"In the South Pacific, waiting is a common experience," says Mrs. Tsien, the wife of the ambassador to Tonga. For example, finding someone to fix a broken lamp may take days, and getting an air conditioner installed in a car may take a year. "So we're as careful as careful can be," adds Wendell Sung, the third-rank secretary to Tonga.
「在南太平洋，等，是大家共有的經驗」，東加大使錢愛虔的夫人說，例如：電燈壞了找人來修，等了好幾天卻沒有下文，仔細一問才知道全島都沒有燈泡了；車子太熱想裝台冷氣，從開始問那兒有冷氣到裝好，可能要花掉一年。