Leave the color把颜色留下
Leave the color 把颜色留下
Years ago, people rented phones from the local telephone company
几年前，人们从当地的电话公司租用电话时
and had the option of paying a one-time fee to have a color model.
只要选择额外一次性地付一点钱就能拿到一个彩色的电话机。

One customer, who had had his phone for some time,
有一名顾客在电话用了一些日子后忘记了这个规则。

forgot how this worked.
当我去中断他的电话服务时，
When I was disconnecting his service,
他不让我把电话机带走。

he objected to my leaving with his phone.
“那是我的电话机”，他生气地说
"That's mine," he said angrily. "I paid for it."
“我付了钱的。

”
"No, sir, you paid for the color, not the phone," I explained.
不是，先生，你付的是颜色的钱，不是手机。

我给他解释。

"Okay, take the phone," he said calmly, "but leave the color."
“那好，把电话拿走吧，”他平静地说，“但颜色得留。

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