摘要
This doesn't happen often anymore,although at one time it was a daily occurrence.I'm teaching and the phone rings.I check the number:Work?Kid?Embassy?Nope.But hey,it could be important...It's a number I don't know,but it's not blocked,so I answer.A voice I don't recognize screams at me joyfully and rapidly for about a minute,then pauses,then asks,"Hao ma?"I stand stunned under the blitzkrieg of sound and tones and blink.The voice repeats,"Hao ma?"("OK?")and I stammer,in Chinese,"Please say that again,more slowly".
