新东方商务口语[31]:数字语音服务

数字语音服务

Husband:I’m so frustrated¹!
真扫兴！
Wife:what’s wrong,Jim?
怎么了，Jim?
Husband:I called the electronics² shop to find out what time they close,and it took me twenty minutes to get what I wanted!
我给电器店打电话问他们什么时候关门，可我花了二十分钟才弄清楚。
Wife:Twenty minutes just to find out what their business hours are?
二十分钟才查出他们的营业时间？
Husband:yes.They have some sort of digital receptionist.So when I called in ,a machine told me to push a button for the department I wanted to be transferred to.
是的。他们使用的是数字语音服务。我打进电话后，机器告诉我按一个键接通要找的部门。
Wife:Oh,I hate getting voicemail instead of a person.What did you do?
我不喜欢语音服务。你当时是怎么办的？
Husband:I just kept pushing buttons.I was transferred to customer service,but there a machine told me to choose between technical help,warranty information,or price information.
我不停地（根据提示）按键。先是接通的客户服务部，可机器让我按键选择技术服务，保修信息或是价格信息。
Wife:Couldn’d you choose to be transferred to a real person?
难道你就不能选择接通服务人员？
Husband:Eventually I did get to a real person.I found out the closing time,but by then the store had already closed!
最后，终于有个人接了我的电话。我知道了关门时间，但是那时已经关门了。
 

1 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 electronics   

n.电子器件，电子学，电子技术

参考例句：

• About 45000 people worked in electronics in Scotland.苏格兰约有4.5万人在电子行业工作。
• He wants to brush up his knowledge of electronics.他想温习他的电子学知识。