摘录：那天下班，我又打了通电话给妈妈，没想到我还没道歉，妈妈就先说：“孩子，早上都是我不好，因为担心你会迟到，我一晚没有睡好，很早就醒了……。”

英语阅读美文:妈妈的电话

清晨电话铃声响起，我在睡意蒙胧中接起电话，听到妈妈的声音：“汤米，快起床!今天要开会。”

The phone ring sounded at cockcrow, disturbing me from my sleepy hangover with Mom’s words, “Tommy, time to get up! You’ll have a meeting today.”

我看看手表，便不高兴的叫起来：“我不是说六点再叫我吗?我还想多睡一会，现在都被你吵醒了!”

I checked it up at my wristwatch and cried with a grouch, “Didn’t tell you to call at six sharp? I do need more sleep, but now it is you who messed it up!”

妈妈在那头沉默不语，我便切断了电话。

Mom remained silent for quite a while before I rang off.

出门上班时，外面还在下雨，我在车站等公车的时候，旁边站着两个满头白发的老人，我听见老公公对老太太说：“你看你，一整晚都没睡好，那么早就催我，现在还要等这么久!”

I hurried out to catch the bus to work against a heavy rain. I stood at the bus stop with a couple of gray-haired husband and wife standing by my side when the old man grumbled to his old lady, “It is all your fault, you know, I didn’t have a good sleep the whole night. You woke me up at such an early hour and we have to wait so long!”

公车终于来了，坐在驾驶座上的是一个年轻人。

Here came the bus and it was a young driver.

我才刚上车，他就关上车门，我赶紧提醒他：“司机，后面还有两位老人，他们还没上车呀!”

No sooner had I got onto the bus than the door was closed. At this, I gave the driver an immediate reminder, “Hi, why not let the two elderly persons get on the bus?”

年轻人却说：“喔，没关系，那是我爸妈!今天是我第一天上班，他们专程来看我的!”

The young lad said with a big smile, “Oh, never mind! They are my old guys! Today is the first day I get a foot in the door of the bus company and they come over all the way from home to see whether I can start off on the right foot at work.”

他回头和两个老人挥了挥手，开动了车子。

He looked back, waving to the two elderly persons, and drove the bus off.

看到这幅景象，我想起妈妈早上的电话，心中愧疚油然而生。

It was not until I saw all this that I immediately thought of my mom’s call in early morning and a lingering sense of guilt crept over me.

When I got back from work, I called Mom to say sorry but to my surprise, Mom said, “Hi, Honey! It is me to blame to have called you at such an early hour. As I was worried that you might be late for the meeting, I didn’t sleep well but only wanted to give you a reminder. ”

那天下班，我又打了通电话给妈妈，没想到我还没道歉，妈妈就先说：“孩子，早上都是我不好，因为担心你会迟到，我一晚没有睡好，很早就醒了……。”