Unable to fully express their feelings by telephoning overseas, the family used an oldfashioned tape recorder which, although clumsy, could still let them all talk at leisure through the microphone to the girl at Berkeley.
打電話隔洋祝賀語短情長，好在老式轉盤錄音機雖然笨重，卻能讓每個人從從容容地拿起麥克風，與柏克萊的嬌嬌女話家常。