1. He loved to be told that one of his imaginary products was temporarily out of stock and he would faithfully promise to call again at some future date, but of course he never did.
    他爱听售货员说他想像出来的那种东西暂时脱销，于是他就煞有介事地许诺改天再来光顾。当然，他再也不会来了。

2. He had phoned a friend for advice and then he had gone to the apartment of the elderly woman to get her to make the call.
    他先是打给一个朋友征求意见，然后又跑到那老太太家里让她打电话。

3. He learned to call it a "suggested technique" because people "don't like to be told what to do.
    后来他改称它为"参考技术"，因为人们"都不喜欢由别人告诉自己该怎么做。

4. He makes time every day to listen to his seven-year-old son play the piano — even if it is no more than a few minutes during a phone call while he is away at a conference.
    他每天都挤出时间来听7岁的儿子弹钢琴，既使在他外出开会时，也要通过电话听几分钟。

5. Directly the bell went, the ten of us from our shop would run the whole of the three hundred yards down the road from our factory to Sam´s café, where old Maggie worked as the only waitress.
    铃声一响，我们10来个人就从车间一路跑向300码外萨姆老板的咖啡店，老马吉是店中唯一的一名女侍。

6. And businesses eager for reliable service are willing to accept a significantly higher price tag for a wireless call — the fee is typically two to four times as much as for calls made over fixed lines.
    而且，急切想得到可靠服务的企业乐于花费可观的高价来换取无线电话--通常是固定线路电话资费的二至四倍。

7. ´I´m trying to repair the bell,´ answered Bill.
    "我想把这口钟修好，"比尔回答说。

8. ´Do you call that a hat?´ I said to my wife.
    "你把那个叫帽子吗？"我对妻子说。

9. "To start with I must admit that at first I harbored reservations about a mixed marriage, prejudices you might even call them.
    "首先我必须承认, 刚开始时我对异族通婚是有保留的，也许你甚至可以把这称为偏见。

10. "You're right. I'd better get going. I'll call you tonight at eight o'clock."
    "你说得对。现在我得走了。晚上8点我给你打电话。"