Years ago, people rented phones from the local telephone company
　　几年前，人们从当地的电话公司租用电话时
　　and had the option of paying a one-time fee to have a color model.
　　只要选择额外一次性地付一点钱就能拿到一个彩色的电话机。
　　One customer, who had had his phone for some time,
　　有一名顾客在电话用了一些日子后忘记了这个规则。
　　forgot how this worked.
　　当我去中断他的电话服务时，
　　When I was disconnecting his service,
　　他不让我把电话机带走。
　　he objected to my leaving with his phone.
　　“那是我的电话机”，他生气地说
　　"That's mine," he said angrily. "I paid for it."
　　“我付了钱的。”
　　"No, sir, you paid for the color, not the phone," I explained.
　　不是，先生，你付的是颜色的钱，不是手机。我给他解释。
　　"Okay, take the phone," he said calmly, "but leave the color."
　　“那好，把电话拿走吧，”他平静地说，“但颜色得留。
　　【多学一点】
　　local 当地的，本地的
　　local people
　　eg：The local customs here are very interesting.
　　one-time fee 一次性付费
　　one-time tax 一次性的征税
　　disconnect中断
　　connect
　　object to 反对
　　someone object to something
　　eg:Some people object to modern materialism.
　　leave 把…留下