Richard 趕到了Marilyn 工作的時裝店。他告訴妻子自己的包忘在了渡輪上。

    Marilyn 在查號臺查詢了渡輪失物招領處的電話號碼并給失物招領處打了電
話。

    她被告知沒有人拾到Richard 丟失的包。

    Richard ： I'm sorry I'm so late. I had a really bad day. Marilyn
： It's ten after six. We're late. Robbie's cooking tonight ， and dinner's
at six thirty. Richard： I know. I know. I'm really sorry. I left my bag
of film on the ferry. I went back for it， but the ferry was gone. I lost
a whole day's work. Marilyn ： I'll call the Staten Island Ferry lost-and-found
office. Richard ： I didn't think of that. Thanks. Marilyn： Hello. Yes.
The number， please ， of the Staten Island Ferry lost-and-found office.
Five five five…… zero eight zero eight. Thank you. Richard： I really
appreciate it ， Marilyn. Marilyn ： Hello. Did anyone find a camera bag
this afternoon， a small canvas bag ， on the J. F. Kennedy Ferry ？ No？

    Maybe someone will find it. The name is Stewart ， Richard Stewart.
And the telephone number is five five five…… three oh nine oh. Thank
you. Sorry， Richard. They don't have it. Richard ： Thanks ， anyway.
There was a girl on the ferry. Now maybe……

    Marilyn ： Tell me about it on the way home.

    「語言點精講」

    1. I had a really bad day.我今天真是糟透了。我今天可不順了。

    2. I'll call the Staten Island Ferry lost-and-found office. 我來給
斯塔滕島渡船失物招領處打個電話。lost-and-found office 是指失物招領處。

    美國的許多公共場所或公園都設有失物招領處，失主可直接與之聯系。

    3. I didn't think of that.Thanks. 美國人即使是在親人之間，也是謝謝
不離口。

    當Marilyn 想到要給失物招領處打電話這個主意后，Richard 立即表達了感
激之情—— "I didn't think of that.Thanks." （我就沒想到這個，謝謝。）

    這里的think of相當于“記起，想到”。

    隨后，Marilyn 給查號臺打電話查詢斯塔滕島渡船失物招領處的電話。面對
妻子的幫助，Richard 又一次致謝——"I really appreciate it ， Marilyn."
（我實在太感謝你為我所做的這一切了，Marilyn.）

    4. The number ， please ， of the Staten Island Ferry lost-and-found
office. The number， please ， of the ……請告訴我……的電話號碼。用此
來向查號臺詢問電話號碼。

    5. small canvas bag 小的粗帆布包。這里用了兩個形容詞來修飾bag 一詞
：small 指尺寸；canvas（粗帆布）指材料。一般形容詞的排列順序是表示尺寸
的放在前，表示材料的放在后。

    6. Thanks ， anyway.無論如何，我還是要謝謝你。當有人盡力想幫你但沒
幫上忙時可用此短語道謝。