Most corporations, on the other hand, only know how to talk in the soothing, humorless monotone of the mission statement, marketing brochure, and your-call-is-important-to-us busy signal.

另一方面，大部分企业，只知道如何以安抚的、一本正经的单调方式来与人交谈，他们只有目标宣言、营销小册子，以及“你的来电对我们很重要”之类的托辞。

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Not usually. And if I get a busy signal, I call that person again later in the day.

我通常不这样做。如果拨打的用户正忙，我会在晚些时候再打过去的。

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He telephoned the lawyer and again got a busy signal.

他给律师打电话，但还是听到占线的信号。

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The more successful providers are, the more they must spend on equipment to make sure their growing number of subscribers can reach the Web without getting a busy signal.

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And if you just did one thing this hurricane season, make sure you've got a good family communication plan and what your backups are going to be, so when you get on that cell phone and you get that busy signal you're not stuck, you know what the next step is.

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