One day I retrieved¹ an“Attempt to Deliver Package"slip from my mail box. The letter carrier² had just left，so I caught up to him and asked for the parcel.

有一天，我从信箱里取出一个纸条，上面写着:“试投包裹单。”邮递员已经走了，但我还是追上了他，向他要包裹。

"I didn't bring it，"he replied. "I just brought along the slip."

“我没带来，”他说，“我只是给你捎了个单子.”

"You're supposed to try to deliver the package. "I said."Please bring it tomorrow.“

“你应该负责送包裹吧，”我说:“那你明天带我把它带来吧。"

“可以”他告诉我，“但是你得在上午九点之前给邮局打个电话，再提醒一下这事.”

"Okay，”he told me，"but first make sure that you call the post office before 9 a. m..”

“我现丰就去打。”

"I'll phone them right now.”

“现在可不行。”他说。

"You can't，"he said.

“为什么?”

" Why not?"

“因为,你打电话找的是我，而我现在不在邮局.”

"Because you have to talk to me，and I'm not there."