In 1990 I moved to East Berlin. I’d rented a room around the corner, as I now know, from the research physicist Angela Merkel. The flat had no phone, so to make calls I had to walk 10 minutes to a phone booth in West Berlin. Later, I got a flat in the west with a shared toilet on the communal staircase and no shower. I soon learnt the codes of Berlin student conversation: “Where do you live? Do you have a shower? Maybe I could come round and shower at yours one day?”
1990年，我搬到了东柏林。我现在知道，当时我租住的房间距离还是专职研究的物理学家安格拉•默克尔(Angela Merkel)很近。那间公寓没有电话，要打电话必须步行10分钟到西柏林的电话亭。后来，我搬到了西柏林的一间公寓，公共楼梯间有共用厕所，但没有淋浴设备。我很快学会了柏林学生的密语：“你住在哪儿？你有淋浴间吗？我哪天能过去拜访你，在你那儿洗个澡吗？”
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