We say, "I love you" to our parents or significant other when we hang up the phone, not because we mean it, but out of habit.

我们会在挂电话时和父母或者某个重要的人说“我爱你”，不是因为我们真的想这么说，而是因为习惯。

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I tell Marla goodnight, and Marla's screaming is smaller, smaller, smaller, gone as I reach over and hang up the phone.

我和玛拉说晚安，玛拉的尖叫声随着我挂断电话越来越远。

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Suddenly, I had an idea. Since my mother would not hang up the phone in a while, then I said to my father, "Father, did you see the solo tennis racket over there?"

忽然，眼睛一亮，既然妈妈又开始煲电话粥了，一时半刻也指望不了她来开门，“老爸，看见那边那个回珑球了吗？

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Suddenly, I had an idea. Since my mother would not hang up the phone in a while, then I said to my father, "Father, did you see the solo tennis racket over there?"

忽然，眼睛一亮，既然妈妈又开始煲电话粥了，一时半刻也指望不了她来开门，“老爸，看见那边那个回珑球了吗？

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