“I Only Came to Use the Phone” (1) “I Only Came to Use the Phone” (1) By Gabriel García Márquez One rainy spring afternoon, while Maria de la Luz Cervantes was driving alone back to Barcelona, her rented car broke down in the Monegros desert. She was twenty-seven years old, a thoughtful, pretty Mexican who had enjoyed a certain fame as a music hall performer a few years earlier. She was married to a cabaret magician, whom she was to meet later that day after visiting some signals to the cars and trucks that sped past her in the storm, until at last the driver of a ramshackle bus took pity on her. He did warn her, however, that he was not going very far. “It doesn’t matter,” said Maria. “All I need is a telephone.” 《我只是来用一下电话》(1) 作者：加夫列尔•加西亚•马尔克斯 一个春天下雨的下午，当玛丽亚•de la Luz塞万提斯正独自开车返回巴塞罗那，她租的车子在Monegros沙漠坏了。她27岁，是一个周到、漂亮的墨西哥人，几年前作为一个音乐厅演出者就已经享有一定知名度了。她嫁给了一个歌舞表演魔术师，她当天的晚些时候正要去见他。她看到一些汽车和卡车在暴风雨中从她身边疾驰而过，直到最后，一个开着摇摇欲坠的公交车的司机同情她。不过司机告诉她，他不会开很远。 “没关系，”玛利亚说。“我需要的只是一个电话。”