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51.Phone Solicitors
51.電話推銷員
Phone companies have come a long way in America in regards to bothering people to buy new service.
美國(guó)電話公司在打電話擾民讓他們購(gòu)買新的服務(wù)方面取得了很大進(jìn)展。
It seems they call and call and call, always trying to get you to combine this service with that one.
他們好像永遠(yuǎn)都在打電話，總是想辦法讓你把這種服務(wù)和那種服務(wù)結(jié)合起來(lái)。
They even seem to be cognizant of when you are eating dinner because each phone call always seems to coincide with the first bite of every evening meal.
他們甚至好想知道你會(huì)在什么時(shí)間吃飯，因?yàn)槊看未螂娫捤坪蹩偸桥c吃第一口晚飯同時(shí)發(fā)生。
I wish something could be done to stop phone solicitors.
我希望有什么辦法制止這些電話推銷員。
My mother found a special service to block solicitors to be cold comfort.
我母親發(fā)現(xiàn)一種封殺推銷員的特殊服務(wù)不過(guò)是不起作用的安慰。
The service blocked other calls, including her friends' and collect calls from me from China!
因?yàn)檫@種服務(wù)把其他電話也給堵死了，包括她朋友的電話和我從中國(guó)打給她的電話！
She finally came around to how ineffective that blocking service was and cancelled it.
她最后終于改變了觀點(diǎn)，認(rèn)為那種所謂的免擾服務(wù)不管用并把它撤了。
But they still come at her regularly to ask if she wants the service again.
但他們還是定期向他發(fā)起進(jìn)攻，問(wèn)她是否還要那種服務(wù)。
Maybe this problem explains why so many people in America have unlisted phone numbers.
也許這個(gè)問(wèn)題能說(shuō)明為什么那么多美國(guó)人不公開他們的電話號(hào)碼。
I come across people every day who do this.
我每天都能碰到這樣的人。
If a service doesn't know your number, it can't come after you.
如果一個(gè)服務(wù)機(jī)構(gòu)不知道你的電話號(hào)碼， 它就無(wú)法跟著你。
Unfortunately I can't have an unlisted number.
不幸的是，我不能不公開我的號(hào)碼。
I'm always coming and going so people have to be able to find my number in the phone book.
我經(jīng)常來(lái)來(lái)往往，人們的能夠從電話普里找到我的號(hào)碼。
Anyhow, I hope that these solicitors come about some day and change their methods.
不管怎么說(shuō)，我希望這些推銷員哪天能改改他們的做法。
I collided with another one the other day!
幾天前我還碰到了這種事兒！
When I yelled at him, he came right back and said that he hated calling people, too!
我沖他嚷嚷，他立馬就打回來(lái)了，說(shuō)他也討厭給人打電話！
"Why do you do it?" I asked.
“那你為什么還干這事兒？”我問(wèn)。
"Because it was a high-paying job," he answered!
“因?yàn)檫@份工作薪水不錯(cuò)?！?他回答說(shuō)。
"Who cares!" I said back.
“管它呢！”我又說(shuō)?！?/div>
I wouldn't come along with any plan of his just so that he could earn better money than I do, I hung up!
我可不想跟他的計(jì)劃走，讓他掙的錢比我多，所以我把電話給掛了！
I know his phone will come again!
我知道他的電話還會(huì)再來(lái)！
Next time I just won't answer.
下次我根本就不接他的電話?！?/div>
Thank God for Caller ID!
感謝上帝，幸虧有來(lái)電提示?！?/p>
| 重點(diǎn)單詞 | 查看全部解釋 | |||
| comfort | ['kʌmfət] |
想一想再看 n. 舒適，安逸，安慰，慰藉 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| estate | [is'teit] |
想一想再看 n. 財(cái)產(chǎn)，房地產(chǎn)，狀態(tài)，遺產(chǎn) |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| collect | [kə'lekt] |
想一想再看 v. 收集，聚集 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| block | [blɔk] |
想一想再看 n. 街區(qū)，木塊，石塊 |
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| molecule | ['mɔlikju:l] |
想一想再看 n. 分子 |
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| performance | [pə'fɔ:məns] |
想一想再看 n. 表演，表現(xiàn); 履行，實(shí)行 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| hydrogen | ['haidridʒən] |
想一想再看 n. 氫 |
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| misunderstanding | ['misʌndə'stændiŋ] |
想一想再看 n. 誤會(huì)，誤解 |
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| profitable | ['prɔfitəbl] |
想一想再看 adj. 有益的，有用的 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| combine | [kəm'bain] |
想一想再看 v. 結(jié)合，聯(lián)合，使結(jié)合 |
聯(lián)想記憶 |
