【正文】 City with my was a waiter. He wasn‘t even supposed to work that night, and suppose he hadn‘t? he asked me to take a midnight walk on the steel pier(碼頭 ). I‘ve probably told you this a million times,but I don‘t care. Then he held my hand. At one point （在某刻） I looked down and I couldn‘t tell which fingers were his and which were mine. And I knew magic. I knew we‘d be together forever and that everything would be wonderful just the way you feel about Walter. It‘s quite a formal name, isn‘t it? One of the things I truly knew was that your father and I were going to have a wonderful time in the sack, I believe you call it. Of course, it took several years before everything worked like clockwork(順利地 ) in that department. So don‘t be worried if it takes a while(需要一段時(shí)間 ) –dee. How‘s it working? You don‘t believe in signs. They loved you! I told you they would love you,and they loved you! Did anyone ever call you anything other than Walter? Nope. Not even when you were young? You sure you don‘t want to drive with me? How will I get back to Baltimore on Friday? I fot the present. I left your stepmother‘s present inside by accident. When we‘re old and gray, you‘re gonna have to remind me to put my teeth in. I‘ll be walking all over town, smacking my gums(牙齦，牙床 ) together and not even noticing. I‘ll wait. I‘ll be ten minutes behind you. The woman in the car: Wele to ―you and your emotions‖. I am Dr. broadcasting live across America from the top of the Sears Tower in Chicago. Tonight we‘re talking about wishes and dreams. What‘s your wish this Chrismas Eve? My wish is to turn the radio station. Subject of this evening‘s medical update is ―you and your spleen(脾臟，壞脾氣 )‖. Your host is…… not in your life. Seattle,go ahead. No last name,Jonah. You sound younger than our usual callers. How old are you? How e you‘re up so late? It‘s not that late in Seattle. Of course. You‘re absolutely right. What‘s your Christmas wish? It‘s not for me. It‘s for my dad. I think he needs a new wife. You don‘t like the one he has now? he doesn‘t have one now. where‘s your mum? She died. I am so sorry to hear that. Well,who can believe this? I‘ve been pretty sad, but I think my dad‘s worse. Have you talked to your dad about this? It‘s like it makes him sadder. I can understand that. Is your dad home right now? what‘s he doing?is he busy? Not really. He‘s out on the deck. I am sure I can help, but I‘m going to need you to help me help him. Bring your dad to the phone. Wretched(可憐的，卑鄙的 ) woman! Hang up. Don‘t listen to her. No way. He‘d kill me. Trust me. He won‘t be angry when he realizes how concerned you are about him. Wanna（ =want to） bet? If I get yelled at,I‘m never going to listen to your show again. Fair enough(有道理，說得對 ). Dad? Yeah? There‘s someone on the phone for you.（打電話找你） If you‘ve just tuned in（收聽，調(diào)諧） , this is . tonight‘s topic is your wishes and dreams. I got it. We‘re on the line with Seattle. What are you selling tonight? Micro hibachis or ginza knives? I‘m not selling anything. just want to help. I want you to know that your son called and he asked me for advice on how you might find a new wife. Who is this? You are on the air. You called a radio station? Are you with me? Your son feels that since your wife‘s death you‘ve been very unhappy. He‘s genuinely worried about you. Get out here. I‘m not gonna go through this alone. I think it‘s very hard for him to talk to you about all this. I thought maybe you and I could talk. It would make him feel better. Her first name could be ―doctor‖. It‘s his Christmas wish. Okay. I know this is difficult. But how long ago did your wife die? About a year and a half ago. Have you had any relationships since? I don‘t mean to be rude. I don‘t want to invade your privacy. Sure you do. Go on. I‘m listening. We had a pretty tough time there at first. But we‘re dealing with it. And we will get along just fine again as soon as I break his radio. I have no doubt that you‘re a wonderful father. You can tell a lot from a voice. But something must be missing if he still feels you‘re under a cloud. Just a few questions. Are you sleeping at night? He doesn‘t sleep at all. How do you know that? I live here. It‘s Christmas. She really did it. She made everything beautiful. And it‘s just tough this time of year. Any kid needs a mother. Could it be that you need someone just as much as he does? Don‘t answer that. Let‘s get into that right after these messages. Don‘t go away. If you‘ve just tuned in, we‘re talking to sleepless in Seattle. We‘ll be right back after this break with your listener response. What‘s she talking about? This is when other people get to call in and dump on what you said. I‘ll bet he‘s tall with a cute butt. Bet he hasn‘t bathed in(bathe: n,洗澡，游泳； v,洗澡，沐??；bath: n, 浴盆，浴室； v, 洗澡 ) weeks and he stinks. Tea with the bag out. Maybe I‘ll hustle myself out to Seattle. Give him a gift for new year‘s eve. You go on out there if you want to, but don‘t open his refrigerator. They don‘t cover anything when they put it in the fridge. They just stick it in there and leave it till it walks out by itself. What I‘m saying is,I wouldn‘t kick this guy out of my bed for eating crackers(咸餅干 )； , you know what I‘m saying?sixtyfive cents. Let‘s take a call before we get back to sleepless. I would just like to know where I could get this man‘s address. Get in line(排隊(duì) ). Next caller, go ahead. If there was one question I was allowed to ask . people who truly loved once are far more likely to love