话可能长达55分钟，扣除免费的前两分钟，换算后的话费账单可达211.47美元。

5. Then I got my first call from Teneecia — suicidal(有自杀倾向的) with a recently dead boyfriend.
    不久，我接到了特尼莎打来的第一个电话--她男朋友最近死了，她想自杀。

6. The few remaining working lines will be busy with the calls that naturally occur after a disaster and it will be difficult to call from one part of the city to another.
    剩下的为数不多的可用线路会很忙，因为灾难之后自然会有许多电话，要从市里的一个地方打到另一个地方会很困难。

7. 6 p.m. The movers finally arrive. I call Max. He's fit to be tied. I point out they're only 10 hours late. Max is not humored.
    下午六点。搬运工终于来了。我再给马克斯打电话。他气得要命。我告诉他搬运工只迟到了十个小时。他却仍然很生气。

8. No one from Taiwan could visit, write, or call anyone on the mainland.
    任何一个台湾人都不能访问、写信或打电话给中国大陆的人。

9. 3 p.m. Movers still haven't arrived. I call Max, who's more enraged than before. "This is unheard-of," he says. "I'm taking another $10 off the hourly charge."
    下午三点。搬运工还没到。我又给马克斯打电话。他比先前更生气。"真是闻所未闻，"他说，"我从每小时的工钱中再减去十美元。"

10. He told him he had better return it or he would call the police.
    告诉他最好把羊交还，否则就去叫警察。