我躺在宿舍的床上,双腿靠着白色的炉渣砖墙,心里渴望着我母亲会打电话来。但我想起了上一次,就在开往普罗维登斯的火车缓缓驶出车站之前,她对我说的话:“你知道打电话有多贵!”她说完后紧紧地捏了捏我的手,说了再见。今天是我离开家后的第一个生日,我想念妈妈,想念妹妹,当 I lay in the dormitory bed, legs against the white slag brick wall, my heart longing for my mother will call. But I remember the last time she spoke to me just before the train bound for Providence slowly pulled out of the station: “You know how expensive it is to call! ” She pinched her tight Pinched my hand and said goodbye. Today is the first birthday after I left home. I miss my mother and miss my sister