Late At Night, Do You Turn Off Your Cell Phone

深夜，你關機了嗎

The girl would turn her cell phone off

and put it by her photo on the desk every night

before going to bed

女孩每天臨睡前會先關掉手機，

然后把它放在寫字臺自己的相框前

This habit has been with her ever since she bought the phone.

這個習慣從她買手機起就形成了。

The girl had a very close boyfriend.

When they couldn't meet

they would either call or send messages to each other

女孩有個很要好的男朋友

兩個人不見面的時候

就打打電話或發發短信

They both liked this type of communication

兩人都喜歡這樣的聯系方式

One night， the boy really missed the girl.

When he called her, however, the girl's cell phone was off

because she was already asleep.

有一天夜里，男孩很想念女孩

打電話過去卻已關機

因為女孩已經睡下了

The next day, the boy asked the girl to leave her cell phone on at night because when he needed to find her and could not he would be worried.

第二天，男孩對女孩說：

“以后晚上不要關機，好嗎？

我想找你的時候找不到你，心會不安

From that day forth, the girl began a new habit.

Her cell phone never shut down at night

從那以后

女孩開始了另一種習慣一整夜都不關機。

Because she was afraid

that she might not be able to hear the phone ring in her sleep,

she tried to stay very alert.

因為害怕電話響時

自己會因睡得太沉而聽不到

女孩夜夜都很警醒

As days passed, she became thinner and thinner.

Slowly, a gap began to form between them

女孩日漸消瘦。

慢慢地，兩個人之間開始有了隔閡。

The girl wanted to revive their relationship.

On one night, she called the boy

女孩很想挽回即將分手的局面

便在一個深夜給男孩打電話

However, what she got was a sweet female voice:

"Sorry, the subscriber you dialed is power off."

回答她的卻是甜美的女聲：

“對不起，您撥打的電話已關機。”

The girl knew that her love had just been turned off

于是女孩知道，她的愛情也已經關機

After a long time, the girl has a new love.

No matter how well they got along,

the girl however refused to get married.

不久后，女孩有了另一場愛情。

雖然兩個人感情很好，但女孩怎么也不肯嫁。

In the girl's heart, she always remembered that boy's words

and the night when that phone was power off

女孩的心里還是會想起

原來那個男孩的話和那個關機的夜晚。

The girl still kept the habit of leaving her cell phone on all throughout the night, but not expecting that it would ring

女孩還是保持著整夜不關機的習慣，

只是不再期待它會響起。

One night, the girl got ill. In a moment of fluster,

instead of calling her parents,

she dialed the new boy's cell phone

一天夜里，女孩生病了，

慌亂之中把本想撥給父母的電話撥到了新男友那里。

The boy was already asleep but his cellphone was still on

男孩早已睡下，但手機還開著。

Later, the girl asked the boy:

Why don't you turn your cell phone off at night？

后來女孩問男孩: “為什么深夜還不關機？

The boy answered:

I'm afraid that if you need anything at night

and aren't able to find me, you'll worry.

男孩說: “我怕你夜里找不到我，會不安。

The girl finally married the boy.

女孩最終嫁給了這個男孩。

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